Since there’s no runway in Tanzania capable of handling an AN125, the cargo on that tractor-trailer that cfijames saw must be the high-capacity parachutes that will be attached to the turbine during the stopover at Shannon.
Yes, there is at least one runway capable of handing the AN-225 in Tanzania! It’s at Nairobi. And there’s probably more.
I’m sitting here going “What the hell did I do now? I swear, it wasn’t me!! I was at the Tulsa vs. UTEP game when all of this was going down and Saturday, I was letting my voice recover.” Then I realized that James must have been drunk…
I wish I had been…would’ve at least given me an adequate excuse!
Nairobi, Tanzania ? Did I miss another coup/war/invasion ? Dar es Salaam’s runway is 9800ft, Kilimanjaro is 11800 but it’s almost 3000ft higher.
Yeah, Dami: Nairobi is in Kenya. Next time do a search before trying to show off your geographical prowess. 
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Sorry - you’re right. Nairobi is in Kenya.
Depending on the landing weight the AN-225 could still land on a 9800 foot long runway and, again depending on weight, take off from it.
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I’ll admit it when I’m wrong. I’m sick today so my African Geography Section of my brain was moving things around.
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Hi all, cought you posts about antonov 225 and thought i’d inform everyone there is a video of it landing at KRDU on youtube. I was fortunate enough to skip out of work early enough to catch it in time. I even convinced the fiance to watch it depart at midnight…couldn’t have asked for a better day at the airport
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One of the 124’s came into KMDT a few years back, when I still worked for Emery on the airport…
I had some pictures of it floating somewhere, I’ll have to see if I can find them…