I'm guessing an An-124 is pretty darn loud. Do they retrofit planes like this for noise and emissions? Or just grandfather them in and let 'em fly?
According to this air cargo charter site, the AN-124s were updated to meet current ICAO noise requirements. I have no idea how they currently operate outside of Russia with the sanctions imposed due to the war in Ukraine.
Greg
Old age and treachery beat youth and enthusiasm every time…
OFAC and Sanctions are complex, but things are not sanctioned. It is the owner when it is a legal entity or individual on the list, that is sanctioned, and then the item is unable to transact in dollars, so becomes stranded. The issue is for you to comply with sanctions you cannot pay or receive funds from a sanction entity without a waiver. If you owned an old russian tank or plane prior to sanctions, you can do whatever you want with it. There are specialty fire fighting aircraft from Russia which are used all over the world.
There is a Czech Defense contractor who specialized in repairing and modifying Russian equipment. Since sanctions went into effect against Russian Military contractors, the czechs are the only legal game in town who can repair old russian equipment. The owners have become billionaires since the war started.
OFAC and Sanctions are complex, but things are not sanctioned. It is the owner when it is a legal entity or individual on the list, that is sanctioned, and then the item is unable to transact in dollars, so becomes stranded. The issue is for you to comply with sanctions you cannot pay or receive funds from a sanction entity without a waiver. If you owned an old russian tank or plane prior to sanctions, you can do whatever you want with it. There are specialty fire fighting aircraft from Russia which are used all over the world.
There is a Czech Defense contractor who specialized in repairing and modifying Russian equipment. Since sanctions went into effect against Russian Military contractors, the czechs are the only legal game in town who can repair old russian equipment. The owners have become billionaires since the war started.
This is a classic Czech business. Keeping engines going is their forte. There are so many nice machine shops in garages in Czechia. Everyone’s dad is making something crazy. We visited a friend whose dad had a go-cart with a huge engine in it. I asked him where he got the very interesting looking seat for it. MiG he said. I thought he was joking. He was not joking.
Bud Anderson died yesterday at 103 years of age. He was a triple ace in World War II, a test pilot, and flew chase planes when Yeager was breaking records, and wrote a fascinating book To Fly and Fight. Jocko Willink did a three-hour podcast with Bud a few years ago.
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OFAC and Sanctions are complex, but things are not sanctioned. It is the owner when it is a legal entity or individual on the list, that is sanctioned, and then the item is unable to transact in dollars, so becomes stranded. The issue is for you to comply with sanctions you cannot pay or receive funds from a sanction entity without a waiver. If you owned an old russian tank or plane prior to sanctions, you can do whatever you want with it. There are specialty fire fighting aircraft from Russia which are used all over the world.
There is a Czech Defense contractor who specialized in repairing and modifying Russian equipment. Since sanctions went into effect against Russian Military contractors, the czechs are the only legal game in town who can repair old russian equipment. The owners have become billionaires since the war started.
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The legal entity in this case would be Volga-Dnepr Airlines, which is a Russian company. I would have thought one of its assets (ie the plane) would have been covered by the sanctions. It seems it wasn't just the Canadians that confiscated the Antonov, with 4 out of the 10 planes owned by Volga-Dnepr Airlines being confiscated.
I assume most have seen the news story of the deadly turbulence on the London>Singapore. One dead and 71 injured.
This must have been some severe turbulence. Question to the pilots in the group: How did this happen? I would assume modern instrumentation would keep you out of such severe disturbances. What went wrong?
I assume most have seen the news story of the deadly turbulence on the London>Singapore. One dead and 71 injured.
This must have been some severe turbulence. Question to the pilots in the group: How did this happen? I would assume modern instrumentation would keep you out of such severe disturbances. What went wrong?
Onboard radar will detect areas of precipitation and potential turbulence associated with convective activity (https://safetyfirst.airbus.com/optim...weather-radar/). Pilots still need to interpret the radar display and make decisions on how to best avoid areas that could be dangerous. Clear Air Turbulence (CAT) associated with jet stream winds will be noted on your flight plan as areas of predicted vertical wind shear. Crews can use this data to plan cabin service and ensure pax and crew are seated and belted in when approaching potential turbulence.
In this case, at least one news source is postulating that the crew was flying in an area of rapid thunderstorm buildup (see attached FlightAware screen grab). Thunderstorms need to be avoided both laterally and vertically. Trying to go over the top of rapidly growing thunderstorms has caused multiple aircraft incidents and accidents over the years. A thunderstorm cell can climb so quickly that an aircraft cannot safely go over the top. My $0.02: the crew in this accident tried to overfly an area of rapidly growing thunderstorms, leading to the turbulence encounter. The investigative authorities will review all the aircraft and weather data as they develop their report.
Greg
Old age and treachery beat youth and enthusiasm every time…
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