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ID 58338 Views: 377 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Volga-Dnepr Airlines Antonov AN-124-100 Ruslan	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, August 8, 2007	E. Jones Contact
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	RA-82044 (cn 9773054155109)

ID 58337 Views: 368 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Volga-Dnepr Airlines Antonov AN-124-100 Ruslan	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, August 8, 2007	E. Jones Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	RA-82044 (cn 9773054155109) The over-size equipment for NASA being offloaded from this Volga-Dnepr AN-124 Ruslan, parked on Pad-1. The over-size convoy had an Ohio Highway Patrol escort from Hopkins to the NASA Plum Brook facility in Sandusky, OH.

ID 58336 Views: 365 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Volga-Dnepr Airlines Antonov AN-124-100 Ruslan	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, August 8, 2007	E. Jones Contact
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	RA-82044 (cn 9773054155109) Crews were opening the nose on this Volga-Dnepr AN-124 Ruslan as they prepared to offload the over-size equipment for NASA. Also, RWY 6R/24L was undergoing another extension at that time. An FAA Cessna 560XL Citation Excel, N2 (cn 560-5333) can be seen parked on the Air Services ramp low in the background.

ID 58335 Views: 325 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Volga-Dnepr Airlines Antonov AN-124-100 Ruslan	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, August 8, 2007	E. Jones Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	RA-82044 (cn 9773054155109) Crews were opening the nose on this Volga-Dnepr AN-124 Ruslan as they prepared to offload the over-size equipment for NASA. Also, RWY 6R/24L was undergoing another extension at that time.

ID 58334 Views: 332 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Volga-Dnepr Airlines Antonov AN-124-100 Ruslan	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, August 8, 2007	E. Jones Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	RA-82044 (cn 9773054155109) One from my archives. This Volga-Dnepr AN-124-100 Ruslan, parked on Pad-1, delivered some over-size equipment to NASA. Crews were preparing to offload the equipment.

ID 49479 Views: 445 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Volga-Dnepr Airlines Antonov AN-124-100 Ruslan	Palm Beach International Airport (PBI/KPBI) USA - Florida, February 7, 2015	N960DL Contact
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	RA-82044 (cn 9773054155109) Volga-Dnepr Airlines Antonov 124 RA-82044 is seen at PBI February 7, 2015.

ID 44160 Views: 401 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Volga-Dnepr Airlines Antonov AN-124-100 Ruslan	Toronto - Lester B. Pearson International (Malton) (YYZ/CYYZ) Canada - Ontario, - -, -	Mark Thomas Contact
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	RA-82044 (cn 9773054155109) They loaded helicopters into this beast… mid 90s

ID 23282 Views: 463 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Volga-Dnepr Airlines Antonov AN-124-100 Ruslan	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, August 8, 2007	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	RA-82044 (cn 9773054155109) A view of the aft end of this giant as it visited Cleveland back in 2007.

ID 23281 Views: 492 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Volga-Dnepr Airlines Antonov AN-124-100 Ruslan	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, August 8, 2007	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	RA-82044 (cn 9773054155109) A rare visitor parked on the de-icing pad in 2007 was this Volga-Dnepr Ruslan, here on a special mission for NASA.

ID 13582 Views: 507 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Volga-Dnepr Airlines Antonov AN-124-100 Ruslan	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, August 8, 2007	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	RA-82044 (cn 9773054155109) (Best viewed at 1152 size.) Parked on the de-icing pad, this Ruslan was a rare visitor, and one of several trips by the type to Cleveland during the summer of '07 on behalf of NASA.

ID 6465 Views: 543 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Volga-Dnepr Airlines Antonov AN-124-100 Ruslan	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, August 8, 2007	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	RA-82044 (cn 9773054155109) Parked on the deicing pad dwarfing the tug parked alongside, this mighty Ruslan spent a couple days here in Cleveland. It brought a shipment headed to NASA's Plum Brook facility in Sandusky. August 8, 2007

ID 4976 Views: 511 Photo Comments: 1	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Volga-Dnepr Airlines Antonov AN-124-100 Ruslan	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, August 8, 2007	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	RA-82044 (cn 9773054155109) With any luck, the non-Cleveland viewers of this gallery will forgive us our seeming obsession with this aircraft, but what the heck, we don't get one of these everyday! Parked on the de-icing pad where it is unloading equipment brought for the NASA Plum Brook testing facility. August 8, 2007

ID 4972 Views: 530 Photo Comments: 2	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Volga-Dnepr Airlines Antonov AN-124-100 Ruslan	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, August 10, 2007	Michi Contact
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	RA-82044 (cn 9773054155109) Since it arrived and left at night and nobody has invented the 124,000 ISO digital camera yet, we are stuck with these few boring static shots :-(

ID 4971 Views: 548 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Volga-Dnepr Airlines Antonov AN-124-100 Ruslan	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, August 9, 2007	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	RA-82044 (cn 9773054155109) Although it was a bad weather day for passengers at Hopkins, many who were delayed were treated to the sight of this mighty Ruslan at work. Parked on the de-ice pad with the lights of the cargo bay reflecting brilliantly off yet another oversized and fragile piece of cargo destined for the NASA Plum Brook testing facility in Sandusky Ohio. August 9, 2007

ID 4970 Views: 479 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Volga-Dnepr Airlines Antonov AN-124-100 Ruslan	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, August 9, 2007	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	RA-82044 (cn 9773054155109) An unsettled evening sky sets the backdrop for this Volga-Dnepr Antonov as it sits on the de-icing pad awaiting its crew to arrive so they may finish unloading the aircraft. It was thought that it would depart earlier this day, but apparently there was more work to be done, so we were lucky to have another day with this rare visitor. Violent thunderstorms moved through earlier, leaving a moisture laden trail. August 9, 2007

ID 4965 Views: 700 Photo Comments: 3	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Volga-Dnepr Airlines Antonov AN-124-100 Ruslan	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, August 8, 2007	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	RA-82044 (cn 9773054155109) Parked overnight on the de-icing pad after bringing a shipment for NASA all the way from Switzerland. The Ruslan is a rare sight at Hopkins, the last one I can confirm made its appearance on Christmas Eve 2004. August 8, 2007