He just added that it sat at the postal hub for a few days and he didn't see any overtly odd vehicles around it. It didn't have military type markings but did have a green stripe down the fuselage.II asked a pilot friend who works at the airport. He said there were two of them and they parked at the USPS ramp.
Im sure any overtly odd vehicles wouldnt be coming/going during regular daylight hours. I'd expect that to happen in the wee hours when nobody was around.He just added that it sat at the postal hub for a few days and he didn't see any overtly odd vehicles around it. It didn't have military type markings but did have a green stripe down the fuselage.
He also pointed out that when the government flew the afghan refugees to Indianapolis for Camp Atterbury they unloaded them at the postal hub. It seems the government is willing to use that facility for more than mail.
This bird flew in and out of Anchorage often. I listened/watched (both of those senses were amplified at the sound/sight) it take off during a visit a few years ago.Based in Ukraine, Anonov was successfully using their fleet of heavies all over the world; the AN 225 "Mriya" was the biggest, bad-est-est, heavy on the planet.
The Russians fixed that recently.
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Now how does that prop not hit the ground...Seems like an appropriate thread to pay homage to the Guppy series of aircraft. Created from retired Boing 377 Stratocruisers by Aero-Spacelines, Inc. to transport large items for NASA back in the '60's.
This is the smallest of them, the Mini-Guppy, at a museum in Oregon.
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You probably didn't even notice this guy in the previous photo...
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Not about the AN but interesting just the same. Early morning rush hour in Indy. Some of the are going straight to Paris, London, Leipzig and Japan.
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Looks like the museum needs to give that bird some TLC. Looks like the tires are flat and the main gear strut has collapsed.Now how does that prop not hit the ground...
Could be innocuous, but with all the Russian hardware getting blowed up or outright abandoned in Ukraine right now you know there has to be a conga line of planes bringing said hardware back to the US for intelligence examination.
Maybe taking them to Crane?If they were bringing tanks or something here to study, why would they bring it to Indy? Perhaps handing it to Allison or Cummins?
Depending on the winds they fly right over my house. Pretty cool seeing them all lined up in the sky coming in to land.You often find 1+ triple 7 on the ground as well... pretty neat to be driving by as they all take off consecutively.