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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 .
Antonov An-124: 26 Dec 1982: Transport: 55: 75.57 yards (69.10 meters) 80.16 yards (73.30 meters) 395.65 tons: 147.63 tons: Most capable transport until the An-225 Antonov An-225 Mriya: 21 Dec 1988: Transport: 1: 91.86 yards (84.00 meters) 96.68 yards (88.40 meters) 629.89 tons: 246.05 tons: Heaviest aircraft and most capable transport ...
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 ...
Ukraine’s parliament said on Sunday that the aircraft has been “destroyed” by Russian forces. It said in a tweet: “In 2020, the world’s largest transport aircraft AN-225 Mriya began to ...
The Antonov An-225 Mriya (Антонов Ан-225 Мрія, NATO reporting name: Cossack) was a strategic airlift transport aircraft built by Antonov, and was the world's largest powered aircraft before its destruction in February 2022. Mriya (Мрія) means "dream" (inspiration) in Ukrainian.
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.
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]
In order to airlift the Buran space shuttle, in 1988 Soviet Union introduced the sole Antonov An-225 Mriya (dream). With a ( maximum takeoff weight greater than 640 tonnes (1,410,000 lb) and a wing span of 88.4 metres (290 ft), it was the largest operational aeroplane in the world.