Antonov 22 due in EGCC/MAN today

[BRISTOLRE]

Folks,
ADB AN-22 due into MAN this afternoon around 1545Z, is this a first??
Dont miss it, well worth it.....
rgds

[Land After]

I did see a Russian looking (ie it had the lower front gunner/nav/bomb aimer position) four engine prop plane on the ramp opp T2 as I came in from CDG last night. I only just noticed it as we went past, and I couldn't get a good look. May have been it or another Russian, possibly an AN12?

[Sir George Cayley]

It's just landed

Props made a funny sound as well

Sir George (Not a spotter) Cayley

[MAN777]

The AN22 arrived friday to take a spare engine to Lanzarote for a grounded First choice 757. It returned today with the u/s engine and stays till wednesday. It is the only airworthy civilian AN22, It is operated by ADB. AWESOME

[magpienja]

It went over runcorn around 1830 turning onto 090deg, I would say around 5000ft, what a fantastic sound it made.

Nick.

[HEATHROW DIRECTOR]

OK (some of you).. this'll make your hearts ache. Friend of mine - one the the Heathrow ATCOs still at London Terminal Control has an interest in flying in as many different types of a/c as possible. I think he's way over 300 and a few years ago he managed to wangle his way on board an An-22 flying from Germany to Russia for a "new type". He told the crew what he did... held a PPL... had his own aeroplane... flew balloons, etc.. and they let him fly the thing manually for a while!!!

[Dr Illitout]

After a two day lay-over it departed at about midday. I was in a local park with the brats and heard it trundle past in the distance. ( Damm! why did I take today off.) Had a quick look aroud it yesterday and I must say that it looks FANTASTIC!!!. It could have done with a lick of paint though.
Hears a quick question: Is it the only one flying?. I know that it's the only civil one but what about the military?.
Please bring it back to Manchester!!!

[bagpuss lives]

I hear also from the engineers that they expect to be able to keep it flying for only another six months or so.

[rampman]

i was talking to the company that handled the AN22 at manchester and he said that it will be back in the next 2 weeks or so on adhoc flights with outsize cargo

:ok: rampman

p.s i have some great photos of it at the night time :ok: :O

[Dr Illitout]

Thanks Rampman, the camera's in the bag already!!!. Any chance of seeing your night shots on the web?. Please!!

Rgds Dr.I.

[VP8]

Enroute AUH-GML then going into an MX period!!

VEEPS:sad:

[MeatHunter]

Photo of AN22 taken at Farnborough sometime during the 80`s
I think.


http://website.lineone.net/~roling47/Transport/AN22-1a.JPG

[wub]

Posted this link before, but it's always worth another look:

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/414208/L/

[Runway 31]

After leaving Manchester it went to Prestwick then home to Gostomel

[bagpuss lives]

Any news on the sick FCA 757 (?) it took a new engine out to?

[HEATHROW DIRECTOR]

<<Any news on the sick FCA 757 (?) it took a new engine out to?>>


Urrhhh.. How can you think of them both at the same time? One is a real aeroplane; the other is a boring, modern-day tin tube!

[bagpuss lives]

Good point, well made :E

[jet_breeze]

I flew BY from Sharm el sheikh landing 9:30pm saw the beast parked at the Cargo area. :D

[eggc]

video with great sound track of the great bird over Stockport on finals to 24R....

click here (http://www.sitesupplyco.com/an22video.html)

enjoy

SC

[HEATHROW DIRECTOR]

<<video with great sound track of the great bird over Stockport on finals to 24R....>>

Has anyone successfully viewed or downloaded this clip? I've tried several times without any luck and I have broadband and a fast PC..

[Wino]

Nope, couldn't do it either, and I got killer connect as well.

Cheers
Wino

Edited to add.
Whoops about 4 minutes later it just popped up and started playing
So I guess it works

Cheers
WIno

[allyn]

Thanks for the movie clip!

I've wanted to see and hear this plane for a long time. It's an amazing sound...very similar to the B36 (http://www.air-and-space.com/peacemkr.htm)


Click on the button in the upper right hand corner that says "Hear the B36"

There's a sound we'll never hear again....:(

[bagpuss lives]

The file works fine for me, and what a glorious sound and sight it is too.

It does take a while to load, even on a fast connection.

[HEATHROW DIRECTOR]

<<Click on the button in the upper right hand corner that says "Hear the B36" >>


Wonder how many people on here have heard a B36 for real? When I was a spotter in the 50s one flew over my home in Morden, Surrey and I can still see and hear it to this day - amazing.

Still trying with the other clip...

[bagpuss lives]

Do you have the Quick Time player installed mate?

If not go to http://www.apple.com/quicktime/products/qt/ and download the free player. Then try.

If you do already have it installed it may be a connection issue. In this case if you PM me your e-mail address (I've misplaced it, I know I had it once) I shall email you the video file :)

[allyn]

Wonder how many people on here have heard a B36 for real?

Not I...I'm too young! ;)

I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area during the 60's and, as a child, I remember being lulled to sleep by the warm, droning sound of heavy recips flying over the Bay. Looking back I wonder if some of them were the Air Force C124's on their way to Hawaii...

[treadigraph]

Strange, I've got the same prob with the QT file - mind you, our office QT is badly installed and I can't fiddle - I'll take the file home and try it there.

I've been lucky enough to see the 22 twice over Purley, first time "WHAT THE HELL IS THAT NOISE?", second time, I barely needed to go outside to check!

Cor, B-36 eh, would love to have seen one! WAV file is great, wish I had speakers on my PC, I'd wake up my colleagues...!

[HEATHROW DIRECTOR]

At last, after many attempts, it downloaded in about 5 seconds! Thanks very much - it's magic!

[allyn]

I wonder the Bear (TU-95/142) or the TU-114 would've sounded like?

[BOAC]

Bear - unique noise - heard it, bone-dome on, in the pressurised cockpit of a Lightning a few times in the 70's at 28-33000 feet up by Iceland. About 100 feet away sometimes a little bit closer.............

Props were supersonic at the tips. Had a camera with me but sadly no tape deck:D

[allyn]

I understand that one appeared at Farnborough one year. When was that?

Sorry for the topic drift.....

[HEATHROW DIRECTOR]

Must have been Farnborough 1998? It did itself proud by landing partly on the grass beside the runway, leaving huge wheel marks!!

[wub]

HD:

It was 1988 (doesn't time fly?)

http://website.lineone.net/~roling47/Transport/AN22-1a.JPG

[treadigraph]

You recall the exciting landing then (over on AH&N, Aeorhack told us he was was staying in a hotel under the approach when it landed and was in the bath, torn between modesty and curiosity!)

Nah, 1990 or 1992 I think - I'm sure I had my Dolly Sprint at the time, and drove down to see it...

Came in with a spare engine for the An-124 or An-225 which was poorly.


Edited to say beaten by WUB - Yes, 1988 - must have been my older Dolomite 1500 "A Piece of Lace" a reference to it's Swiss cheese syle bodywork!

[HEATHROW DIRECTOR]

<It was 1988 (doesn't time fly?)>

Holy Old Age, Wub, thanks for that!