Several times a week there are flights in and out of Birmingham Airport
by elderly Antonov An-12 cargo aircraft - all over 50 years old, and
looking like a Russian version of a Hercules. Not always the same
individual aircraft - they belong to various carriers and are usually
registered in Belarus or Ukraine. According to FlightRadar, they are
mainly plying between Birmingham and various destinations in Slovakia.

Anyone got any idea what they might be carrying?
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On Wed, 5 May 2021 13:02:55 +0100, Roger Mills
wrote:

Several times a week there are flights in and out of Birmingham Airport
by elderly Antonov An-12 cargo aircraft - all over 50 years old, and
looking like a Russian version of a Hercules. Not always the same
individual aircraft - they belong to various carriers and are usually
registered in Belarus or Ukraine. According to FlightRadar, they are
mainly plying between Birmingham and various destinations in Slovakia.

Anyone got any idea what they might be carrying?

Dunno. But there is a lot of allied military aviation going on in and
around Ukraine at the moment, all viewable in flightradar24 and often
findable from the Most Tracked Flights box. Refuelling tankers are
regularly flying down there from the UK and there is a more or less
continuous patrol of US high altitude drones coming out of Sicily.

I presume that it is so easily findable to blatantly advertise it to
the Ruskies (who I'm sure can track it without flightradar24)

Nick

On 05/05/2021 14:28, Nick Odell wrote:
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OK, does anyone know why na Sikorsky S-92a left Kirmington a short time
ago, flew to Ladybower, did a 180 and went back to base? That meant it
flew over my house twice and scared the hens.

Bill

On 05/05/2021 13:02, Roger Mills wrote:
Several times a week there are flights in and out of Birmingham Airport
by elderly Antonov An-12 cargo aircraft - all over 50 years old, and
looking like a Russian version of a Hercules. Not always the same
individual aircraft - they belong to various carriers and are usually
registered in Belarus or Ukraine. According to FlightRadar, they are
mainly plying between Birmingham and various destinations in Slovakia.

Anyone got any idea what they might be carrying?
freight

(I suspect you mean AN10 if they are commercials. the 12 was military,
and there don't seem to be any of either still flying




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"Roger Mills" wrote in message
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Several times a week there are flights in and out of Birmingham Airport by
elderly Antonov An-12 cargo aircraft - all over 50 years old, and looking
like a Russian version of a Hercules. Not always the same individual
aircraft - they belong to various carriers and are usually registered in
Belarus or Ukraine. According to FlightRadar, they are mainly plying
between Birmingham and various destinations in Slovakia.

Anyone got any idea what they might be carrying?

Romanians.

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FLUSH the trolling senile asshole's latest troll**** unread

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On 05/05/2021 13:02, Roger Mills wrote:
Several times a week there are flights in and out of Birmingham Airport
by elderly Antonov An-12 cargo aircraft - all over 50 years old, and
looking like a Russian version of a Hercules. Not always the same
individual aircraft - they belong to various carriers and are usually
registered in Belarus or Ukraine. According to FlightRadar, they are
mainly plying between Birmingham and various destinations in Slovakia.

Anyone got any idea what they might be carrying?


Giant Amazon warehouse in Slovakia?

https://www.warehouserentinfo.sk/art...on-in-slovakia




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On 05/05/2021 17:46, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 05/05/2021 13:02, Roger Mills wrote:
Several times a week there are flights in and out of Birmingham
Airport by elderly Antonov An-12 cargo aircraft - all over 50 years
old, and looking like a Russian version of a Hercules. Not always the
same individual aircraft - they belong to various carriers and are
usually registered in Belarus or Ukraine. According to FlightRadar,
they are mainly plying between Birmingham and various destinations in
Slovakia.

Anyone got any idea what they might be carrying?
freight

(I suspect you mean AN10 if they are commercials. the 12 was military,
and there don't seem to be any of either still flying




Well, according to FlightRadar, Tuesday's flight was an An-12BP (see
https://app.box.com/s/bg2gytho6auvbwhg9ha3u06z1l29yywx)

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I would not know but remember one being used to ship kind of makeshift
surgical units built into sort of portacabins or shipping containers a few
years ago.
Also these have been used to transport space modules and all sorts, but
Birmingham is hardy French Guiana... ahem.
Brian

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"Roger Mills" wrote in message
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Several times a week there are flights in and out of Birmingham Airport by
elderly Antonov An-12 cargo aircraft - all over 50 years old, and looking
like a Russian version of a Hercules. Not always the same individual
aircraft - they belong to various carriers and are usually registered in
Belarus or Ukraine. According to FlightRadar, they are mainly plying
between Birmingham and various destinations in Slovakia.

Anyone got any idea what they might be carrying?
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Roger

Maybe they were avoiding very built up areas?
Helicopters seem to do that around here, or they fly up following the
Thames.
Brian

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On 05/05/2021 14:28, Nick Odell wrote:
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OK, does anyone know why na Sikorsky S-92a left Kirmington a short time
ago, flew to Ladybower, did a 180 and went back to base? That meant it
flew over my house twice and scared the hens.

Bill

I thought they mostly had been flogged off to private companies by the
Russians,which begs the question, if they really are intent on ruling the
world how do they get their troops there now, charter an a380?

Brian

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On 05/05/2021 17:46, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 05/05/2021 13:02, Roger Mills wrote:
Several times a week there are flights in and out of Birmingham Airport
by elderly Antonov An-12 cargo aircraft - all over 50 years old, and
looking like a Russian version of a Hercules. Not always the same
individual aircraft - they belong to various carriers and are usually
registered in Belarus or Ukraine. According to FlightRadar, they are
mainly plying between Birmingham and various destinations in Slovakia.

Anyone got any idea what they might be carrying?
freight

(I suspect you mean AN10 if they are commercials. the 12 was military,
and there don't seem to be any of either still flying




Well, according to FlightRadar, Tuesday's flight was an An-12BP (see
https://app.box.com/s/bg2gytho6auvbwhg9ha3u06z1l29yywx)

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On 09/05/2021 17:44, Brian Gaff (Sofa) wrote:
Maybe they were avoiding very built up areas?
Helicopters seem to do that around here, or they fly up following the
Thames.

Aircraft flying over built-up areas are required to be able to land
clear of the area in the case of engine failure. Helicopters can't glide
very far if their engines fail, hence the helicopter route through
London is along the Thames. Police helicopters operate under special rules.


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