Comments on: Antonov An-225 Mriya

By: bruce

bruce — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 21:34:35 +0000

I remember when this airplane landed at CFB Trenton in Ontario, Canada. I believe it was picking up a half-dozen locomotives to deliver to Russia.

By: Lada

Lada — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 09:31:06 +0000

Here are more informations about the Mriya airplane and the Buran project.

http://www.buran-energia.com

By: FROM RUSSIA

FROM RUSSIA — Thu, 04 May 2006 11:01:04 +0000

Now in Russia the space industry is adjusted… In development a new variant of a cargo spacecraft. In general now in Russia it is better to live than 10 years ago. Moscow very dear city. A war industry too like restore. The Russian of an average part has an apartment in cost 100 000 $ the car nearby 30 000 $ and 2-3 times a year go on a resort. So all at us is fine. And still: in Moscow not always winter. Now there nearby +23. And bears there are not present. And not everyone drink vodka. Vodka in Russia cost near 3 $.
Abhimat Says:
that the Soviet space shuttles were called Energiya
I now, but Americans shattles is possible to transport on AN 225 to…

By: Phillip

Phillip — Wed, 03 May 2006 21:34:45 +0000

Yeah, it’s a shame they didn’t get to do much with their shuttles. At least they knew when they were spending too much though. I heart space exploration, but food for your people is also good.

By: Abhimat

Abhimat — Wed, 03 May 2006 21:23:18 +0000

I just wanted to say that the Soviet space shuttles were called Energiya Buran.

By: FROM RUSSIA

FROM RUSSIA — Wed, 03 May 2006 08:28:57 +0000

All greetings! These silly Ukrain boys sell out a child of the Soviet industry and cut it on scrap metal. On it it is possible Spase Shattle to transport… Ugly creatures they, ugly creatures…
P.S Sorry for my English

By: aaron

aaron — Wed, 03 May 2006 02:06:51 +0000

These are probably just the photos that Keyhole was given. Keep in mind that high-res shots are not from satellites but from planes and if any air force was really concerned about ariel photography they would have shot the offending planes out of the sky. Everyone just calm down, smoke some weed, and look at the giraffes in the San Diego Zoo.

By: Brad

Brad — Wed, 03 May 2006 00:55:16 +0000

OK, I’m flip flopping. I don’t think they are altered. I think the image is clipped. That is the contrast has been adjusted so that light grays and white all apear the same color.

Untill I saw that these planes are painted white, I thought they were the standard airforce grey. But if the are white and appear grey, the whites in the photo have been “clipped”. Detail on the planes would be lost, except for big dark areas like the cockpit glass and black paint in front of it.

The clipped image could be intentional, but is likly just a processing error.

By: rob

rob — Tue, 02 May 2006 10:22:09 +0000

When did all these tin hats come out of the cupboard?
Its just sun glare. They wouldnt blur a 747-400- its a passenger jet, and even then, you can see the flaps on the wings.

By: Phillip

Phillip — Tue, 02 May 2006 07:44:25 +0000

Honestly, it almost looks like they selected the magic wand tool in photoshop, clicked the plane, and either made the selected area white, or pressed delete, depending on what background color was selected. The plane with the camo seems to be the only one spared from this procedure, if that’s indeed what this is. I’ve seen glare before, but we should be able to at least see the cockpit glass on some of those planes. Either these images are edited, or someone needs to deorbit their satellite. I can’t speak for runways, but the tarmac at at least one US base is also made of squares of concrete, but as small as the gaps are, the surface appears seamless in satellite imagery.