Aviation Appreciation Station

[Ryan Coke]

Looking forward to seeing some pics of the 225 on here. I'm out of town until tuesday.

I did see it launch out of Houston in 2003. Big is always cool.

[Bigtime]

2030 on Monday now? Argghhhh!

[drewboy12]

Soooooooo jealous I dont live in Calgary any more! The 225!!!! Been trying to see that thing for years and missed it last time it flew into Edmonton! Better be some good pics and videos!

[Bigtime]

The 225 arriving at Prestwick airport this afternoon, will be departing from there to YYC:


UR-82060 ADB148F by Stewart Marshall, on Flickr

[Bigtime]

Since last night the 225 has gone from Prestwick to Goose Bay, and is now on the way to Minneapolis. I'm thinking they have multiple crews on board, and with the way they seem to be hauling they could get to YYC today.

Stay in the loop and track ADB1248 on Flightaware.com to track its progress.

[Barnes]

Diverted to Mirabel.

[Bigtime]

It's in MSP now. No flight plan to us yet.

[Madman]

Just found this one link for pics to it's diversion.

http://montrealracing.com/forums/sho...-Pics-as-usual

In there the guy states a mechanical problem as the reason.

[STeeLy]

DAMN IT!

If I'd know, I'd drove out to Mirabel today to try and catch a glimpse of it!

[GreatWhiteEbola]

Originally Posted by Barnes

Diverted to Mirabel.

Originally Posted by Bigtime

It's in MSP now. No flight plan to us yet.

Originally Posted by Madman

Just found this one link for pics to it's diversion.

http://montrealracing.com/forums/sho...-Pics-as-usual

In there the guy states a mechanical problem as the reason.

I was following it all day, FlightAware had it landed in MSP at one point, then back to Mirabel. A new departure time from Mirabel is 4:30am EDT.

[Bigtime]

Antonov watch: Monday Update

The 225 made the flight from Montreal Mirabel to Minneapolis-St.Paul early this morning:

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/ADB1248

Now we wait for the flightplan to YYC, I think with the early arrival into KMSP we stand a good chance of a daylight arrival here today. Fingers crossed!

[Bigtime]

We also now know why the 225 is coming to Calgary. It is apparently picking up natural gas plant equipment from Enerflex. Final destination is Nigeria.

[Madman]

New flight plan filed to Moses Lake, WA.

Does this mean it's bypassing Calgary now?

[Bigtime]

I doubt it, could simply be filling up the tanks closer to us in the states to save some money.

I just hope it is a quick stop and they make it here in the daylight, please please please.

[Bigtime]

Looking at the airport chart for Grant County International Airport they certainly have two runways more than capable of handling this beast with lots of weight on it:

14L/32R is 13,503 feet
4/22 is 10,000 feet

[Mattington]

Now saying it is delayed out of Minneapolis.

[Bigtime]

She's just departed from MSP, ETA to Grant is 1236 our time.

Track her here:

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/ADB1248

[Bigtime]

The airport authority says the latest eta they have is 10:15 tonight, but they are hoping to hear more and will update accordingly.

[Bill Bumface]

Dang. Would it likely be up and out of here later tonight? I'm assuming that thing makes too much money to leave on the tarmac overnight very often.

[CaptainCrunch]

Watched a really good Mighty Planes special last night on the C-5 Galaxy that recently set the world record for a straight flight from Dover to Afghanistan



Very cool video of a C-177 landing in the arctic