Why Did Antonov Construct The An-225 With 6 Engines?

The An-225 is (by some measures) the largest aircraft to fly and was one of the last major projects of the Soviet Union. Built by Antonov in the Ukrainian SSR, only one An-225 was built by the time ...
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The Destroyed Antonov An-225 Must Be Rebuilt, Here's Why

The Antonov An-225 Mriya was a technological marvel of a super heavy jet cargo aircraft. It was also an astounding feat of engineering that transcended the bounds of its home nation. The apparent ...
The Aviationist

Antonov Has Launched A Fundraiser To Restore The An-225 Mriya

The only An-225 Mriya was destroyed during the early stages of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Antonov now wants to restore it but needs funds. As everybody knows by now, the only An-225 Mriya (NATO ...
Flying

New Video Claims to Confirm An-225 Destruction

The An-225 was so big it was given the name Mriya, which means “Dream” in Ukrainian. [File Photo: Shutterstock] New video purportedly documenting the smoldering debris of the iconic Antonov An-225 ...
The Aviationist

Here’s What the Massive An-225’s Wake Turbulence Does To Fog

Watch the effect of the giant Antonov An-225 Mriya on fog during final approach. The only Antonov An-225 strategic airlift cargo aircraft made its fifth landing at the Rzeszów airport in Poland on ...
Popular Mechanics

Ukraine’s An-225 Mriya Helped Define a Nation—Then, Russia Killed It. Will It Fly Again?

The Antonov An-225 Mriya—once the world’s largest aircraft—lies in pieces in an airport northwest of Ukraine’s capital city, Kyiv. Heavily damaged during fierce fighting between Russian paratroopers ...
Flightglobal

VIDEO: An-225 marks 30 years as world's largest aircraft

Antonov is marking the 30 th anniversary of the maiden flight of its unique An-225, as it prepares to surrender – possibly – its title of the world’s largest aircraft to another six-engined giant. For ...
CNN

The AN-225: How the Cold War created the world’s largest airplane

The first powered plane flight, performed by the Wright Brothers over the windswept beach of North Carolina’s Kitty Hawk in 1903, covered 120 feet. That historic flight would fit entirely in the cargo ...
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Microsoft Flight Simulator Adds Antonov An-225 Mriya Aircraft

Xbox Game Studios has released a new update for Microsoft Flight Simulator as they have added the Antonov An-225 Mriya Aircraft to the game. This update is tied to the ongoing digital preservation of ...
Flightglobal

Lead designer of Antonov An-225, world's largest aircraft, dies

Pyotr Balabuyev, former long-time chief of Ukraine’s Antonov Scientific and Technical Complex, has died in Kiev at the age of 76. Balabuyev began working at Antonov as an engineer in 1954. After ...
CNN

World’s biggest plane flies again in Microsoft Flight Simulator

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