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An-225 image gallery: Second Antonov An-225 (line no. 01-02) under construction, September 2004: Second Antonov An-225 under construction, August 2008: Second Antonov An-225 under construction, August 2008: Video; on YouTube The worlds biggest planes: Antonov An-225 in comparison with Airbus A380-800, Airbus A340-600 and Boeing 747-400
Antonov 225 on final approach to Pago Pago International Airport Runway 5/23. On October 13 and 19, 2009, the world's largest and heaviest aircraft, the Antonov An-225, landed at Pago Pago International Airport to deliver emergency power generation equipment [18] during the 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami.
Antonov's aeroplanes (design office prefix An) range from the rugged An-2 biplane through the An-28 reconnaissance aircraft to the massive An-124 Ruslan and An-225 Mriya strategic airlifters (the latter being the world's heaviest aircraft and was the only one in service).
There are fears that the world’s largest plane by length, the Antonov AN-225, has been damaged amid intense fighting in Ukraine. Only a single aircraft was ever completed, making its first ...
Antonov An-22: 27 Feb 1965: Transport: 68: 63.32 yards (57.90 meters) 70.43 yards (64.40 meters) 246.05 tons: 80 t: Heaviest until the C-5, Heaviest turboprop aircraft Caspian Sea Monster: 16 Oct 1966: Ekranoplan: 1: 100.61 yards (92.00 meters) 41.12 yards (37.60 meters)37.6 m: 535.41 tons: Heaviest and longest flying vehicle until the An-225 ...
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.
Now Antonov Airlines is using MRIA as a transit base to refuel and provide rest for its crew members. On average 4 flights per month land in MRIA. In April 2018, the world's largest aircraft, the Antonov An-225 Mriya also landed in MRIA. This was the first time the An-225 had landed in Sri Lanka. [43]
The Antonov An-225 Mriya, the world's largest airplane, was at the airport at the start of the battle. It was initially confirmed to be intact by an Antonov pilot, despite the fighting. [ 41 ] On 27 February, a Ukroboronprom press release claimed that the Mriya had been destroyed by a Russian airstrike. [ 42 ]