Delivered 24 May 2004.

Taken out the window of C172 G-ATSL.

An-124 beging unloaded at one of the ramps of Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan. Check the background of the picture where you can see the massive daily activity of the once busiest signle runway airfield in the world. The ramp behind the Condor is filled with a civil fleet of Mi-8 variants and a Ka-27 that serve among other things, humanitarian relieve missions, while leaving the runway is a civil Beech 1900D. Entering the runway are two Blackwater Aviation Casa 212s, while in the far distance several USAF and RAF C-130s can be seen.

With the extra celebratory 20 years decal.

After an absence of probably five years, three Volga-Dnepr An-124 flights were carried out through AMS within two weeks, final destination Cayenne in French Guiana. Some rescheduling by VDA resulted in RA-82081 performing the third run, in stead of 82047 that was on the first two.This job for the European Space Agency is carried out shortly after Volga-Dnepr stepped out of SALIS, the Strategic Airlift Interim Solution contract with NATO. Not very elegant from this angle, yet very impressive.

Arrived from Leipzig, and departed to Cayenne in French Guiana the following day.