World's largest airplane

[Randy W]

This was reported in the Global Times (https://www.facebook.com/globaltimesnews/posts/1085047464909486)- the plane is actually Ukrainian. inherited after the break-up of the Soviet Union. There's an interesting story of its history, dating back to 1988, on Wikipedia.

 

Antonov An-225 Mriya

 

Antonov An-225 Mriya, a cargo plane which is the world's biggest aircraft, is seen on an airfield before its first commercial flight to the Australian city of Perth, in the settlement of Hostomel outside Kiev, Ukraine, May 10, 2016. (Photo/Agencies)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Randy W]

[Randy W]

Looks like they'll need a ramp to get that thing in there! - http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/983152.shtml

 

 

Airport workers inspect the world's largest aircraft, the Ukraine-built Antonov An-225 Mriya (right), after it was parked on the tarmac next to the plane owned by British heavy metal band Iron Maiden (left) following its arrival at Perth airport on Sunday.

 

[dnoblett]

Landed yesterday in Perth Australia...

 

https://www.facebook.com/7NewsPerth/videos/10153679240559072/

 

My cousin lives in Perth, perhaps she will take her boys out to see it leave there on Tuesday.

[dnoblett]

Got feedback from my Cousin in Perth, she and her boys saw it land there on sunday.

[Catherineli]

The world largest, military trumpet is in China. It was used to propagate those who ran to Taiwan to come back "Home"

 

Edited May 18, 2016 by Catherineli (see edit history)

[Catherineli]

Who can tell who is me in the picture please lol ?

[dnoblett]

Who can tell who is me in the picture please lol ?

Green shirt, on the left.

[Greg.D.]

Yes, that was too easy

[Catherineli]

Wow, you're all using telescope lol

Edited May 24, 2016 by Catherineli (see edit history)

[dnoblett]

Back in the USSR...

 

Edited March 2, 2022 by Randy W (see edit history)

[Randy W]

Back in the USSR...

 

http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad334/dnoblett/Misc%20Junk%20for%20posting/antonov_an_225_mriya_lifts_buran_russian_space_shuttle_31231_aircraft-wallpaper_zpstx9ylkpy.jpg

 

My guess is that that photo is from 1989.

[dnoblett]

 

Back in the USSR...

 

http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad334/dnoblett/Misc%20Junk%20for%20posting/antonov_an_225_mriya_lifts_buran_russian_space_shuttle_31231_aircraft-wallpaper_zpstx9ylkpy.jpg

 

My guess is that that photo is from 1989.

 

Yep, probably the 1989 Paris Air Show

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Air_Show#1989

 

http://www.parisairshow.eu/photo-reports/1989-38th-salon-international-de-laeronautique-et-de-lespace/

[Randy W]

Apparently, it's still getting around (Bush airport is Houston's Intercontinental Airport, named after Bush 41).

 

World's biggest airplane lands at Bush airport

 

 

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The Antonov AN-225 Mriya was following an Airbus A320 on its approach to the runway. And despite being about five miles behind the other plane, they appeared to be the same size.

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Bush Intercontinental will sporadically host the AN-225. On Sunday, it came from Goose Bay Airport in Canada and landed in Houston. It then continued to several South American airports before returning to Houston on Thursday to pick up a load of cargo. Its next destination is Miami, then back to South America.

 

Edited March 2, 2022 by Randy W (see edit history)

[Randy W]

Apparently, there was only one.

The world's largest cargo plane, Ukraine's Antonov An-225 Mriya, was destroyed by Russian forces during the "special military operation" in #Ukraine, said Ukraine's state defense conglomerate Ukroboronprom, which manages Antonov, on Sunday on Telegram.

from CGTN on Facebook 
https://www.facebook.com/ChinaGlobalTVNetwork/posts/531069321719878

 

World's largest cargo plane An-225 Mriya destroyed in Ukraine

The aircraft was destroyed in an attack by Russian troops on the Hostomel airport outside Kiev, and restoration of the plane would cost an estimated $3 billion over five years, Ukroboronprom added.

A tweet from the Antonov Company said there has been no independent confirmation of the aircraft's destruction, and it could not verify the "technical condition" of the aircraft until it had been inspected by experts.

The An-225 Mriya, designed and built in the 1980s by the Kiev-based Antonov company, is the longest and the heaviest airplane ever built. It first took flight in 1988 and has been in service ever since.