Had the great good fortune to be on a flight that was delayed by this monster plane. Captain came over the PA and explained the situation and told us which side of our plane to look out so we could see it take off. I am still amazed that something that huge, seeming to move so slowly, can actually fly. Well worth the delay as I'll remember that sight forever.
@F. A. So what you're saying is that because something is done wrong for a long period of time we should continue to do things wrong forever into the future and ignore all negative consequences?, roger that. Kamakazi vectors set.
samthelittleman1 i dont know... in my ears he has some attitude that i dont like. Straight up ignoring the super WTC indicator. Also it sounds to me like he thinks he is the boss. Than again that does match the aircraft 😅
Been on that beast in Basra. What an absolute honour it was just to drive some lorries off it. It is massive. Just in complete awe of it. It towered over the main building we were all sleeping in at the time. Crazy thing.
edit: answered my own question. I thought they were synonymous but seems they denote different wake turbulence levels. Funny how ATC just keeps calling it super the AN dont care.
I see this plane about once every three months, apparently I could see it more often if I wanted. It takes off fairly frequently from my local airport, East Midlands, in the UK. Amazing to see it go over at the crazy low speed it seems to fly at
I've been there before working in airfield management. I hated when C5s came in. They'd FOD out the RWY and we'd be out there for an hour cleaning up the mess. I was at an F16 base so it was especially critical that we got the rwy clean. Then at least half the time it seems the c5 would break and be sitting there taking up all of our ramp space for days 😂
As a visitor to the Farnborough Airshow in 1990... Can confirm extreme Jetblast from this aircraft. Was not able to get a receding shot of it's takeoff as to busy protecting my face from blown soil and small stones after it passed.
The pilot is correct. He does not need to state the category of his aircraft. ATC are using it so that other aircraft are aware of the size of the Antonov.
...and Super should be only used with A380s because of it´s shape. Super and Heavy are not being used because of the size itself, but those are wake turbulence categories.
well, neither of both do have to state the wake turbulance category. The only time it has to be stated is when the pilot calls in on a new frequency during the initial call
I love your videos and your channel has such a great content, I always wondered what software you use to make this illustrations. Keep up the great work, a big thank you from Brazil.
So often? Airport in by Neighborhood Frankfurt EDDF the Antonov-225 Mirja came only 1x in August 1992. I saw that huge plane on the other side of the airfield parking inside area of US Air Base. The smaller Antonovs 124 came a couple of times.
Constructor Oleg Antonov is Russian himself, he was born in Moscow District. And the "Antonov Aircraft" construction bureau was established in Russian city Novosibirsk (midland of Russia). Lead technican constructor of the project "AN-225" Viktor Tolmachev is also Russian. They both worked in Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. So, what happened to the bureau after that is another story.
@@jacquesblaque7728 Heh, "and if you look out to to the side of the aircraft folks... uhhhh you'll see that there are no air filters on those engines."
I was wondering whey FOD was an issue after the Antonov. Do parts fall off on takeoff? Then I saw the dirt blown up by the outboard engines which might actually be outside the runway edges and I realized why it is a concern.
The reason is actually it's the biggest and heaviest airplane in the world let alone the biggest and heaviest at airports ever seen so they wanted check the runway just in case tarmac or something came up.
I think it is more about the fact that the outboard engines are over the grass, which kicks up a lot of FOD. We had the same problem with the C-5 when deployed to the middle east. Their outboard engines always kicked up at ton of sand and rocks and deposited them on the taxiways..... A sweeper truck was always required where we were at.
Nice video. Thanks. One thing. At 6:55, Sky 7's transmission is transcribed as "The whole station just slightly north...." I'm pretty sure what he actually said was "To hold station just slightly north..."
in the case of the A380, only at a few airports where it doesn't conduct regularly scheduled flights. It's down to the engine spacing and the width of the runway - the AN-225s outboard engines (1 & 6) are close enough to the edge of the runway to kick up debris with the jet blast, which is why it is normal operational procedure to taxi with those shut down. The engines on an A380 aren't that far apart, and the larger airports can handle them just fine without additional precautions. Heathrow just gives extra space behind A380s due to the additional wake turbulence from a super-heavy. Other airports where they are based or have a well established scheduled service using them would be the same. If they are forced to divert to an airport which doesn't normally have them visit, they would be (and are) treated in the same way as the AN-225, although runway weight limits do restrict the allowable diversions for such large aircraft. Make a hard landing in most aircraft, and you inspect the aircraft, do it in a super, and you inspect the runway as well. Same for an overweight landing, and even more carefully if it's both! As far as I know, the only airport where the AN-225 doesn't have special treatment is it's home base, as that is the only place which sees it frequently enough for it to be worthwhile keeping the extra width available all the time.
