Antonov AN-124 Departed Indy Int'l Airport This Evening

[Ark]

Could be innocuous, but with all the Russian hardware getting blowed up or outright abandoned in Ukraine right now you know there has to be a conga line of planes bringing said hardware back to the US for intelligence examination.

 

[BJHay]

II asked a pilot friend who works at the airport. He said there were two of them and they parked at the USPS ramp.

He just added that it sat at the postal hub for a few days and he didn't see any overtly odd vehicles around it. It didn't have military type markings but did have a green stripe down the fuselage.

He also pointed out that when the government flew the afghan refugees to Indianapolis for Camp Atterbury they unloaded them at the postal hub. It seems the government is willing to use that facility for more than mail.

 

[avboiler11]

The flight was operated by Antonov Airlines, a Ukranian cargo airline, under the umbrella of Antonov Design Bureau.

The aircraft arrived at IND on Thursday from LEJ (Leipzig, Germany) which is a YUGE European air cargo hub as ADB332F. Leipzig is now the home of Antonov Airlines operations due to the current war with Russia.

It departed IND to SNN (as previously mentioned) as ADB3432, and the aircraft is still on the ground in Shannon.

 

[Cameramonkey]

He just added that it sat at the postal hub for a few days and he didn't see any overtly odd vehicles around it. It didn't have military type markings but did have a green stripe down the fuselage.

He also pointed out that when the government flew the afghan refugees to Indianapolis for Camp Atterbury they unloaded them at the postal hub. It seems the government is willing to use that facility for more than mail.

Im sure any overtly odd vehicles wouldnt be coming/going during regular daylight hours. I'd expect that to happen in the wee hours when nobody was around.

 

[printcraft]

38 billion is a lot of pallets of cash… has to get to Ukraine somehow.

 

[Lmo1131]

Based in Ukraine, Anonov was successfully using their fleet of heavies all over the world; the AN 225 "Mriya" was the biggest, bad-est-est, heavy on the planet.

The Russians fixed that recently.

 

[rob63]

Seems like an appropriate thread to pay homage to the Guppy series of aircraft. Created from retired Boing 377 Stratocruisers by Aero-Spacelines, Inc. to transport large items for NASA back in the '60's.

This is the smallest of them, the Mini-Guppy, at a museum in Oregon.






You probably didn't even notice this guy in the previous photo...

 

[bkflyer]

I flew in one from Melbourne FL to Leipzig. We put several UH-1Ns in the back. Personnel accommodations were sparse.

 

[funeralweb]

Based in Ukraine, Anonov was successfully using their fleet of heavies all over the world; the AN 225 "Mriya" was the biggest, bad-est-est, heavy on the planet.

The Russians fixed that recently.

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This bird flew in and out of Anchorage often. I listened/watched (both of those senses were amplified at the sound/sight) it take off during a visit a few years ago.

 

[mmpsteve]

Antonov LC-130 Hercules on Smithsonian Channel, Mighty Planes program, right now. That's a big ass plane.

Edit: seems to be more about the 124.

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[Twangbanger]

Seems like an appropriate thread to pay homage to the Guppy series of aircraft. Created from retired Boing 377 Stratocruisers by Aero-Spacelines, Inc. to transport large items for NASA back in the '60's.

This is the smallest of them, the Mini-Guppy, at a museum in Oregon.

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You probably didn't even notice this guy in the previous photo...
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Now how does that prop not hit the ground...

 

[deingy]

They haul the big and heavy loads all over the word that won't work using a 747. The one and only AN-125 (6 engines) was destroyed on the ground in the Ukraine.

 

[Colt556]

Not about the AN but interesting just the same. Early morning rush hour in Indy. Some of the are going straight to Paris, London, Leipzig and Japan.

 

[Colt556]

Not about the AN but interesting just the same. Early morning rush hour in Indy. Some of the are going straight to Paris, London, Leipzig and Japan.

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[B737Mech]

I used to work at the Indy airport, several years ago we had an An-124 parked at the airport. The story was it had been used to haul all or several of the the Indy car teams to a race in Japan. On another occasion one was parked for weeks waiting on someone to lease it. That plane is way to expensive to fly empty.

 

[indykid]

Now how does that prop not hit the ground...

Looks like the museum needs to give that bird some TLC. Looks like the tires are flat and the main gear strut has collapsed.

 

[thompal]

Could be innocuous, but with all the Russian hardware getting blowed up or outright abandoned in Ukraine right now you know there has to be a conga line of planes bringing said hardware back to the US for intelligence examination.

If they were bringing tanks or something here to study, why would they bring it to Indy? Perhaps handing it to Allison or Cummins?

 

[firecadet613]

You often find 1+ triple 7 on the ground as well... pretty neat to be driving by as they all take off consecutively.

 

[Timjoebillybob]

If they were bringing tanks or something here to study, why would they bring it to Indy? Perhaps handing it to Allison or Cummins?

Maybe taking them to Crane?

 

[Colt556]

You often find 1+ triple 7 on the ground as well... pretty neat to be driving by as they all take off consecutively.

Depending on the winds they fly right over my house. Pretty cool seeing them all lined up in the sky coming in to land.