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Landed at Manchester today...

Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2004 11:11 pm
by qzdcg8
...was some strange 4 turboprop monster - looked for all the world like a Lockheed Constellation but was probably a Russian thingy. Stood in my back garden this afternoon (in Stockport area) and heard the drone of its engines a long long time before I saw it. Anyone have any news on what it was?

Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2004 11:41 pm
by qzdcg8
A quick hunt on t'internet reveals it was a might Antonov An-22

http://www.ringwayreports.co.uk/ringway.htm

http://www.sitesupplyco.com/an22video.html

Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2004 7:12 pm
by martinhodgson
T'was - been clogging my email all about it! Shuttling an aircraft engine out to Lanzarote for First Choice