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The Progress D-18T (or Lotarev D-18T) is a 51,500 lbf (229 kN) high-bypass turbofan that powers the Antonov An-124 Ruslan and An-225 large freighters. Design and development [ edit ]
The Antonov Airlines An-225 landing at Hostomel Airport, 2014. The Antonov An-225 Mriya was originally operated between 1988 and 1991 as the prime method of transporting Buran-class orbiters for the Soviet space program. [36] Its first pilot was Oleksandr Halunenko, who continued flying it until 2004. [37] "
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]
Since independence, Antonov has certified and marketed both Soviet-era and newly developed models for sale in new markets outside of the former soviet sphere of influence. New models introduced to serial production and delivered to customers include the Antonov An-140, Antonov An-148 and Antonov An-158 regional airliners.
The Tupolev OOS was a Soviet concept for an air-launched, single-stage-to-orbit spaceplane.The OOS's proposed carrier aircraft, the Antonov AKS, was a twin-fuselage concept plane consisting of two An-225 fuselages and was powered by 18 Progress D-18T turbofan engines, with the placements of the engines both above and below the wings.
They were replaced in 1989 by Antonov's An-225 Mriya. One Atlant (RF-01502) is kept at the Zhukovsky International Airport in Russia owned by TsAGI and Gromov Flight Research Institute , the other one (RA-01402) at Dyagilevo (air base) in Ryazan .
Fears grow for Ukraine’s Antonov AN-225, the world’s largest plane. Henry Jones, PA. February 27, 2022 at 12:41 PM.
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