Them Russians make big planes !!

Before I show this, somebody is going to say.... You think thats big ? How about this one ??

Its BIG



Cheers
RS

RS
Gudday M8

Trust U 2 find a F big Air cooled motor........... (or 6)
LOL
All the time me thort Kenworths were manufactured
But the pic above shows one B n born
LOL









* Crew: 6
* Payload: 250,000 kg (550,000 lb)
* Door dimensions: 440 x 640 cm (14.4 x 21 ft)
* Length: 84 m (275.6 ft)
* Wingspan: 88.4 m (290 ft 2 in)
* Height: 18.1 m (59.3 ft)
* Wing area: 905 m2 (9,743.7 ft2)
* Cargo Volume: 1,300 m3 (46,000 cu ft))
* Empty weight: 285,000 kg (628,315 lb)
* Max takeoff weight: 600,000 kg (1,323,000 lb)
* Powerplant: 6

Ok Swish, so I was wrong...?
Not a bigger plane, just a bigger post.

Its an amazing beast.

Cheers
RS

It even carries spare tyres!!
Do they stop and change them before they land.??

It even carries spare tyres!!
Do they stop and change them before they land.??

believe they can be changed in-flight ... ?

well that saves carriying a wheel jack

Is the opening photo the An225, or an An124?
The full wikipedia item on the 225:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-225
I don't know if it has ever been to Australia.
The item on the 124, on which the 225 was based:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-124
This type was a hit at the early Avalon (Vic.) airshows.
The type appears in Australia regularly on RAAF charters, even landing at Rockhampton (Qld).

Roderick B Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor

it is a 225 (6 engines,split tail)

Well I don't much about planes but I believe that one of those planes bought the escalators out to Australia for the first Crown casino Kone elevators had won the contract for the escalators because they were the only ones that could supply them in said time. Plane landed in Sydney and then trucked down to Melbourne apparently some kind of record at the time

These tyres are ready to change!