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Endurance horses arrived at Cambridge Airport in the UK on an Antonov An-12 freighter.

It is the first time long distance endurance horses have arrived, bound for Newmarket racecourse, and on such a heavy aircraft.

The aircraft, which is owned by Ukranian company Meridian Airlines and chartered by chartered by Intradco, a bloodstock air transportation specialist, arrived from Nimes, France with eight horses and associated grooms.  

Archie Garden, airport director at Cambridge said: "We are delighted to see charter specialists recognise Cambridge as an entry point for bloodstock from Europe. Our generous runway length of 1,965m/6447ft can support these heavy machines, and our ground staff are familiar with handling these very specific types of charters, so we are well positioned to take care of the unique charter requirements." 

The airport plans to implement the Pet Passport scheme to receive domestic pets.

This week's Image of the Week (featured on page 5 of Flight International), is taken by AirSpace user Steelhead. His photo depicts the No. 2 engine Kelowna Flightcraft DC-10-30F C-GKFB. The photo was taken at Hamilton (YHM), Ontario in Canada.

Boeing has brought its new BBJ Convertible to NBAA for the first time to highlight the multi-mission business jet. The aircraft, which is configured for Scandinavian Airlines medical evacuation, features a 140 x 96.5in (355 x 245cm) side cargo door. Boeing is touting an 8h freighter conversion time for the aircraft, which is based on the company's 737-700C... continue reading....

 

Ukraine's Antonov An-225 has emerged from an overhaul in Kiev to claim a record airlift at Frankfurt Hahn Airport.

Antonov Airlines' An-225 is the sole example of the heavy-lift freighter, the world's largest operational aircraft. Continue reading and watch a video of the aircraft taxiing at Hahn Airport...

From the archive -

Antonov's Dream realised: Flight International's account of the aircraft's first flight plus general arrangement diagram ...

Building big: The Soviet Union has sound economic reasons for building the world's largest transport aircraft, as senior aircraft constructor AS Vovnyenko reveals in this detailed description* of the genesis, design and construction of the Antonov An-225 Mriya. Continue reading...

Antonov's 'Dream' is world's largest: Bulges above the fuselage of the Antonov An-225 Mriya are faired-in hardpoints for piggyback payloads, possibly including the Soviet space shuttle Buran. Continue reading... 

 

 

 

Airbus has completed structural assembly of the first Airbus A330-200 freighter in Toulouse ahead of its first flight in November.

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Picture credit: L3 MAS

Two F/A-18s are loaded onto an An-124 at the L3 MAS facility in Mirabel for delivery to the Royal Australian Air Force . 

This picture was taken by and entered under the Majesty - Airliners in action category for this year's Flight International front cover competition.

To see more magnificent images look on AirSpace's photo page and see the range of images in the various categories our users entered into the competition. 

Pictured is a UPS Boeing MD-11 taking off from Anchorage International Airport. According to Flight's ACAS fleet database, UPS operate 38 MD-11Fs.

(Image courtesy Colin Parker/AirTeamImages)

Here is the actual aircraft used to transport two Pandas from China to Taiwan today. The aircraft registration is B-16408.

Ground crew loaded 450 kilograms (nearly half a ton) of fresh bamboo onto the aircraft, to keep the two "goodwill ambassadors" going for a week.

They are expected to be unveiled to the Taiwanese public during the Lunar New Year holidays which begin on 25 January, as visible symbols of rapidly improving ties with China, according to newswire AFP.

Flight reported back in June that "in a long-awaited political breakthrough, Chinese and Taiwanese carriers will receive a much needed boost with the launch early [in July] of regular flights between the two countries for the first time in nearly half a century."

And of course Flight's Airline Business recorded the event in the article China Taiwan flights takeoff...  

 

The second Boeing 777F has joined the flight-test programme for the new all-cargo twinjet. The aircraft, one of the five ordered by launch customer Air France, is the first to appear in the carrier's colours.