Guess what I found at Karachi today

Pfactor · Post by **Pfactor** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 9:57 am

Sorry for the Low quality, taken with a 2mp phone camera.

Abbas Ali · Post by **Abbas Ali** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 10:09 am

Great to see this amazing aircraft at Karachi Airport. Looks like it came here to relplenish its fuel tanks.

Thank you for sharing.

malpensa26 · Post by **malpensa26** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 10:51 am

thats 1 ugly beast.........

mohsin habib · Post by **mohsin habib** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 1:26 pm

man ! she is HUGE!
how many tyres in all ?? can anyone count ?

TAILWIND · Post by **TAILWIND** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 1:51 pm

mohsin habib wrote:man ! she is HUGE!
how many tyres in all ?? can anyone count ?

3
Well the pic resolution makes difficult to count but AN 224 carries a lot of rubber.
Two bogey with 2 wheel each on nose gear.
7 x two wheel bogeys on each side in main landing gear, making a total of 14 bogeys in the main gear.
That makes 32 tyres in total

Arslaan · Post by **Arslaan** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 3:46 pm

Thanks for sharing.

God almighty that is a beast!

mohsin habib · Post by **mohsin habib** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 3:52 pm

Thanks for the info TAILWIND

btw is this her first visit to khi ?

TAILWIND wrote:
mohsin habib wrote:man ! she is HUGE!
how many tyres in all ?? can anyone count ?
3
Well the pic resolution makes difficult to count but AN 224 carries a lot of rubber.
Two bogey with 2 wheel each on nose gear.
7 x two wheel bogeys on each side in main landing gear, making a total of 14 bogeys in the main gear.
That makes 32 tyres in total

PK777 · Post by **PK777** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 5:01 pm

Could you provide the taken when you took these photographs. Apart from Karachi and Islamabad that have seen the An-225, are there any other airports in Pakistan that can handle this beast?

Adnaan786 · Post by **Adnaan786** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 9:38 pm

You guys should see it take-off. Quite a sight.