"Jetstreamer" (jetstreamer)
07/07/2015 at 18:31 • Filed to: PLANELOPNIK
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"Jetstreamer" (jetstreamer)
07/07/2015 at 18:31 • Filed to: PLANELOPNIK | 5
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Yesterday, after finishing my flights for the day and doing some engine run-ups, one of our mechanics mentioned he knew some of the guys flying the Antonov AN-12 that was parked at one of the other stands. Naturally, I asked if he could see whether my colleague and I could take a look inside...
You will have to excuse the quality as I was only carrying my smartphone, but the best camera is the one you have with you.
Now, I fly 25-30 year old aircraft myself and I’m used to analogue gauges. But this is simply another world entirely. So... many... gauges! Behind the cockpit is a little kitchen and a sitting area with some benches and a table. The crew can basically live relatively comfortably in the plane itself when needed. The cockpit and ‘living’ area is also the only compartment that is pressurized, so you step through a decent sized pressure bulkhead to get there.
If you want to see higher res versions, you can head over to !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .
Cé hé sin
> Jetstreamer
07/07/2015 at 18:57 |
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Antonov are actually Ukrainian.
Spaceball-Two
> Jetstreamer
07/07/2015 at 19:01 |
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Why the extra tires?
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Jetstreamer
> Cé hé sin
07/07/2015 at 19:06 |
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Ha, yes... my bad. It's 2AM here, I'm mixing up my aircraft builders...
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Jetstreamer
> Spaceball-Two
07/07/2015 at 19:10 |
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I suppose it’s so they don’t have to rely on spare parts availability wherever they go. It seemed to be a pretty self-sustaining operation, with the crew working on the engines themselves (I assume the are qualified mechanics as well). Also everything needed for loading and unloading.
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Spaceball-Two
> Jetstreamer
07/07/2015 at 19:35 |
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Very cool. I know these planes work from improvised runways in other parts of the world too.
whoarder is tellurium
> Jetstreamer
07/07/2015 at 20:05 |
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Love it. Weird old Soviet (Ukrainian) technology FTW.
Also, one of the best parts of Lord of War... featuring an AN-12 “disassembled” on site:
Rileym28
> Jetstreamer
07/08/2015 at 09:26 |
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Why is the nose glassed over like a WW2 era bomber?
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Jetstreamer
> Rileym28
07/08/2015 at 12:13 |
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It was designed in 1953 and initially mainly for military use. The glass nose holds a seat for a navigator. It’s basically a relic left over from days past. Nowadays I think it’s probably the best seat in the plane in terms of views :D.
A bunch of these still flying around also still have a turret in the tail. Not with actual guns of course, but the position itself was never removed in some of the aircraft.
You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
> Jetstreamer
04/14/2016 at 09:38 |
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For some reason I confused the An-2 and An-12. As I was scrolling through the pictures it didn’t hit me that this wasn’t an An-2 until the picture through the glassed nose, and then I was wondering what I was looking at. The crazy thing is that the cockpit wouldn’t look out of place in the An-2.
By Sergey Ryabtsev - http://www2.airliners.net/photo/Radonezh… GFDL 1.2, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?cu…