Bonus Day at KF4LMT's Monitoring Post: An-124 Arrives at Hunter

VDA 4505, an An-124 of Volga-Denpr Aviation, arrived at Hunter AAF a few minutes ago. Approach was on 120.400 (Savannah Approach/Departure) with landing on 133.550 (Hunter Tower). Once again, I was able to get a photo:

Mac McCormick, KF4LMT
kf4lmt@comcast.net

An-124s at Hunter AAF

Today saw more Antonov An-124s at Hunter Army Airfield. Once again they were shuttling between Hunter and Victorville. This time, however, instead of the Volga-Dnepr aircraft, these were from Polet Airlines, using the callsigns POT 439 and POT 2019. It's always a bonus to catch these large aircraft in the area.

Mac McCormick, KF4LMT
kf4lmt@comcast.net

An-124s and MV-22s

Over the last two days, I've been able to snag some interesting aircraft passing through the Savannah area. Yesterday, two Antonov An-124s from Volga-Dnepr Aviation arrived at Hunter AAF; they departed to Victorville, CA this morning, no doubt transporting some sort of heavy equipment to the National Training Center. Two MV-22 Osprey's passed by Savannah on their way to Wright Field at Fort Stewart this morning.

The An-124s used the callsigns VDA 1783 and VDA 1807 when they arrived and departed as VDA 4324 and VDA 4326. Luckily they arrived yesterday using Runway 28 at Hunter, which meant I was able to run outside and get a glimpse of VDA 1807 on approach!

The MV-22s used the callsign THUNDER 12 flight and were using 266.700 for air-to-air. Apparently they were arriving for a static display at Wright and departed a few hours later.


Mac McCormick, KF4LMT
kf4lmt@comcast.net