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Re: [OM] Large flying machine

Subject: Re: [OM] Large flying machine
From: Charles Geilfuss <charles.geilfuss@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2016 09:25:57 -0400
I'm pretty sure it was the An-124, so the 4 engine model.

Charlie

On Sun, Mar 20, 2016 at 11:27 PM, Bill Pearce <billcpearce@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> The 4 engine or the 6 engine Antonov?
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Charles Geilfuss
> Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2016 10:54 AM
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> Subject: Re: [OM] Large flying machine
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> All four of those planes have been stationed here at Charleston AFB over
> the years. I have learned to identify them by the sound of their engines.
> The C-5 has a very characteristic sound that always reminds me of the
> twister in The Wizard of Oz. Years ago, while working in my garage I heard
> a big plane fly over that I had never heard before. I ran outside, and sure
> enough it was a new one: a Russian Antonov transport. Never thought I would
> ever see one of those. Impressive and really big.
>
> Charlie
>
> On Sat, Mar 19, 2016 at 8:54 AM, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>      The C-17 was a good addition to the airlift inventory as it filled
>> the gap between the C-130 and the C-141B.  I nice theatre transport that
>> seems to have a good record.
>>
>>      Consider yourself lucky that you don't have any C-5s.
>>
>> >
>> >I attended a conference on aviation medicine this week, held at Ramstein
>> AB – a large transport hub in the Rheinland Pfalz region of Germany.
>> >
>> >I presented on training for spatial disorientation recognition and
>> avoidance in pilots, but hung around for quite a bit of the medical stuff.
>> It was more interesting than I had anticipated, although I needed to check
>> my dictionary quite frequently: who would have known, for instance, that
>> “pre-morbidic” meant “not yet diseased”?  I think that military doctors
>> make some of it up . . .
>> >
>> >Anyway, one of the highlights was a visit to a transport isolation system
>> installed on a C17; this was designed after the Ebola outbreak when there
>> were fears that some Americans might need evacuation after contact with
>> such a serious disease.  The aircraft apron was almost deserted (by USAF
>> standards) but there were more aircraft on that apron than the UK has in
>> total – we don’t have any C5s . . .
>> >
>> >There are 4 photos:
>> >
>> >http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=19796 <
>> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=19796>
>> >
>> >Chris
>> >
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>> Chris
>>
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