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BIG HEADLINE posted:An An-12 from "Cavok Air" just overflew Northern Virginia at 26,000 feet and it sounded like it was at 2,000. drat, Russia/Ukraine, you noisy. Here she is! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyMceRYeQ6Y&t=10s 
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BIG HEADLINE posted:Dulles has also been an Antonov hub recently - United must suddenly be needing a ton of GEnX for their service depot there because I've seen An-124s in and out of it at least three times in the past 90 days. Probably something like that since the one last night appears to have arrived in Dulles from Paine Field. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKEZtdKQnNk&t=398s Nice! 
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I was watching some short documentary clip last night about the An-124 since I know little about them and apparently it's typical for the crews to do their own maintenance and repairs when on the ground (and of course keep a huge supply of parts on board for obvious reason) - also I came across the anecdote on airliners.net which I thought was great...quote:I actually witnessed an AN-124 crew breaking down a wheel assembly out on the freight ramp in MSP with hand tools and a sledge hammer.  ...and drat I can't get over how incredible they sound, they make a 757 with RB211s sound like an Embraer abiding by a noise abatement departure procedure!
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Nebakenezzer posted:Welcome, friend. Hey-hey I know you! No RR bias though, the Pratt & Whitney PW2000 is lovely as well - it's just that my first flight ever almost 10yrs was onboard a 757 with the RR engines. Also noise abatements can be cool as well, take John Wayne Airport for example. I just wish I could have also departed in one instead of a boring old 737 (still quite an experience though - you really do hear half the cabin simultaneously gasp when they slam back the throttle after taking off at close to full power)... MrYenko posted:I watched an An-124 crew do this AND rebuild a brake on the ramp at CHS one night. Yeah they remind me of a highly competent (and probably extremely well paid) LeMons team on wings...who knew? I half assumed they were a bunch of disgruntled, vodka crazy ex-Soviet military pilots...perhaps they still are but I suppose you can now add 'respectable' onto the pile of adjectives. I also love the ANTONOV DESIGN BUREAU livery, probably gets plenty of strange looks flying into Dulles each time nowadays. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=836IhCriTWs 
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Jonny Nox posted:Lol just heard on the news that YYC received over 1700 noise complaints from 1 person last year. I know the US does but does CA provide government subsidies to provide soundproofing for places in high exposure zones that qualify? Also, I loved the An-124/Russian flight crew stories + the recommendations - good stuff
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HookedOnChthonics posted:
American infrastructure is the great white whale of autonomous driving technology.
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Mortabis posted:Yes, but people connect through those hubs on those airlines to other final destinations, which competes with US routes. Let them fly American Airlines.
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Nebakenezzer posted:If you've not watched the airplanes land lately, here's some interesting birds that have stopped by at the most grim, frostbitten airport the past few months: Oh heck yes...you got have my all time favorites in that list, I'm definitely watching those later when I get home. Looking forward to hanging out by the beach and doing the same near KBOS once it warms up a bit since I finally upgraded my phone and can now able to use a tracker app and listen to ATC while snapping and filming. Unfortunately nothing nearly as interesting as what you posted tends to fly in and out of here. Also, looking forward to sleeping with the windows wide open once again and having the early morning parade of red-eye domestic arrivals be my only alarm clock.
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BIG HEADLINE posted:"Loud as gently caress" generally means an An-124. Russian engines give no fucks about noise restrictions, and they're used quite often to transport GeNX engines to ailing airplanes as few cargo aircraft can carry them. oh im p sure i just read about An-124 cargo planes hauling Teslas out of SFO recently so that's quite possible...i believe they occasionally have been spotted at Moffett. also glad i decided to chk itt given the past 24hrs...saw a badass neon lightshow from electrical explosions last night
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Finger Prince posted:Plus a dunk in water that cold, the body takes an involuntary gasp of air as reflex, except theres no air, just water, so you drown. always a pleasant thought...even though in reality you probably won't even know what hit you as your CNS goes DEFCON and then you're unconscious and then dead.
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Eej posted:https://twitter.com/jwsthomson/status/1028142238671429633 yeah he sounds like he's under anesthesia during the ATC tape...which explains the candor for someone who was apparently suicidal
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CommieGIR posted:RIP 9-0-9  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cML_n9e5cM
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