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Old 5th Mar 2004, 15:14
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I think she came over south Essex last night about 10:00, heading ssw out of Stansted. Something going over above the cloud with a most peculiar engine note, a sort of low rumbling but with a high-pitched note in the packground, almost like a circular saw.
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Getting jealous of you guys now! Would love to see the old girl, is she the only one flying now?
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Thumbs up

There's an AN-22 up a pole (sorry - up lots of poles!) at the Technik Museum in Speyer not far south of Frankfurt, well worth a visit, also for the town and cathedral. It must have been a most spectacular site as it landed at the small Flugplatz across the road from the museum.

Go to http://www.technik-museum.de/, click on Speyer and Archiv 2001. The museum also houses one of the TU-144s which is also in that Archiv.

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Old 15th Mar 2004, 18:24
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AN22 is back

Yes, that lovely An.22 is back in the UK, at RNAS Yeovilton tonight and primed for an early departure tomorrow

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Old 15th Mar 2004, 18:43
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She has a Lynx on board for delivery to Oman. I wonder if they might all go the same way, in which case Yeovilton will see several more visits.
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Old 15th Mar 2004, 19:15
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I hope so

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Old 16th Mar 2004, 16:46
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In STN now


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Old 16th Mar 2004, 22:13
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Went over the top of Luton today at about 1430, Yeovilton to Stansted. Wonderful sound

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Old 17th Mar 2004, 13:36
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An22

South East bound out of ?Stansted? at 0710 today. Marvellous sound, first time I've seen one.
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Can someone try and give a heads up when it's about next. I might be inclined to jump in the car and go see it


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Old 18th Mar 2004, 05:01
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LUX 2 Morrow
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Old 26th Mar 2004, 21:50
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Danger SECURITY ISSUES

VP8 - Looking at previous postings you obviously seem to know alot about the movements of the AN22 . In view of world security issues you could be doing more harm than good. Think about what you are releasing for all to see.
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Old 27th Mar 2004, 01:02
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Red face

!!!!!

If any body wants the shed they can have it but they are going to have to go through at lot of bad Ukrainians!!

If you want secure info try the spotters pages with info from handling agents....

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Old 27th Mar 2004, 15:19
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Ah Mr Veeps,

I've just realised who you are :P! Do you still work for HL ?

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Old 27th Mar 2004, 16:51
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HL - Heavylift who are they??

Didn't they go bust??

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Old 5th Apr 2004, 15:32
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Just curious, but does anyone have a link to a decent sound clip of this beast - for those of us unlikely to be under her flight path.
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Old 5th Apr 2004, 16:05
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Thers on on here somewhere I seem to remember taken in flight

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Old 5th Apr 2004, 20:13
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Not that I can find unfortunately. Couple of piccie links and lots of talking about the sound, but no actual sound.

Suppose I'll just have to make it up.
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Old 24th Apr 2004, 11:06
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Just noticed something very large, very high, and sounding very unusual (a kind of high pitched whining buzz, kind of like a cross between a turboprop and a garden strimmer) chugging across the skies overhead St Ives in Cambridgeshire. I'd estimate FL200+, heading roughly 030, noted overhead St Ives at 11.50 BST, 10.50 Z. I couldn't for the life of me identify the beast, but having looked at a photo of the An-22 in a book I have here, the plan view appears quite similar. Have I just seen (and heard!) the An-22?
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Old 24th Apr 2004, 13:25
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I'm convinced I heard AN-22 passing over S.E London / Kent fringe at 21.30, around about the 5th Mar. She has a unique sound I couldn't compare to any other craft, something I haven't heard before or since. My description would be something along the lines of an enormous swarm of queen bees, with a deep droning bass note underneath. I'm convinced it was AN-22 as it lingered for quite a while, I don't think she's a particularly speedy aircraft.

If anyone can find that link to the sound recording I'd be most obliged.

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