[Laneco]

The Antonov (dont' know which one, think it a six engine) flies in and out of Medford a few times a year. We have a company here called Erickson Air Crane that remanufactures Sikorsky helicopters for commercial, often fire-fighting purposes. They fly them in and out on an Antonov.

I try to hang out behind the airport and watch it land when it comes in. It is absolutely phenomenal. This is such a big plane that it looks as if it is a building in the sky compared to mere commercial jets. It sounds different too, nothing like the regular commercial air craft that come here.

The plane is so big that they actually open the nose and tail, then drive a truck through it towing the big helicopters. In one end, out the other.

Absolutely AWESOME air craft.

angela