Phil Lee That makes sense. I was gonna say to the original comment, A380s are becoming pretty common at major airports that’d be crazy if say JFK had to do a sweep every time one left.
Its amazing that even though total thrust of a380 and an225 are almost the same, An225 has much more max taxoff weight. Might have something to do with the mammoth wing surface area
pilot mentions take off before the tower? this isnt allowed in the UK. up until take off clearance we only say Departure? is it different in the states?
I live in Honolulu and I did see the plane Now 2 years later I see this video and I'm like "ohhhh nice to see that it came from Oakland and went to Guam"
I think every airport has this problem. I live close to Leipzig-Halle airport in Germany (LEJ/EDDP). Their 2 runways are (08L/26R) 45 meters wide and (08R/26L) 60 meters wide. This plane is 88 meters wide and the outer engines are off the runway everytime.
Why is a runway/taxiway inspection required every time an AN-225 passes by? I was not aware of the procedure for heavy aircraft like 747, A380, C-5? Is it because the outboard engines extend beyond the pavement on the taxiways/runways and blow dirt onto the pavement?
Unfortunately this aircraft was destroyed in the Battle of Antonov Airport during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. A piece of history lost to a senseless war.
Is it always the same pilot? I feel like I've listened to a different ATC/Pilot interaction for the Antonov and it was the same pilot. He sounds so unimpressed, like just another day in office.
Maybe I missed it, but when was the Antonov cleared for takeoff? He was instructed by tower to line up and wait and report rolling, which he did, but there was no actual takeoff clearance.
Some day, people will look at the effect of that plane, and design a method for blowing the dirt OFF the runway. Alas, it is not yet time for a jet-powered leaf blower (even though they use them for drying race tracks already).
I could not find video for this specific flight but did find video of another AN-225 flight into, at, and out of Honolulu... ua-cam.com/video/IkmthMVNI9A/v-deo.html
For his size, it doesn't really need a lot of runway to take off... does it!? Is the taxiways and runway inspection a normal procedure after take-off of a Super or just for the Antonov AN-225??
Knollepops i would imagine its because the engines produce so much thrust that they want to check if theres any debris that might cause harm to other aircraft
The icon on the map isn't in sync with the video. It rotated after W5, and took off with about 2500 feet remaining. The inspections are only if the outboard engines are too close to the edge of the runway. The A380's engines usually aren't, so probably the AN-225 is the only one that needs it regularly. They shut down the outboard engines for taxiing, so they needed four minutes to start those engines before departure.
My guess is that is has to do with the runway being to narrow for outer engines blowing dirt and whatnot on to the taxiway/runway. Of course the weight is a factor here. I imagine that hard turn left a good skid mark. I operate a crane that weights almost 300 tons, this thing loaded is twice that! Shouldn't fly..
Notice how despite the negative Russian sentiment in the media, people in the US still gather in awe and respect of the Antonov. The power of the internet IS AMAZING!
Watch the takeoff video closely and you can see all the grass and sand he's leaving behind as he runs down the runway. All that grass jumps onto the taxiways and runway and needs to be cleaned.
@@phapnui actually the APUs on An-124 and An-225 are located near the wheels, so they can literally melt the parking lot surface. Because of this, these planes are disallowed to start APU in some airports when they're parked.
@@VASAviation That is a lot to memorize in a single call and then repeat it right back, I'd want a TXT or at least have a replay button on my receiver.
Video from a few days ago: *ANTONOV AN-225 BRINGS EXCITEMENT TO OAKLAND!* Video from today: *ANTONOV AN-225 LEAVES OAKLAND CAUSING DELAYS | FOD on the runway!* Well shit...
