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The Antonov An-225 Mriya (Ukrainian: Антонов Ан-225 Мрія, lit. 'dream' or 'inspiration'; NATO reporting name : Cossack ) was a strategic airlift cargo aircraft designed and produced by the Antonov Design Bureau in the Soviet Union .
The An 225 was destroyed in February 2022. The following Antonov Airlines aircraft were destroyed in 2022 during the Battle of Hostomel Airport: [8] Antonov An-26-100 (UR-13395) Antonov An-74T-100 (UR-74010) Antonov An-225-100 Mriya (UR-82060) [7] [25] The airline's fleet previously included the following aircraft (as of 2009): [26]
Polish manufacturer PZL-Mielec used the Progress ZMKB AI-25TL engine in the PZL M-15 Belphegor cropduster. Both the largest plane in the world, the Antonov An-225 Mriya and the largest helicopter, the Mil Mi-26, are powered by Progress/Lotarev engines. The bureau is administered by the Ukrainian Defense Industry and the Ministry of Industrial ...
Antonov (model prefix "An-") has built a total of approximately 22,000 aircraft, and thousands of its planes are operating in the former Soviet Union and in developing countries. [2] Antonov Company is a state-owned commercial company originally established in Novosibirsk, Russia.
Amid fears for the aircraft’s status, the Ukrainian company Antonov said: “Currently, until the AN-225 has been inspected by experts, we cannot report on the technical condition of the aircraft.
Motor Sich currently [when?] produces the Ivchenko Progress D-18 turbofan which powers variants of the Antonov An-124 and An-225 freighters, although the Ivchenko Progress D-36/Ivchenko Progress D-436 series remain the highest production-rate engines in the CIS. Motor Sich inherited some of the former Soviet Union's aero engine manufacturing ...
The first start of a full-scale engine occurred on September 19, 1980, the An-124 maiden flight on December 24, 1982 and the engine passed official bench tests on December 19, 1985. An upgraded 3M version was developed to reduce emissions and increase the life of the hot section to 14,000 h, and is introduced on An-124s of Antonov Airlines. [2]
On November 12, 2013, the world's longest and heaviest aircraft, the Antonov An-225 Mriya, landed at MCIA from the Zagreb International Airport in Croatia for the first time in the Philippines. It delivered a 180-ton replacement transformer from the Croatian energy company KONČAR for the First Gen Corporation 's power plant in Batangas City .