Originally Posted by
Mr Mac
Bit late to this, but I am sure an AN124 passed over northern UK last Sunday pm around 14.30 bound for Europe, there was a Cargo Lux 747 some 20 miles in front I think. I did not have phones or binoculars, and quite forgot about it until looked in on this thread. Very odd sounding engines which initially caused me to look up, though the fact that there were some Contrails was unusual enough these days.
Cheers
Mr Mac
Yes it was RA-82044, Dallas/Fort Worth to Luxembourg. I did see an AN-124 pass westbound over London the other day and thought I'd mentioned it, but can't find the post. May have been the same one outbound.
Didn't hear the AN-12! I did the Atlas around the same time...
SHJ, they were C-130Hs yesterday so a deeper engine note - the C-130Js seem rather higher and whinier to me, may be the prop blades.