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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] "
At the edge of the runway was a special mating-demating device, designed to lift an orbiter off its Antonov An-225 Mriya carrier aircraft and load it on a transporter, which would carry the orbiter to the processing building at Site 254. A purpose-built orbiter landing control facility, housed in a large multi-storey office building, was ...
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]
Čeština: Největší nákladní letadlo na světě, Antonov An-225 startuje z letiště Gostomel Airport na Ukrajině k letu do Prahy a následně do Perthu v Austrálii. Deutsch: Die Antonow An-225 beim Abflug vom Flughafen Kiew-Hostomel mit Zielflughafen Prag zum anschließenden Weiterflug nach Perth ( Australien ).
March 22 – An Antonov An-225 Mriya sets a total of 106 world and class records during a 3-hour, 30-minute flight. Its total weight at take-off is 508,200 kg (1,129,370 lb). [3] March 26 – The airline Binter Canarias, a subsidiary of Iberia, begins flight operations.
A light aircraft crashed after taking off from Malta, killing all five people on board in the island nation's worst peacetime air accident.
Antonov An-225 Mriya: Destroyed on the ground at Hostomel Airport. [439] [440] [441] Antonov An-74: Registration number UR-74010 was destroyed by Russian forces during the Battle of Antonov Airport. [442] [441] Antonov An-26: Registration number UR-13395 was destroyed during the battle for Hostomel. [441] [443] Antonov An-124
Mriya (Мрія) means "dream" (inspiration) in Ukrainian. With a maximum gross weight of 640,000 kg (1,400,000 lb), the An-225 was the world's heaviest aircraft. Although its wingspan is less than that of the Hughes H-4 "Spruce Goose" , the latter never went beyond a single short low-altitude test flight, making the An-225 the largest aircraft ...