Constructor Oleg Antonov (1906-1984) is Russian himself, he was born in Moscow District. And the "Antonov Aircraft" construction bureau was established in Russian city Novosibirsk (midland of Russia). Lead technican constructor of the project "AN-225" Viktor Tolmachev was also Russian (left us 7 June 2018). They both worked in Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, but the order to construct the machine came from Central Committee of CPSU. In that epoch there were NOT different countries as today. Moreover, the partial jobs and construction documentation were prepared by approximately 10 facilities, half of them were based at Russian SFSR territory, not Ukrainian SSR. The Aircraft was built in 1985 by complex efforts of Soviet industry. So, in terms of Soviet epoch, there is no point in definition "Ukrainian" or "Russian", both are right. But nowadays, in business and modern politics terms, of course AN-225 is listed as Ukrainian machine. What happened to the bureau and Soviets after that is another story. P.S. AN-225 is originally built for Soviet Space Program (transportation of Buran, Soviet space shuttle). Yes, this aircraft can transport spacecraft on it's back, outside of hull.
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*Watch its arrival and landing at Oakland here* --> ua-cam.com/video/UFwQiaH5ZsU/v-deo.html
VASAviation - keep us updated with the landing at Honolulu, that’s going to be cool
Unknown if it's the same captain, but in this video of the anthonov, the captain's name is Dimitri Anthonov
ua-cam.com/video/8aIzARbiyN0/v-deo.html
What an amazing aircraft from an amazing people.
I love the way the Antonov pilot's voice matches the plane. lol
Thought thw same thing
And his name is Dmitri Antonov.
Same XD
It's not a pilot speaking, it's a "navigator" - special guy in their crew.
They named the plane after the pilot😎
Antonov is the only airplane that will tear up the runway on take-off and the airport will thank them for it
The only acceptable damage lol
We the people from guam for thank the antonov crew working hard to deliver food and water to us. The people really needed it
I wish we had that after typhoon Karen. :-)
Isn’t there stores in Guam.
@@jacobwong2230 they have to be restocked somehow right?
We were there for both Omar & Paka. 6 weeks without power after that big earthquake in 93. Loved the island.
I’m pretty sure you awesome Guam 🇬🇺 people have a Costco.
Had the great good fortune to be on a flight that was delayed by this monster plane. Captain came over the PA and explained the situation and told us which side of our plane to look out so we could see it take off. I am still amazed that something that huge, seeming to move so slowly, can actually fly. Well worth the delay as I'll remember that sight forever.
murraystewartj fortune and flight delayed in one sentence 😂😂
.... and spew FOD all over the place apparently.
Got delayed leaving Okinawa because of an SR-71 taking off. Shook our little C-12 so badly, it was worth watching though.
Atc: “caution wake turbulence departing Cessna ”
Antonov pilot: “am I a joke to you?”
When you’re so big the airport gives you control instead of them telling you.
She's special that way... Tho the engine smokes definately doesn't pass Environment assessment nowadays...
@F. A. Lmao you inhale all the carcinogens from the air if you'd like, I'll stick to my pinky-winky clean air thank you.
@F. A. "damn libs, wanting clean air and water. Back in my day kids died of the black lung at 12!"
@F. A. So what you're saying is that because something is done wrong for a long period of time we should continue to do things wrong forever into the future and ignore all negative consequences?, roger that. Kamakazi vectors set.
3:58 'can you advise the Antonov crew that the leader vehicle is in front of them' ...please...please...so they don't roll over us?
*THICC BOI leaves a lot of crumbs while eating*
Haha
Requirement for Antonov Crew: have a badass voice
BEBOP and BAART made me laugh for some reason.
See you later, space cowboy...
Eat pant
Two kinds of people in this world.
Favorite part of this whole exchange lol
All the fixes on that route from the west coast to Hawaii start with a "B"
Meanwhile the super heavy AN225 takes off half the runway, and the smaller southwest needs 30 due to its 'weight'. Soviets don't follow physics.
Physics follow Soviet
Perhaps because it's not fully loaded?
i think it's because AN225 has much more power, well, it looks like it has with those 6 engines.
it have massive wing spans and 6 engine provide enough lift to carrying space shuttle so yeah
Bob Walker. True. There's video of Buran being carried on the back of the Antonov 225 Mriya.
Fascinating insight into safety procedures and runway maintenance and how service vehicles are tied into communication network. Thanks.
This plane shoud not only be called "super" but "super duper".
MEGA
@@Likeusb1 ULTRA
*M A G N U M*
Hooray, I'm the 69th like!
