Oleg's Cub

[Grass73]

Looking through my flickr page for suitable "smoking shots" I came across some An-12s shots so I decided to start a thread looking a back at the Soviet workhorse.

All shots are scanned from Fujichrome slide film.

Sharjah (SHJ), 5 March 2000,
1) Santa Cruz, EL-ALJ, Antonov An-12
Santa Cruz, Antonov An-12 by Niall Grant, on Flickr

2) D2-FBY, Antonov An-12. Operated by Savanair.
D2-FBY, Antonov An-12 by Niall Grant, on Flickr

3) RA-11301, Antonov An-12, of Presidential Airlines, under going maintenance. The enlarged tailcone identifies this machine as an AN-12PP - an ECM variant of the Cub.
RA-11301, Antonov An-12 by Niall Grant, on Flickr

4) Antonov An-12, UN-11001
UN-11001, Antonov An-12 by Niall Grant, on Flickr

5) Lotus Airways, 3C-ZZD, Antonov An-12
Lotus Airways, 3C-ZZD, Antonov An-12 by Niall Grant, on Flickr

6) D2-FBZ of Savanair
D2-FBZ, Antonov An-12 by Niall Grant, on Flickr

7) I know it's not a Cub, but its predecessor, the An-8, Mandala Air Cargo, 3C-DDA
Mandala Air Cargo An-8 by Niall Grant, on Flickr

8) Moscow Vnukovo, 18/08/01, carrying no titles but operated at the time by Atlant-Soyuz Airlines, RA-11113, Antonov An-12
Atlant-Soyuz Airlines, Antonov An-12 by Niall Grant, on Flickr

9) Moscow Domodedovo, August 2001. Aviast, RA-11756, Antonov An-12
Aviast, RA-11756, Antonov An-12 by Niall Grant, on Flickr

10) Avial NV, RA-11339, Antonov An-12
Avial NV, RA-11339, An-12 by Niall Grant, on Flickr

11) Illustrating the full colours of Aviast. RA-11962, Antonov An-12
Aviast, RA-11962, Antonov An-12 by Niall Grant, on Flickr

12) Moscow Domodedovo, 16/08/01, Don Avia, RA-12974, Antonov An-12
Don Avia, RA-12974, Antonov An-12 by Niall Grant, on Flickr

13) Kaluga Grabtsevo, Russia, 16/08/01. Sakhaviatrans, RA-98117, Antonov An-12
Sakhaviatrans, RA-98117, An-12 by Niall Grant, on Flickr

14) Kaluga Grabtsevo, Russia, 16/08/01. Sakhaviatrans, RA-98118, Antonov An-12
Sakhaviatrans, RA-98118 by Niall Grant, on Flickr

15) Moscow Zhukovesky, 17/08/01, Gromov Air, RA-98102, Antonov An-12
Gromov Air, RA-98102, Antonov An-12 by Niall Grant, on Flickr

16) Moscow Zhukovesky (Ramenskaye) - UUBW August 2001.START, RA-1331, Antonov An-12. This aircraft previously served as a de-icing rig. It also seems to have a non standard tail fin leading edge.
START, RA-1331, Antonov An-12 by Niall Grant, on Flickr

Enjoy.

Now lets see some other cubs.

Niall

[Cessna954]

I've really enjoyed Niall's collection of Cub pictures - sunshine and four engined propliners - and I really can't contribute on the same level. Actually, looking at my log I've only ever seen 5 of them with several being Czech AF machines at various IAT airshows. I do recall the regular Yugoslav AF Cub in to Heathrow and also seeing a Balkan one at Gatwick. My only civvie photos of a cub are a former Aeroflot example at the RAF Lyneham families day in 1994. I recall its very shallow climb out - effectively horizontal relying on the curvature of the earth it appeared.









Cessna

[Chris IL-76]

I've really enjoyed Niall's collection of Cub pictures - sunshine and four engined propliners - and I really can't contribute on the same level. Actually, looking at my log I've only ever seen 5 of them with several being Czech AF machines at various IAT airshows. I do recall the regular Yugoslav AF Cub in to Heathrow and also seeing a Balkan one at Gatwick. My only civvie photos of a cub are a former Aeroflot example at the RAF Lyneham families day in 1994. I recall its very shallow climb out - effectively horizontal relying on the curvature of the earth it appeared.









Cessna

Great to see these shots from Lyneham, this particular An-12 was semi based at Manston at the time and brings back great memories. The other An-12 shots are great too.

Thanks for sharing
Chris

[phat01]

my only time i have seen one of these up close
Newquay 6/10/2009




Phil