[Info-vax] OT: Aircraft pitot tubes and clustering.

[JF Mezei]

Peter Weaver wrote:

> I've ridden in the back of a lot of C130's and seen a lot on the ground. At
> various airshows I heard people comment about how big the C130 is and I
> always thought "Wait until you see a Galaxy or a Starlifter."


Wait till you see an Antonov 124. (I almost got to see a 125 a couple of
years ago when it came to Montreal.

The 124 was the final lair in "Die another Day" (korean diamond smuggler).

Comparision with C-130:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bobolink/3289235338/sizes/o/

And to truly understand the scale of the Antonov, you need to see a
human on the "front porch" cleaning the cockpit windows.

The 124 has transported locomotives. And for Bombardier, during the
height of production of the 50 seat CRJ, it ferried fuselages from
Dublin to Montréal because the ships couldn't carry enough of them and
had to be supplemented by antonov aircraft.

 Not only can the nose open up like a cargo 747, but the landing gear
"kneels" so that trucks/tanks can roll on/off the aircraft with a simple
 platform.  They've also carried subway cars in the antonov.
images.google.com can find plenty of images of the antonov.  And the 125
is even bigger (6 engines instead of 4).