Super-de-Duper
That pilot has a very nice voice! Matches the aircraft perfectly
samthelittleman1 i dont know... in my ears he has some attitude that i dont like. Straight up ignoring the super WTC indicator. Also it sounds to me like he thinks he is the boss. Than again that does match the aircraft 😅
samthelittleman1 Yes! A it’s like if the an225 had a personality it would be that voice XD
@@Falkano there is no need to add your wake turbulance category after every single transmission
Falketto He’s Slav
What kind of accent is this? Doesn't sound Russian to me.
The only aircraft that can affect an a380 by wake turbulance
Been on that beast in Basra. What an absolute honour it was just to drive some lorries off it. It is massive. Just in complete awe of it. It towered over the main building we were all sleeping in at the time. Crazy thing.
AN2586 "HEAVY"??
HEAVY?
SUPER!!
edit: answered my own question. I thought they were synonymous but seems they denote different wake turbulence levels. Funny how ATC just keeps calling it super the AN dont care.
SUPER SUPER SUPER SUPER SUPER SUPER
What about both lol
4:12
@@tenvelli that means crazy level of wake turbulence then...what aircraft could generate such?
I see this plane about once every three months, apparently I could see it more often if I wanted. It takes off fairly frequently from my local airport, East Midlands, in the UK. Amazing to see it go over at the crazy low speed it seems to fly at
It do what now? Damn it I used to live near there!
And advise when rolling… I'm thinking the clue will be when the building start shaking
I love when people call the supers "heavy." They're just not used to calling anything "super" since they're so rare.
a380's are Supers...not that rare.
@@AUmarcus At Oakland it's rare. The only time oakland deals with a380s is for SFO flight when Tower signs them over to Oakland departure.
@@imawatermelon1439
It shouldn't be that rare then....plenty of a380's use SFO.
I absolutely LOVE this channel!!! Matching up the comms, with the helecopter video, with the animations and the charts 😍 I think I'm in geek heaven!
Helecopter?
That is just a chart with the plane added
RIP ANTONOV AN-225
That's not an airplane,
It's ALUMINUM OVERCAST!!
Imagine being so big.. they have to inspect and clean everything behind you.. Impressive!
I've been there before working in airfield management. I hated when C5s came in. They'd FOD out the RWY and we'd be out there for an hour cleaning up the mess. I was at an F16 base so it was especially critical that we got the rwy clean. Then at least half the time it seems the c5 would break and be sitting there taking up all of our ramp space for days 😂
Wherever she goes, people take notice.
And they'll be there... Waiting.
@@christiansantillan184 and they will be blown away
As a visitor to the Farnborough Airshow in 1990... Can confirm extreme Jetblast from this aircraft. Was not able to get a receding shot of it's takeoff as to busy protecting my face from blown soil and small stones after it passed.
1:47 - Just for you information, Oakland Ground, we're starting up our six badass engines.
"JUST"
Gotta call ground for engine start in Europe. It's more habit than anything.
Antonov: we're starting the engines.
The whole airport: he's threatening us! Run, RUN!
No matter how hard tower guys trying to correct Antonov pilot to say super he ignores LOL
The pilot is correct. He does not need to state the category of his aircraft. ATC are using it so that other aircraft are aware of the size of the Antonov.
...and Super should be only used with A380s because of it´s shape. Super and Heavy are not being used because of the size itself, but those are wake turbulence categories.
well, neither of both do have to state the wake turbulance category. The only time it has to be stated is when the pilot calls in on a new frequency during the initial call
Eh it is rather the weight and wake turbulence the aircraft will produce
If this AN-225 Mryia is not fully loaded, they can call themselves Heavy.
@@ottoolej2121 AN 225 has WTC Super as well, it's not only the A380
Oversized plane, like an oversized truck, had a pilot car lol. That's cool.😁
Harry Buttwhisker
I think it’s the most ugly aircraft EVER!
@@user-st1tj5lt9l it's a work horse. It's not supposed to be pretty, lol.
@@user-st1tj5lt9l, you clearly have not seen the Airbus Beluga...!
@@mikethecabbie8476 The airbus beluga has a special place in my heart
@@user-st1tj5lt9l The Guppy is even more ugly!
I love your videos and your channel has such a great content, I always wondered what software you use to make this illustrations. Keep up the great work, a big thank you from Brazil.
This plane lands and starts ,,regularly’‘ on the airport in my city (Leipzig-Halle,Germany).they also have some smaller antonovs there. Always wow 😮
there are smaller ones? didnt know that!
@@ctx4241 Antonov-124 and Antonov-22.
