[Scan-DC] Antonov 124

[Jeffrey Holmes]

No problem.  Hard to say if they stopped over.  They can be seen all over
the globe.  Like right now one took off from Paris and is over Hungry.
Hard to say what kinda cargo but I've seen them landing a lot at KPAE
(Payne Field in Washington State, where Boeing is located).  I only mention
this because of another big plane, Boeing's modified 747 Dream Lifter
(Google registration N780BA for pics) used in transporting plane sections
from other plants worldwide.  Unfortunately they don't seem on fly over our
airspace.  Their radio callsign is preceded with "Giant".

As far as radio comms for the Antonov, pretty routine, "Volga" is their
callsign.  And with accents of course.



On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 5:19 PM, Andrew Clegg <andrew_w_clegg at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> Thanks Jeff. I see this one came from Canada. Probably a stopover on way
> from Russia? What kind of cargo do they bring over? Any interesting radio
> comms associated with the Antonov flights?
>
> On Jun 26, 2017, at 3:19 PM, Jeffrey Holmes <jeffreyholmes74 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> Registration:  RA-82042
>
> One of many.  I follow several on flightradar24.com but this one caught
> me off guard, sounds like I happen to spot it at the same time you did
> (Jermantown road and I66).
>
> Jeff
>
> On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 2:35 PM, Andrew Clegg <andrew_w_clegg at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Flew over Penderbrook Golf Club about 1/2 hour ago. I think it goes into
>> Dulles on some regular basis but this is the first time I've seen it fly
>> over. Looks pretty cool.
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