Antonov An-124s at Victorville, March 14, 2006


On Tuesday, March 14 a pair of Volga-Dnepr An-124 Ruslans flew from Wheeler Sack AAF, New York to the Southern California Air Logistics Center at Victorville, California. Flight VDA3424 arrived at 12:35 PM PST and flight VDA3400 arrived at 2:20 PM.

McDonnell-Douglas C-17A Globemaster 3, 04-4138 Spirit of California of the 452nd AMW based at March ARB, call sign SLAM62, was shooting touch-and-go landings on Runway 17 as I approached the airport on el Mirage Avenue. It gave me a couple of opportunities to evaluate my shooting location and move to a better one.

Volga-Dnepr An-124 Ruslan, RA82045 Flight VDA3424 on approach to Runway 17 at Victorville.

Volga-Dnepr An-124 Ruslan, RA82045 prepares to unload its payload.

Volga-Dnepr An-124 Ruslan, RA82042 Flight VDA3400 on approach to Runway 17.

Volga-Dnepr An-124 Ruslan, RA82045 can be seen with its visor raised on the far side of the airport.

United Airlines 747-422, N175UA flight UAL9949 from San Francisco landed seven minutes after VDA4300.

Volga-Dnepr An-124 Ruslan, RA82042 pulls into postion near RA82045.

On Wednesday, March 15 Volga-Dnepr An-124 flight VDA4301 flew from Victorville to Wheeler Sack. Volga-Dnepr An-124 flight VDA4303 flew from Victorville to Gander. Volga-Dnepr An-124 flight VDA4302 flew from Wheeler Sack to Victorville. AMT 757-300 Flight AMT5261 also flew from Wheeler Sack to Victorville.

On Thursday, March 16, Volga-Dnepr An-124 flight VDA4304 flew from Wheeler Sack to Victorville. Volga-Dnepr An-124 flight VDA4303 flew from Gander to Diori Hamani, Africa.


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Aeroflot CCCP-82007, Brown Field, California, May 22, 1988,
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Volga-Dnepr RA-82045, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, February 10, 2005,
Volga-Dnepr RA-82045, Victorville, California, March 14, 2006,
Antonov Design Bureau RA-82007, Naval Air Station Point Mugu, California, June 24, 2006,
Polet Flight RA-82080, Phoenix-Mesa Gateway, Arizona, January 14, 2011,
Polet Flight RA-82080, Phoenix-Mesa Gateway, Arizona, January 15, 2011,
Polet Flight RA-82080, Phoenix-Mesa Gateway, Arizona, April 8, 2011,
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NASA Boeing 747-123 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft N905NA/Endeavour, Edwards Air Force Base, December 10, 2008,
Lockheed C-5B Galaxy 87-0032, Nellis Air Force Base, April 25, 1997,
Volga-Dnepr Antonov An-124 RA-82068, Phoenix, Sky Harbor, June 15, 2016,
Saudi Arabian Boeing 777-368ER HZ-AK17, Los Angeles International Airport, January 19, 2015,
Delta Boeing 747-451 N668US, Phoenix Sky Harbor, January 8, 2016,
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