So often? Airport in by Neighborhood Frankfurt EDDF the Antonov-225 Mirja came only 1x in August 1992. I saw that huge plane on the other side of the airfield parking inside area of US Air Base. The smaller Antonovs 124 came a couple of times.
Legend has it, SWA860 is still waiting for 30. 🐢
"The Russian aircraft"
Ukraine: Am I a joke to you?
Ahmedzx180 Exactly
Soviet Union: yes
Soviet Union: da
Its not their fault. Some people are just pig-ignorant and not even aware.
Constructor Oleg Antonov is Russian himself, he was born in Moscow District. And the "Antonov Aircraft" construction bureau was established in Russian city Novosibirsk (midland of Russia). Lead technican constructor of the project "AN-225" Viktor Tolmachev is also Russian.
They both worked in Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. So, what happened to the bureau after that is another story.
Great video ,thanks for your work! Thumbs up!
Very courteous of the airport to get out their brooms and sweep the runway to ensure no dust gets on the plane during the take off roll.
I'll assume you're joking. If not, the whole thing about FOD is that debris can do major damage to gas turbines. Bad.
@@jacquesblaque7728 Heh, "and if you look out to to the side of the aircraft folks... uhhhh you'll see that there are no air filters on those engines."
@@sntslilhlpr6601 good joke
I was wondering whey FOD was an issue after the Antonov. Do parts fall off on takeoff? Then I saw the dirt blown up by the outboard engines which might actually be outside the runway edges and I realized why it is a concern.
Yes it's so unreliable that random parts fall off every time it takes off *sarcasm*
The reason is actually it's the biggest and heaviest airplane in the world let alone the biggest and heaviest at airports ever seen so they wanted check the runway just in case tarmac or something came up.
I think it is more about the fact that the outboard engines are over the grass, which kicks up a lot of FOD. We had the same problem with the C-5 when deployed to the middle east. Their outboard engines always kicked up at ton of sand and rocks and deposited them on the taxiways..... A sweeper truck was always required where we were at.
"Is Russian plane."
It's Ukrainian. The name, livery...all Ukrainian.
USSR plane
Enjoyed this so much. So cool!
I'm sure they didn't appreciate being called a Russian aircraft by Sky 7 xD
Right?! I was looking exactly for this comment... I was fuming when Sky 7 said that
I was expecting them to interrupt the coms with "Who did you call Russian again, my friend!?" 🤣 But I guess they're more polite than that 😅
Thanks for the memories, Vlad...
This video makes it easy for anyone to understand. 💯
I remember this Beast woke me up in the Morning before my alarm when it visited Karachi, Pakistan few months ago😍💪
Nice video. Thanks.
One thing. At 6:55, Sky 7's transmission is transcribed as "The whole station just slightly north...." I'm pretty sure what he actually said was "To hold station just slightly north..."
I've seen this plane come in and out of IAD. It's quite a sight. Lots of ground activity.
I Love this plane. I saw 2010 in germany.
special aircraft!
Imagine every runway would need to be inspected for 10+ minutes after every takeoff... !
This and the Airbus 380 are special handling planes. Runway inspection after takeoff.
in the case of the A380, only at a few airports where it doesn't conduct regularly scheduled flights. It's down to the engine spacing and the width of the runway - the AN-225s outboard engines (1 & 6) are close enough to the edge of the runway to kick up debris with the jet blast, which is why it is normal operational procedure to taxi with those shut down.
The engines on an A380 aren't that far apart, and the larger airports can handle them just fine without additional precautions.
Heathrow just gives extra space behind A380s due to the additional wake turbulence from a super-heavy. Other airports where they are based or have a well established scheduled service using them would be the same. If they are forced to divert to an airport which doesn't normally have them visit, they would be (and are) treated in the same way as the AN-225, although runway weight limits do restrict the allowable diversions for such large aircraft.
Make a hard landing in most aircraft, and you inspect the aircraft, do it in a super, and you inspect the runway as well. Same for an overweight landing, and even more carefully if it's both!
As far as I know, the only airport where the AN-225 doesn't have special treatment is it's home base, as that is the only place which sees it frequently enough for it to be worthwhile keeping the extra width available all the time.
@Phil Lee, thanks for the explanation - I was wondering why they had to do such an inspection after departure.
