16 Responses to “Flying Over Tver Aboard The Il-76”

1. Apu Gupta says:

   January 21, 2012 at 3:05 am

   i don’t know what the author of this post has smoked, or just be a complete ignorant. but most of the images in this post shows Antonov AN-12 mixed up with some il76

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   • JS124564 says:

     May 24, 2012 at 8:10 pm

     I don’t know what YOU have smoked but there is only one An-12 pic, the rest are An-22s.

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2. Mick says:

   January 21, 2012 at 4:39 am

   it is AN 22 (“ANTEY” – “COCK”)

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3. ayaa says:

   January 21, 2012 at 5:56 am

   I don’t think there is a single Il-76 in this post. The planes shown here are Antonovs. An-22′s. The Il-76 has a single tail. The planes shown here have twin-tails.

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   • ayaa says:

     January 21, 2012 at 6:35 am

     Ironic that I had to find an Il-76 just after I posted that. Oh well. (shrug)

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   • BlowME says:

     January 21, 2012 at 7:40 am

     Pics 10 and 27 are Il-76 and the last before the video of course…

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4. Roberto says:

   January 21, 2012 at 6:35 am

   Nope! The twin tail airplane is a AN-22, the single tail one is a AN-12 and the high wing jet aircraft is a Il-76 (source: “The Encyclopedia of World Aircraft” – Donald Douglas)

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5. Kent of Sweden says:

   January 21, 2012 at 8:35 am

   Ok, the title says “Flying over Tver….” so the only relevant question is, Are they shooting the airborne footage from an IL-76, what the stills taken on the ground depict is of no relevance

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6. Homerus says:

   January 21, 2012 at 12:22 pm

   The propeller plane with two tails is a An 22, the one with one tail is a An 12. The plane with jet engines is a Il 76. Beautiful aircraft.

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7. George Johnson says:

   January 21, 2012 at 12:22 pm

   I don’t care what kind it is, I wouldn’t want to be IN it up there! Those tires are WAY past their life time.

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   • Niklas says:

     January 24, 2012 at 12:10 am

     No actualy they aren´t, Russian and West tires differ alot. Not a singel thread showing on west and many layers showing on Russian. They have much more layers in there so as far as i can see they are OK to fly.

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8. ptc says:

   January 21, 2012 at 2:59 pm

   Did anyone played that 15 minutes video ? There is entire flight – And yes, it IS IL-76. Dont just look at the pictures from airfield, play the video.

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9. ptc says:

   January 21, 2012 at 3:00 pm

   For anyone with blocked Youtube access – there is a link to 15 minutes video after last picture…..

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   • Apu Gupta says:

     January 22, 2012 at 4:52 pm

     that video has been filmed with a microwave-oven

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10. Osip says:

    January 21, 2012 at 3:04 pm

    When such obvious deficiences as tires exist, what else needs repair on these aircrafts? I would not fly with them!

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11. ayaa says:

    January 21, 2012 at 11:33 pm

    The Il-76 is capable of flying with a 45 ton tank in the cargo bay.

    I remember a trip to Kyakta for tank exercises with the 5th Tank Guards. In the back was a T-72. We landed at Dzhina and on touchdown, some of the tires blew.

    I was sure I was screwed, but the plane slowed down and taxied as normal. Later I talked to the pilots and learned that it was quite normal for the tires to get shredded under the pressure of heavy cargoes like tanks.

    Just another fun day of service for the motherland.

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