Antonov 225 in YYC March 11th

Beefitarian · Post by **Beefitarian** » Mon Mar 12, 2012 9:17 pm

Ok kids, in just under 11 hours me and a Tim Horton's hot chocolate will likely be at the veiwing area by the threashold of 34.

Lowjack · Post by **Lowjack** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 5:36 am

Beef: Looking at the current TAF I think you may want to be around the threshold of 16 instead.

Lowjack · Post by **Lowjack** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 6:00 am

Update: New Flightplan and number in the system, ADB148F with an eta into YYC of 0901:

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/ADB148F

Beefitarian · Post by **Beefitarian** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 6:06 am

I hope it is 16 as there is a couple of prime viewing spots for that runway.

light chop · Post by **light chop** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 6:31 am

What's a good spot for 16 Beef, Aero Dr. NE?

Beefitarian · Post by **Beefitarian** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 6:39 am

Yes, there's a few spots on Aero Drive that are good. There is a nice open field near the tower also but I suspect it is mud right now so I'm going to stay on the pavement.

Beefitarian · Post by **Beefitarian** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 7:12 am

Lowjack wrote:Update: New Flightplan and number in the system, ADB148F with an eta into YYC of 0901:

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/ADB148F

They're enroute.

burly · Post by **burly** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 7:31 am

ADB148F will be on the approach to rwy 16 at 856am local time depending on how long of a final they need.

KR
YYC Terminal

gulfan · Post by **gulfan** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 7:37 am

burly wrote:ADB148F will be on the approach to rwy 16 at 856am local time depending on how long of a final they need.

KR
YYC Terminal

thanks

Beefitarian · Post by **Beefitarian** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 8:02 am

It just taxied to apron 2. They were on final when I pulled up. The lot near the tower is dry and was the second best spot. My wife's avalanche isthe wrong colour and doesn't have a numberon the sides I couldn't park in the best spot.

gulfan · Post by **gulfan** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 8:41 am

Looked great! Sadly I left too late.

https://twitter.com/#!/KevinYYConline/s ... 61/photo/1

cyeg66 · Post by **cyeg66** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 8:53 am

Pfft! What's the big deal, anyways? It's just an airplane....

BTyyj · Post by **BTyyj** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 10:49 am

Pretty cool sight. This thing was massive. Anyone know when the 225 well be departing?

pollyperkins · Post by **pollyperkins** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 10:57 am

As I understand it, departing @1500 local.

NJ · Post by NJ » Tue Mar 13, 2012 11:20 am

cyeg66 wrote:Pfft! What's the big deal, anyways? It's just an airplane....

They all look the same to you IFR guys anyways

Wacko · Post by **Wacko** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 11:30 am

cyeg66 wrote:Pfft! What's the big deal, anyways? It's just an airplane....

It's the wheels man! Look at how many wheels the thing has! Soooo cool!

gulfan · Post by **gulfan** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 12:31 pm

http://uk.flightaware.com/live/flight/ADB1256

Leaving at 1500

cyeg66 · Post by **cyeg66** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 2:07 pm

NJ wrote: They all look the same to you IFR guys anyways

Yup, somewhere in the vicinity (+/- 3 miles, I think) of the ghosts

. On the rare occasion actually in them!

cptn2016 · Post by **cptn2016** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 2:23 pm

...and it's gone! Just saw it take off and depart to the SE from my office! Amazing! And surprisingly quiet!

Beefitarian · Post by **Beefitarian** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 2:26 pm

Pictures don't really do it justice. I took a pretty blurry video. I'll try to post it later.

I watched it leave from a spot near my kid's school.

BTyyj · Post by **BTyyj** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 3:22 pm

Beefitarian wrote:Pictures don't really do it justice.

From what I have seen so far, I agree. Seems like there were a ton of people around YYC though with some pretty expensive looking cameras, so hopefully there will be some good shots posted online soon.

I was able to see both the takeoff and landing. Watched the landing just off of Aero drive on the dirt road, then later watched the takeoff by Shell. Looks like they took off right before all this weird weather

Edit - Here are some pretty cool pics: http://www.calgarysun.com/2012/03/13/wo ... t-aircraft

ybwflyguy · Post by **ybwflyguy** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 3:22 pm

A few photos from today's visit...

ybwflyguy · Post by **ybwflyguy** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 3:23 pm

Rumour is it's coming back through YYC this weekend

Lowjack · Post by **Lowjack** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 4:50 pm

Some more pics of the visit:

Antonov 225 "Mriya" (UR-82060) by BigtimeAa, on Flickr

Beefitarian · Post by **Beefitarian** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 5:18 pm

Thanks for the pictures everyone. I tried to put a blurry video on imageshack for sharing. It won't work for me so far.

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