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Originally Posted by marty351
I was there too, sometime in 1990, but the plane was an AN-124. AFAIK, it was being used to cart bits and pieces to Antarctica and was stationed at Melbourne airport for quite some time. I know this because I could see it from my lounge room window.
I also had a Russian friend whose parents worked at the airport, and were well tied in with the Russian community and church, and through that he claimed he flew to Antarctica onboard the 124, which I heard later on crashed there.
P.S. Did you get a free Twix bar?
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Nah..it was a different year...I got a hand made model aircraft engine from Leningrad with a unique serial number...still got it.