Air Combat Links & References

[bayonetbrant]

Check out http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/index.shtml for some good info on air combat, especially, a lot of third-world-to-third-world dogfights

[mirth]

Great find, Brant. Thanks for the link!

[mirth]

Great pic. A German military helicopter being offloaded from a Russian commercial transport!

[MIGMaster]

I just watched a documentary on the AN-124 Sunday. It was very interesting to say the least! What a freakin' aircraft - according to the what they were saying, the Russians are thinking about doing a 2nd production run to replace aging airframes and take advantage of the demand for heavy lift aircraft. 

[mirth]

^Cool. That thing's a beast!

[bob48]

And the Antonov An-225 is even bigger - in fact, there is only one of 'em,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7vpahTHrkI

[Staggerwing]

Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't Antonov now a Ukrainian company? Maybe a few dozen US orders for heavy lift aircraft would help bring the Ukraine a little closer to the Western Fold....

[bob48]

Yes, you are quite right. Antonov is Ukrainian.

[LongBlade]

I just watched a documentary on the AN-124 Sunday. It was very interesting to say the least! What a freakin' aircraft - according to the what they were saying, the Russians are thinking about doing a 2nd production run to replace aging airframes and take advantage of the demand for heavy lift aircraft.

I used to work in logistics.

Our sales manager used to almost drool every time he talked about air freight and an Antonov. I swear it was almost an obsession to try and get a shipment to use one of those. He never did while I was there, but it wasn't from lack of trying.