Phil Lee That makes sense. I was gonna say to the original comment, A380s are becoming pretty common at major airports that’d be crazy if say JFK had to do a sweep every time one left.
a runway inspection would have saved the Concord form crashing in France in 2000
Its amazing that even though total thrust of a380 and an225 are almost the same, An225 has much more max taxoff weight. Might have something to do with the mammoth wing surface area
@VASAviation - Do ye perchance have the Antonov's arrival and departure at Honolulu enroute to Guam? I'm interested in that as I live at Honolulu.
Great video.☺️
I’ve once had the pleasure to handle the little sister AN124 at Munich Airport (EDDM). Huge aircraft as well :)
RIP AN-225
pilot mentions take off before the tower? this isnt allowed in the UK. up until take off clearance we only say Departure? is it different in the states?
Am I the only one that heard his engines on the take off roll when he keyed up? Just a sweet sound high by pass turbofan engines
I live in Honolulu and I did see the plane
Now 2 years later I see this video and I'm like "ohhhh nice to see that it came from Oakland and went to Guam"
I saw this beast landing here in Poland once. It was awesome. What a magnificent piece of engineering
when she lands, everyone wait for her
when she depart, everyone also wait for her...
😂
The landing gear is insane.....
I’d love to see a picture of the runway after it left m
Just for your information, it's not an earthquake, we're starting off the engines 😂
I think every airport has this problem. I live close to Leipzig-Halle airport in Germany (LEJ/EDDP). Their 2 runways are (08L/26R) 45 meters wide and (08R/26L) 60 meters wide. This plane is 88 meters wide and the outer engines are off the runway everytime.
On another note waa that snow off to the left when the plane waa taking off?! Like before the Bay...
Good vid. TY
Nicely done
Well they both understand each other!
Hi from Antonov Motherland!)
илья волков Thanks for sharing your airplane!
Hi, Ilya Volkov!
I live about 50 miles from there. Would have been a cool plane to see.
Why is a runway/taxiway inspection required every time an AN-225 passes by? I was not aware of the procedure for heavy aircraft like 747, A380, C-5? Is it because the outboard engines extend beyond the pavement on the taxiways/runways and blow dirt onto the pavement?
That is correct.
Unfortunately this aircraft was destroyed in the Battle of Antonov Airport during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. A piece of history lost to a senseless war.
Almost an war operation for that big beast 😁
Hello nice video looking for the next saludos
Biggest airplane in the world and the pilot on the radio sounds like he's perpetually bored
Is it always the same pilot? I feel like I've listened to a different ATC/Pilot interaction for the Antonov and it was the same pilot. He sounds so unimpressed, like just another day in office.
It is. Captain Dimitri Antonov. Not related to the Antonov who founded the thing.
Maybe I missed it, but when was the Antonov cleared for takeoff? He was instructed by tower to line up and wait and report rolling, which he did, but there was no actual takeoff clearance.
Tower doesn't clear Antonov for takeoff. Antonov clears Tower.
@@hansvonmannschaft9062 Ukranians clear themselves for takeoff.
I wondered about that also....
SKY7, An-225 is not "large Russian airplane"! An-225 is an airplane from Ukraine!
Airplane from USSR to be correct
Some day, people will look at the effect of that plane, and design a method for blowing the dirt OFF the runway. Alas, it is not yet time for a jet-powered leaf blower (even though they use them for drying race tracks already).
Mriya, you will always fly on in my dreams
do you have a recording of its landing in honolulu too?
I could not find video for this specific flight but did find video of another AN-225 flight into, at, and out of Honolulu...
ua-cam.com/video/IkmthMVNI9A/v-deo.html
For his size, it doesn't really need a lot of runway to take off... does it!? Is the taxiways and runway inspection a normal procedure after take-off of a Super or just for the Antonov AN-225??
As far as I know, a runway inspection is mandatory after a Super lands or takes off.
So after every A-380 there is an inspection?
Knollepops i would imagine its because the engines produce so much thrust that they want to check if theres any debris that might cause harm to other aircraft
The icon on the map isn't in sync with the video. It rotated after W5, and took off with about 2500 feet remaining. The inspections are only if the outboard engines are too close to the edge of the runway. The A380's engines usually aren't, so probably the AN-225 is the only one that needs it regularly. They shut down the outboard engines for taxiing, so they needed four minutes to start those engines before departure.
My guess is that is has to do with the runway being to narrow for outer engines blowing dirt and whatnot on to the taxiway/runway. Of course the weight is a factor here. I imagine that hard turn left a good skid mark. I operate a crane that weights almost 300 tons, this thing loaded is twice that! Shouldn't fly..
