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
Great find, Brant. Thanks for the link!
Great pic. A German military helicopter being offloaded from a Russian commercial transport!
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.acig.org%2Fartman%2Fuploads%2Fch53arrive2002.jpg&hash=1d405f267a9228be1c13f20d5e6f1ce255a167d8)
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.
^Cool. That thing's a beast!
And the Antonov An-225 is even bigger - in fact, there is only one of 'em,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7vpahTHrkI
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....
Yes, you are quite right. Antonov is Ukrainian.
Quote from: MIGMaster on July 24, 2012, 11:15:48 AM
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.