Seen Over Your House Today

[kitnut617]

That An-225 visits Canada quite often, it's been to Calgary a number of times this last couple of years

[NARSES2]

What looked like a Puma helicopter (I don't actually know but it wasn't airborne plod or ambulance) came in and landed about a mile away on the disused school playing fields. Still haven't heard it take off. They have done some filming down there before so it might be that. Noisy bugger

[Spey_Phantom]

again, flyovers by a number of Belgian Air Force C-130H's, and this afternoon, a hostage evacuation exersize outside city hall, with 2 Belgian Agusta A109's landing in the street and later in the park 

[Captain Canada]

Now that raises you to a 'Spotter First Class' Cap'n,  considering there is only one An-225 in the whole world. 

Sweet ! Do get a new badge or something ? lol. There were quite a few spotters coming and going when I was there.

[kitnut617]

Now that raises you to a 'Spotter First Class' Cap'n,  considering there is only one An-225 in the whole world. 

Sweet ! Do get a new badge or something ? lol. There were quite a few spotters coming and going when I was there.

google news has a youtube video of it leaving

[scooter]

Saw this big beauty at Pearson Int'l this morning. Thanks for the tip Rat !

[Captain Canada]

Haha ! That's awesome Scooter !



Off to youtube her leaving. Hope there's good audio !

[PR19_Kit]

Hm, I wonder how many PA28s you could cram into the An-225? Almost into triple figures I imagine.

[kitnut617]

I think that pic shows it landing, all the thrust reversers are open and the spoilers are up  ---

[scooter]

I think that pic shows it landing, all the thrust reversers are open and the spoilers are up  ---

It is, but we're going for irony here

[Mossie]

I think that pic shows it landing, all the thrust reversers are open and the spoilers are up  ---

It is, but we're going for irony here

Who's asking who???

[PR19_Kit]

I think that pic shows it landing, all the thrust reversers are open and the spoilers are up  ---

It is, but we're going for irony here

Who's asking who???

I'm not even sure that the An-225 flies wholly aerodynamically. It's THAT big that its self-generated gravity field has to be counteracted by an anti-grav system or it would never get off the ground!

[Spey_Phantom]

yesterday, the local EMS helicopter landed a few yards away from my house, responding to a traffic accident.
(old picture)

[Captain Canada]

Love the NOTAR Hughes.Lovely machine. I miss the noise tho 

[kitnut617]

It is the first ever NOTAR I have seen in person, I was surprised as to how quiet it was, much of the noise given off from a normal heli must come from the tail rotor?

The Calgary Police uses one, it has a very distinctive sound and you could always tell when it was around.  Mind you, when it was circling around some suspected trouble, it made quite a racket ---