Antonov an30

[phil.l]

Seen on another web site that an AN30 to arrive Sydney tomorrow about 9.00pm anyone know anything and what does an AN30 look like??

[Nathan Long]

Phil,

Click here (http://www.jetphotos.net/showphotos.php?aircraft=-2&airline=-2&country=-2&photog=-2&category=-2&year=-2&keywordrange=aircraft&keywordlimiter=2&keywords=AN-30&sort=1&genre=1&size=-2&mainsearch=search&displaymode=1&display=15)

[phil.l]

Cheers Nathan, i did google it after i posted,should have looked first.Thanks any way.

[Tim Bowrey]

Geez i hope your right! Any ideas on more info like Airline/Air Force or departure time because im deffinatly keen for a look?

[Wayne Bishop]

Hi all,
Firstly let me preface by saying that as a total Russian-phobe...I would do anything to see an Antonov An-30 in Sydney.....

....But are there any An-30's still flying? I thought they were all stored at Myatchekovo/Bykovo? I'd love to be proved wrong.....

Best regards
Wayne

[Peter Agatsiotis]

Couldn't get to sleep so got up for a coffee and a smoke!!

Just went through AFQR 2008 checking for AN-30's; found about 5 Russian airlines and one Ukranian airline that have this type; apart from the one off's, Geodynamica Centre have 3, Lukiaviatrans have 4 and Polet 2. All are in the RA-300xx range. They are not marked as stored but you never know with the accuracy of info for that region.

I will make sure I keep a check on my RadarBox around expected arrival time and report anything I note.

[lloyd fox]

Hi the aircraft is rumoured to be operating DRW-BNE-SYD today.As BNE has been getting A AN-26 of recent times anything is possible.

I read the same board and time will tell .There are no other details of reg or airline.

Due into BNE at 1450 out at 1820 hrs to SYD is the talk.

Cheers Lloyd

[phil.l]

Thanks for the update Lloyd.

[Tim Bowrey]

Anyone going to see it? Im going to get some pics even though it might be low light because of the cloud. If its readable, ill msg Matt McDonald or whoever the Callsign, rego and Airline and everything if nobody gets it 1st.

[lloyd fox]

It didnt come to BNE.

I doubt whether it was correct.

[Tim Bowrey]

So its not coming in at all? Where was that info from?

[Nigel C]

I spoke to one of my sources earlier tonight, and they said they didn't have any notice of it arriving.

Could it have come via Tindall, Amberley then Richmond? That still roughly fits the Darwin, Brisbane, Sydney routing earlier posted, but uses military bases rather than civilian ports.