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Old 5th Oct 2006, 14:00
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Sporadic E
 
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It departed today at about 12:00L and was the last departure off 24L. It was too big to take the usual route to 24L via Foxtrot so a Follow-Me truck brought it down Alpha and onto 24R via B1. It backtracked 24R as far as F1/FZ and then taxied to T1 and 24L where it did it's usual 4-minute run-up. It appeared to go virtually the full length of 24L before getting airborne. A hell of an impressive sight, especially making turns with all that undercarriage.

Some pics of it at MAN (check the seat covers in the cockpit shots!):

http://www.ringwayreports.co.uk/UR-82060.htm

On Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-225
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