Antonov An-124s at Victorville, March 14, 2006 |
On Tuesday, March 14 a pair of Volga-Dnepr An-124 Ruslans flew from Wheeler Sack AAF, New York to the Southern California Air Logistics Center at Victorville, California. Flight VDA3424 arrived at 12:35 PM PST and flight VDA3400 arrived at 2:20 PM.
McDonnell-Douglas C-17A Globemaster 3, 04-4138 Spirit of California of the 452nd AMW based at March ARB, call sign SLAM62, was shooting touch-and-go landings on Runway 17 as I approached the airport on el Mirage Avenue. It gave me a couple of opportunities to evaluate my shooting location and move to a better one.
Volga-Dnepr An-124 Ruslan, RA82045 Flight VDA3424 on approach to Runway 17 at Victorville.
Volga-Dnepr An-124 Ruslan, RA82045 prepares to unload its payload.
Volga-Dnepr An-124 Ruslan, RA82042 Flight VDA3400 on approach to Runway 17.
Volga-Dnepr An-124 Ruslan, RA82045 can be seen with its visor raised on the far side of the airport.
United Airlines 747-422, N175UA flight UAL9949 from San Francisco landed seven minutes after VDA4300.
Volga-Dnepr An-124 Ruslan, RA82042 pulls into postion near RA82045.
On Wednesday, March 15 Volga-Dnepr An-124 flight VDA4301 flew from Victorville to Wheeler Sack. Volga-Dnepr An-124 flight VDA4303 flew from Victorville to Gander. Volga-Dnepr An-124 flight VDA4302 flew from Wheeler Sack to Victorville. AMT 757-300 Flight AMT5261 also flew from Wheeler Sack to Victorville.
On Thursday, March 16, Volga-Dnepr An-124 flight VDA4304 flew from Wheeler Sack to Victorville. Volga-Dnepr An-124 flight VDA4303 flew from Gander to Diori Hamani, Africa.
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A dozen photos of Antonov An-124 Ruslans:
Aeroflot CCCP-82007, Brown Field, California, May 22, 1988,
Aeroflot RA-82031, Tushino Aerodrome, Moscow, Russia, August 18-1996,
Volga-Dnepr RA-82045, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, February 10, 2005,
Volga-Dnepr RA-82045, Victorville, California, March 14, 2006,
Antonov Design Bureau RA-82007, Naval Air Station Point Mugu, California, June 24, 2006,
Polet Flight RA-82080, Phoenix-Mesa Gateway, Arizona, January 14, 2011,
Polet Flight RA-82080, Phoenix-Mesa Gateway, Arizona, January 15, 2011,
Polet Flight RA-82080, Phoenix-Mesa Gateway, Arizona, April 8, 2011,
Volga-Dnepr RA-82068, Phoenix, Sky Harbor, Arizona June 15, 2016.
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Three photos show the Antonov An-225 Mriya with the Soviet Space Shuttle Buran at the Paris Airshow in 1989. The other nine photos were taken at the Zhukovsky Aerodrome outside Moscow in 1993.
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A dozen photos of Air Freighters. All new pictures for 2020. Aircraft pictured include:
Antonov An-225 RA-82060, Zhukovsky, Russia, September 3, 1993,
Boeing 747-8F N50217, Phoenix-Mesa Gateway, September 2, 2010,
Cavok Air Antonov An-12B UR-CKL, Phoenix Sky Harbor, December 2, 2015,
Volga-Dnepr An-124 RA-82068, Phoenix Sky Harbor, June 15, 2016,
Volga-Dnepr Ilyushin Il-76 RA76951, Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, August 27, 2017,
Atlas Air Boeing 747-47UF N499MC, Phoenix Sky Harbor, December 20, 2017,
Asia Pacific Airlines Boeing 727-223F N705AA, Phoenix Sky Harbor, July 22, 2018,
Fedex Express Airbus A300F4-605R N681FE, Phoenix Sky Harbor, August 24, 2018,
Fedex Express Boeing 777-FS2 N868FD, Phoenix Sky Harbor, August 24, 2018,
Fedex Express MD-11F N604FE, Phoenix Sky Harbor, August 26, 2018,
UPS Boeing 767-34AF(W) N311UP, Phoenix Sky Harbor, August 28, 2018,
Kalitta Charters II Boeing 737-436F N733CK, Phoenix Sky Harbor, September 4, 2018.
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Coulson Flying Tankers Martin JRM C-FLYL Hawaii Mars, Lake Elsinore, California, October 27, 2007,
NASA Boeing 747-123 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft N905NA/Endeavour, Edwards Air Force Base, December 10, 2008,
Lockheed C-5B Galaxy 87-0032, Nellis Air Force Base, April 25, 1997,
Volga-Dnepr Antonov An-124 RA-82068, Phoenix, Sky Harbor, June 15, 2016,
Saudi Arabian Boeing 777-368ER HZ-AK17, Los Angeles International Airport, January 19, 2015,
Delta Boeing 747-451 N668US, Phoenix Sky Harbor, January 8, 2016,
Antonov An-225 Mriya UR82060, Zhukovsky, Russia, September 3, 1993,
American Airbus A330-323 N273AY, Phoenix Sky Harbor, December 20, 2017,
Virgin Atalntic Airbus A340-642 G-VWKD, Los Angeles International Airport, January 19, 2015,
Asiana Airbus A380-800 HL7625, Los Angeles International Airport, May 3, 2016,
Lufthansa Boeing 747-830 D-ABYK, Los Angeles International Airport, January 19, 2015,
All Nippon Airlines Boeing 787-9 JA837A, Phoenix Sky Harbor, January 28, 2018,
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The Southern California Air Logistics Center was formerly George Air Force Base. It is home to a Boeing test facility, Heavylift Helicopters, and a large number of retired airliners.
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