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Antonov An-12 (UR-CNN)
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Great photo. Love the 'full discs'!
Gorgeous paint scheme on this Antonov.......
Great photo Brendan.
Great photo Brendan.
Look how much smoke those turboprops generate.
Love The Livery Paint Job!
Would someone please tell me why a million $ plane has to have that outside wire strung from top of the rudder to top of the cockpit? It seems like an after-thought, but there has to be a valid reason. Used to see it on older aircraft.
It might be that they have a radio transmitter with a particular frequency range, perhaps high-frequency band which requires this lengthy wire. That would be my guess.
That is an ADF sense antenna.
All ADF systems have loop and sense antennas. With the older ADFs, they are two separate antennas. The loop antenna is a flat antenna usually located on the bottom of the aircraft, while the sense antenna is a long wire that often runs from top of the tail to the top of the of the cabin.
https://www.avweb.com/avionics/adf-basics/
All ADF systems have loop and sense antennas. With the older ADFs, they are two separate antennas. The loop antenna is a flat antenna usually located on the bottom of the aircraft, while the sense antenna is a long wire that often runs from top of the tail to the top of the of the cabin.
https://www.avweb.com/avionics/adf-basics/
Good point Dave! By coincidence, I have just been looking through a dusty volume from the late 1960's on ADF theory. I probably once knew but had sadly long since forgotten, that with the very early DF direction finding systems (think Douglas DC2's), it was necessary to turn the aircraft onto various different headings to check the bearing to/from a station, so as to work out your position. But this function was later able to be incorporated into the unit, hence the "A" for automatic in "ADF".
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Date | Aircraft | Origin | Destination | Departure | Arrival | Duration |
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29-Mar-2024 | Unknown | Near Abuja, FCT | Girona-Costa Brava (GRO / LEGE) | First seen 09:40AM WAT | Last seen 04:39PM CET | 6:59 |
28-Mar-2024 | Unknown | Walvis Bay (WVB / FYWB) | Near Principe | 10:43AM CAT | Last seen 02:11PM GMT | 5:28 |
27-Mar-2024 | Unknown | Douala Int'l (DLA / FKKD) | Douala Int'l (DLA / FKKD) | 03:11AM WAT | 03:12AM WAT (?) | 0:00 |
24-Mar-2024 | Unknown | Near Kano, Kano State | Near Makurdi, Benue State | First seen 01:18PM WAT | Last seen 02:13PM WAT | 0:54 |
23-Mar-2024 | Unknown | Luxembourg Int'l (LUX / ELLX) | Near Algiers | 03:32PM CET | Last seen 06:24PM CET | 2:51 |
23-Mar-2024 | Unknown | Glasgow Prestwick Int'l (PIK / EGPK) | Luxembourg Int'l (LUX / ELLX) | 11:01AM GMT | 01:52PM CET | 1:51 |
22-Mar-2024 | Unknown | Gran Canaria Int'l (LPA / GCLP) | Glasgow Prestwick Int'l (PIK / EGPK) | 11:03AM WET | 05:21PM GMT | 6:18 |
20-Mar-2024 | Unknown | Liege (LGG / EBLG) | Gran Canaria Int'l (LPA / GCLP) | 09:41AM CET | 03:00PM WET | 6:18 |
19-Mar-2024 | Unknown | Turku (TKU / EFTU) | Liege (LGG / EBLG) | 03:43PM EET | 05:36PM CET (?) | 2:53 |
19-Mar-2024 | Unknown | Piešťany (PZY / LZPP) | Turku (TKU / EFTU) | 08:59AM CET | 12:55PM EET | 2:56 |
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