I figured the An-225 would have the designation ‘Super’ along with the A380, and this video confirms it.
4:42 Only heavy...?
Notice how despite the negative Russian sentiment in the media, people in the US still gather in awe and respect of the Antonov. The power of the internet IS AMAZING!
Could he have an even more inconvenient call sign?! :D
Well they did change it to "Antonov" later on if you noticed :D as he was also suddenly classified as a Heavy rather than a Super.
Should just be "Big Boi". "Big boi, rolling now"
ADB stands for Antonov Design Bureau.
Sweeping after departure? Do the outboard engines blow debris onto the runway?
Yes.
I wonder what kind of FOD that thing causes? I assume it must be stuff torn up from the grass verges, and not off the plane itself
Probably to check if the asphalt on the taxiways and runway have cracked or flown up.
Watch the takeoff video closely and you can see all the grass and sand he's leaving behind as he runs down the runway. All that grass jumps onto the taxiways and runway and needs to be cleaned.
Maybe the big engines melt the runways.
So many engines. One might fall off without the pilot realizing.
@@phapnui actually the APUs on An-124 and An-225 are located near the wheels, so they can literally melt the parking lot surface. Because of this, these planes are disallowed to start APU in some airports when they're parked.
i once had a flypast by the an 124 when it was about to land at doncaster airport
A true shame this thing will never fly again.
If that plans could talk, to pilots voice would be it lol
Sad that this iconic beast is gone
I didn't hear the takeoff clearance... that 'advise when rolling' is a thing other pilots could misunderstand and "become one with the vodka barrel".
Is it common for pilots to have a little pad and paper to write down the instructions before takeoff, I know I'd do it
Affirm. Departure clearance is usually written down.
@@VASAviation That is a lot to memorize in a single call and then repeat it right back, I'd want a TXT or at least have a replay button on my receiver.
Sounds like the plane is talking
plz continue the series, HNL, GUM, UTP, so on..
I will if I see people are still interested in these videos.
VASAviation - keep going.
Keep going
Keep going, please.
Not the best live atc coverage outside the US
Unless I missed something the Antonio did not get a takeoff clearance from the tower.
You are right. No explicit clearance was stated.
Actually ATC said tell me when you roll. At that point that is enough for a clearance.
No, David. A clear and explict clearance must be transmitted.
In Russia the tower doesn't give clearance to the 225. The 225 gives clearance to the tower. Yeah, I know it's Ukrainian, but still.
I'm sure they got the clearance but it WASN'T included in this audio feed.
Video from a few days ago: *ANTONOV AN-225 BRINGS EXCITEMENT TO OAKLAND!*
Video from today: *ANTONOV AN-225 LEAVES OAKLAND CAUSING DELAYS | FOD on the runway!*
Well shit...
Excitement in the arrival, hard job and delays in the departure... Impressive aircraft but also hard to handle.
Agreed, I'm sure the aftermath was well worth it regardless
Constructor Oleg Antonov (1906-1984) is Russian himself, he was born in Moscow District. And the "Antonov Aircraft" construction bureau was established in Russian city Novosibirsk (midland of Russia). Lead technican constructor of the project "AN-225" Viktor Tolmachev was also Russian (left us 7 June 2018).
They both worked in Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, but the order to construct the machine came from Central Committee of CPSU. In that epoch there were NOT different countries as today. Moreover, the partial jobs and construction documentation were prepared by approximately 10 facilities, half of them were based at Russian SFSR territory, not Ukrainian SSR. The Aircraft was built in 1985 by complex efforts of Soviet industry.
So, in terms of Soviet epoch, there is no point in definition "Ukrainian" or "Russian", both are right. But nowadays, in business and modern politics terms, of course AN-225 is listed as Ukrainian machine.
What happened to the bureau and Soviets after that is another story.
P.S. AN-225 is originally built for Soviet Space Program (transportation of Buran, Soviet space shuttle). Yes, this aircraft can transport spacecraft on it's back, outside of hull.
It's a Ukrainian plane now. Deal with it.
Ive been in the cockpit of one of these
Me too... all the time lol
@@jessetiessen9336 didn't you get lost there?😏
She's the queen so the sweepers have to follow. lol
All the female planes be like 😍 that day
The icon of AN-225 has 6 engines!
Obviously