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6 hours ago, ElectroSoldier said:

It was hit in the preparatory bombardment just before the assault.

 

We can start posting some videos of the airstrikes in the village if you want, some of the dead bodies laying on the floor too or maybe we can confine it to just the artillery shells hitting the airport itself.

What do you think... What level of involvement should we have here in our nice clean little environment? 

 

Or shall we just say the AN-225 was destroyed and move on?

Do NOT post any of that.

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8 hours ago, Ryan Hothersall said:

Have any of the Antonov Airlines AN-124s survived, as nothing has been mentioned about them. 

Yes. I tracked 3 late last week, on adsb exchange. Left Romania and back and forth to France. 

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I made a direct but simple request in my opening post to please keep this thread non-political. If you can’t or won’t honor that request then please don’t post here. I’d like to think we’re all adults here, please stop proving me wrong. 

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17 hours ago, Dave Williams said:

People can say what they want, but as long as there isn’t any moderation here or anyone enforcing the rule against politics, this kind of stuff is unfortunately going to continue.

Moderation is here.....I warned everyone not to get political but some could not resist.  Those political posts have been removed and the posters have been issued warnings.

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On 2/27/2022 at 9:21 PM, habu2 said:

In 1990 the An-225 accompanied two Su-27s to an airshow at Oklahoma City. I was there with fellow photographers Jay Miller and Katsuhiko Tukonaga to photograph the aircraft. I got to go on board the An-225 and into the cockpit. Katsu flew on the -225 and shot an air to air session with the Su-27s. His photos ended up in a later issue of Koku Fan. Mine only made their way onto a local website. Links below:
 

http://www.lonestaraeroclub.org/image_gallery/oklahoma/g01_05/files/24ee4db8-d092-416d-a192-1762fe5d04e5.jpg
 

http://www.lonestaraeroclub.org/image_gallery/oklahoma/g01_08/files/4e984a34-93ac-454c-a717-97241a8727dc.jpg


http://www.lonestaraeroclub.org/image_gallery/oklahoma/g01_20/files/f37108c8-f049-40ae-955d-20f6f630fcf0.jpg


I too sat in the cockpit in 1990, we had it and the two Ukrainian Mig-29s as our guest at our airbase for the North American tour, I’ll never forget how thin the titanium floors were and how much they flexed.

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On 3/10/2022 at 1:50 AM, Ryan Hothersall said:

Have any of the Antonov Airlines AN-124s survived, as nothing has been mentioned about them. 


There is one Russian registered 124 that has been seized by the Canadian government, it is currently parked in Toronto.

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On 3/10/2022 at 9:34 PM, habu2 said:

Seriously, are you guys trying to get this thread locked???  Back on topic please. And no politics. Lots of other places for that stuff. 

I told you guys I was on vacation for 2 weeks. However Terry did his job just fine.

 

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On 3/1/2022 at 2:44 PM, P-38 guy said:

It's been reported to have been destroyed also.

 

Mike


Where did you read the second unbuilt 225 was destroyed? The aircraft wasn’t located in the same airfield and is 70% complete.

 

I'm hoping it is intact and gets finished when this is all over.

 

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/antonov-an-225-kiev-ukraine/index.html

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On 3/4/2022 at 2:39 AM, caudleryan said:

 

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/44575/we-finally-get-a-tragic-look-of-all-thats-left-of-the-giant-an-225-mriya-cargo-jet

 

The entire front of the plane has been destroyed. The rear of the plane looks salvageable and maybe a couple of the engines. I think the wings suffered too much damage to be salvageable. I'm wondering if they are able to graft the front fuselage of the second partially built plane onto the rear of the damaged one. Or, they might be able to use the entire fuselage of the second one and scavenge what they can and basically build a new aircraft. It looks like the damage extends back to the wing and therefore the wings collapsed to the ground.


The second 225 is 70% complete and it has a complete wing. Only hope it has escaped damage.

 

https://adventuresinhistory.info/where-is-the-worlds-second-antonov-an-225-the-construction-of-which-was-never-completed/

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This might be good news in regards to the second Antonov 225, which is 70% complete:

 

“However, the concrete hangar in front of the wreck – where the second, unfinished airframe of the An-225 is reportedly housed – appears to be standing, despite numerous holes in its walls.”

 

https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/30653-russian-forces-retreat-from-antonov-airport

 

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10 minutes ago, Scooby said:

This might be good news in regards to the second Antonov 225, which is 70% complete:

 

“However, the concrete hangar in front of the wreck – where the second, unfinished airframe of the An-225 is reportedly housed – appears to be standing, despite numerous holes in its walls.”

 

https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/30653-russian-forces-retreat-from-antonov-airport

 


Update to my previous post, apparently the second 225 is located 30 Km away at Sviatoshyn airfield, the above report is not correct in regards to where it is located.

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On 4/2/2022 at 4:29 PM, Scooby said:


Where did you read the second unbuilt 225 was destroyed? The aircraft wasn’t located in the same airfield and is 70% complete.

 

I'm hoping it is intact and gets finished when this is all over.

 

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/antonov-an-225-kiev-ukraine/index.html

I don't know where I saw it at now. It came up the same time that it was confirmed the one was destroyed. Hope what I read ends up being wrong.

 

Sviatoshyn airfield was attacked and shelled on March 14th. Reports were that Antonov Aircraft  had been hit and was on fire.

I'm sure more info will come out since the Russians are pulling back now in that area.

 

Mike

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13 hours ago, P-38 guy said:

I don't know where I saw it at now. It came up the same time that it was confirmed the one was destroyed. Hope what I read ends up being wrong.

 

Sviatoshyn airfield was attacked and shelled on March 14th. Reports were that Antonov Aircraft  had been hit and was on fire.

I'm sure more info will come out since the Russians are pulling back now in that area.

 

Mike

Not "pulling out", they have all gone for 4 days now.

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