Just heard on the radio an Antonov AN124 will be landing at RAF Waddington at about 11:45, it was the worlds biggest plane at one point until it was dwarfed by its big brother.
Its so big the A15 will be closed for its arrival.
Sorry about the lack of history, but i’m at work and the MD is wandering about.
Merry Christmas one and all.
By: wieesso - 24th December 2007 at 10:17
By: R J A Taylor - 19th December 2007 at 00:29
It was late getting to Waddo,should have landed at Woodford at 12:30 and depart at 16:00,the reason for the flight was to ferry a Nimrod R1 fuse for conversion to MRA4.
I dashed up to Waddington this morning just in time to see the Antonov AN124 taxying in at approx 11.45am!!! Most of the crowd packing the Aircraft Viewing Area off the A15 missed her arrival and landing as well – even the people from Radio Lincolnshire were moaning that they’d missed the landing.
The Antonov was finally positioned on the perimeter track to the south east of the airfield facing towards the A15 framed from the road by the resident Vulcan XM607.
At approx 14.15hrs the fuselage section of Nimrod XV246 was seen to arrive infront of the gaping open front door of the Antonov – totally dwarfing the Nimrod. After some time the Nimrod was slowly drawn up the ramp and inside the Antonov’s cavernous fuselage.
Everyone was waiting in the bitter cold for some indication as to when the Antonov was likely to take off on its ferry flight to BAe Woodford – The word spread that she was hoping to depart at 16.00hrs but the cloudbase was still very low and the skies were getting even darker so it seemed a vain hope. Soon afterwards we heard that she would not now be leaving for Woodford until tomorrow (Wednesday 19th) morning – weather conditions permitting.
I have since heard that her hoped for take off time is now expected to be 10.30hrs tomorrow – we shall see !! I for one hope to be there.
Meanwhile here’s a few shots from today.
Richard
By: Short finals - 18th December 2007 at 23:15
It was late getting to Waddo,should have landed at Woodford at 12:30 and depart at 16:00,the reason for the flight was to ferry a Nimrod R1 fuse for conversion to MRA4.
The BBC clip showed that it was XV246, which is (was?) a Nimrod MR.2. I saw it at Waddington on 3 July last, at which stage it was still complete.
By: TRIDENT MAN - 18th December 2007 at 18:38
It was late getting to Waddo,should have landed at Woodford at 12:30 and depart at 16:00,the reason for the flight was to ferry a Nimrod R1 fuse for conversion to MRA4.
By: RingwaySam - 18th December 2007 at 16:38
Was supposed to go onwards to Woodford but was cancelled.
By: Gingie - 18th December 2007 at 16:13
Heres the bbc footage
By: Gingie - 18th December 2007 at 11:00
Its a Antonov AN 124, I was wrong.
By: steve rowell - 18th December 2007 at 10:20
Just heard on the radio an Antonov 225 will be landing at RAF Waddington at about 11:45, it was the worlds biggest plane at one point until it was dwarfed by its big brother.
What’s bigger than a Antonov 225???
By: Lincoln - 18th December 2007 at 10:03
So is it the 225? the Echo was reporting a AN 124, there seems to be a lot of confusion about this lol, I might go and have a nosey but I’m avoiding the A15 anyway, I hate that road. We get a veiw of waddo approach from our doorstep but it’s too far to get any good photos, which is a shame.
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