Antonov 124 in Townsville (YBTL)!

Today 6/7/25 an AN-124 flew in from around Singapore to deliver military supplies for Talisman Sabre (allegedly). It landed at around midday- 4pm then left after an hour and 10min delay to Darwin at ~7:50PM. I was unfortunately not able to watch it coming in but saw it leaving (terrible video). Here are some photos my friends took (@PlaneMedia-Tiktok)






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I think I saw the exact same plane fly over my house 3 weeks ago! Very nice to see it here!

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Nice photos! Also, it’s spelled “Antonov”, not Antanov.

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Nice photos I got a chance to get a photo of another AN-124 landing at RAAF base Amberley on my first camera (Panasonic LUMIX)

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Good old Ruslan :saluting_face:

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Nice pics! Unfortunately I wasn’t able to go out and catch it. Glad you did :blush:

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What a beast! Every spotter with a 200-600mm is rolling over.

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