The six engine beast, Antonov An-225 has recently come out of an 18 month long maintenance check and is now back in the skies delivering supplies to various different countries. There was a rumor that it was supposed to come to Zürich on Friday but that didn’t happen. Instead it’d been announced that the aircraft was off to Paris to deliver some supplies from China.
At 0840Z, @Chris_Wing came into my room and told me to grab my camera because the Antonov was about to fly over our house. Here are a few pictures I took:
The pictures aren’t great as the aircraft was at 34,000ft and my lens can only go to 300mm. Despite it not coming to Zürich, it was still cool to see it fly overhead. The engines are extremely loud. Even as it had past over and was barley visible, the sound of it was still noticeable.
Thanks for viewing my pictures! Stay safe and have a nice day!
These are very nice shots! It’s very nice to hear that these planes and some aircraft manufacture testbeds are being used to transport COVID-19 supplies.
Wow they are cool photos. It’s just weird seeing a plane in the sky. Where I live we usually get flights from Europe heading to the U.S flying overhead but haven’t seen any for what seems like an age.
Nice catch. 😀👍
