Seen at EHAM (Amsterdam-Schiphol)

[great dane]

As promised on WhatsApp a Schiphol topic where I will post some of my old pics from when I lived close by, and the occasional one when passing through these days.

Just one for tonight to start - Raffles kakplaats visitor when it visited Schiphol in May 2007 - UR-09307 Antonov An-22 Antonov Design Bureau
UR-09307_02May07-EHAM by Aviation Adventures South Africa, on Flickr

[Raffles]

You can get an idea of the size of the 22 from this chart

[Bell 407]

Thank you Great Danish (as per Kompos' denoting), this should be a wonderful thread to watch

This is quite a machine for propeller power

[Raffles]

Wickedpedia lists the top speed as nearly 400 knots so it probably cruises at around 350. Not shabby.

General characteristics

Crew: 5–6
Capacity: 290 passengers
Payload: 80,000 kg (176,350 lb)
Length: 57.9 m[13] (189 ft 11½ in)
Wingspan: 64.40 m (211 ft 4 in)
Height: 12.53 m (41 ft 1½ in)
Wing area: 345 m² (3,713 ft²)
Empty weight: 114,000 kg (251,325 lb)
Max. takeoff weight: 250,000 kg (551,160 lb)
Powerplant: 4 × Kuznetsov NK-12MA turboprops driving contra-rotating propellers, 11,186 kW (15,000 shp) each

Performance

Maximum speed: 740 km/h (399 knots, 460 mph)
Range: 5,000 km (2,700 nmi, 3,100 mi) with maximum payload, 10,950 km (5,905 nmi, 6,800 mi) with maximum fuel and 45,000 kg (99,200 lb) payload

[great dane]

After its visit to Raffles it seems it went to Mali to do some dirt strip stuff
Gao airfield, Mali,22.11.16 on Antonov Facebook site !
[bbvideo=560,315]https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=1014028782058084[/bbvideo]

[great dane]

Anyway, back to Amsterdam - 2 August 2005 - an ordinary day at AMS.

TC-ONT Airbus A300B4-203 Onur Air - this machine was delivered to SAA back in 1981 as ZS-SDE has since been scrapped
TC-ONT_02Aug05-EHAM by Aviation Adventures South Africa, on Flickr

TC-FLK Airbus A300B4-2C Fly Airlines in basic colours of former owner Japan Air System. Now with Iran Air and might still be active on the domestic network.
TC-FLM_02Aug05-EHAM by Aviation Adventures South Africa, on Flickr

TC-FLM Airbus 300B2K-3C Fly Airlines stored in Istanbul since 2008.
TC-FLK_02Aug05-EHAM by Aviation Adventures South Africa, on Flickr

Never got to fly on the B4 or B2 versions of the A300, only managed the -600 with Lufthansa. Apart from Iran Air I don't think there are any A300s left in pax service

[gear up]

Awesome so far... keep it coming

[Bell 407]

Some amazing 300 history there in those pics Mr Danish

[great dane]

Still 2 August 2005 - a couple DC-10s

N224NW Douglas DC-10-30 Northwest Airliners - this frame is currently stored in Marana and the airline have merged with Delta
N224NW_02Aug05-EHAM by Aviation Adventures South Africa, on Flickr

N232NW Douglas DC-10-30 Northwest Airliners - another of several daily Northwest DC-10 visitors, this one in newer colourscheme. Aircraft broken-up at Marana a year later.
N232NW_02Aug05-EHAM by Aviation Adventures South Africa, on Flickr

5X-JOE Douglas DC-10-30CF DAS Air Cargo - usually bringing in flowers from Kenya for the Amsterdam flower market. Scrapped Manston 2012.
5X-JOE_02Aug05-EHAM by Aviation Adventures South Africa, on Flickr

[Bell 407]

That DAS Air Cargo is rather special

[great dane]

Couple local MD-11s now also gone...

PH-KCH McDonnell Douglas MD-11P KLM Royal Dutch Airlines - retired 2012 and being parted out at Victorville
PH-KCH_02Aug05-EHAM by Aviation Adventures South Africa, on Flickr

McDonnell Douglas MD-11CF(ER) Martinair Holland - retired earlier this year and now stored at Victorville -was a regular at JNB
PH-MCP_02Aug05-EHAM by Aviation Adventures South Africa, on Flickr

[Moertoe Pilut]

That DAS Air Cargo is rather special

I don't get why DAS Air went bankrupt. Joe started that airline from scratch with the 707's. He had the full support from Andy King and Andy Leslie (ANA). ANA is still doing good, using mainly the Western Global MD11's to JNB. The callsign they're using AJK (BAMBI) was an old Das/Gas air callsign....

[great dane]

Couple more freighters, although Northwest was a very common visitors at AMS we rarely saw their freighters.
These two come in on a charter to ship out the Beaujolais Nouveau 2004 Vintage

N644NW Boeing 747-212F(SCD) Northwest Airlines Cargo - went on to serve with Kalitta for a couple years but have since been retired.
N644NW_09Nov04-EHAM by Aviation Adventures South Africa, on Flickr

Next up was this silver bullet - N639US Boeing 747-251F(SCD) Northwest Airlines Cargo - was stored at Victorville shortly after NWAs merger with(into) Delta.
N639US_09Nov04-EHAM by Aviation Adventures South Africa, on Flickr

[Bell 407]

The Silver Bullet is too cool indeed

[great dane]

Two Volga-Dnepr Antonov AN-124 visits late 2004
RA-82044 Antonov AN-124 Volga-Dnepr by Aviation Adventures South Africa, on Flickr

RA-82047 Antonov AN-124 Volga-Dnepr by Aviation Adventures South Africa, on Flickr

[Bell 407]

Nice indeed

[great dane]

Another Amsterdam Russian - RA-85770 Tupolev Tu-154M Pulkovo heading back to St. Petersburg on 6 February 2005.
RA-85770_06Feb05-EHAM by Aviation Adventures South Africa, on Flickr

[Bell 407]

That's the same type that crashed over Christmas

[gear up]

Another Amsterdam Russian - RA-85770 Tupolev Tu-154M Pulkovo heading back to St. Petersburg on 6 February 2005.
RA-85770_06Feb05-EHAM by Aviation Adventures South Africa, on Flickr

That aerie is beautilicious to the eye though, really nice pic

[Raffles]

727ski!