Mystery plane departing Nice

[FSXFan]

Hi all, just curious as to the origins of an extremely large 4-engine jet (of almost A380 proportions) departing out of Nice today at 14.30 approx. Curiously, there was no mention of it on the departures pages of the airport. I presume it was a big cargo freighter of some sort - it's colour scheme was white with bands of blue running horizontally along the fuselage. Sorry for the vague description but I didn't have time to fetch my glasses.

[anthonyw]

Did it look like this ?

Photos: Antonov An-124-100 Ruslan Aircraft Pictures | Airliners.net (http://www.airliners.net/photo/Volga-Dnepr-Airlines/Antonov-An-124-100-Ruslan/1726707/&sid=fd23b33650a9a64b2c0143dd56578a03)

[FSXFan]

Yes, that's the one thanks very much! It was pretty spectacular to watch it depart - I would say it used every inch of the runway. It's climb performance was significantly different to the usual run of the mill 737s, A320s etc departing Nice.

[dubh12000]

She's parked in Zurich now.