The largest cargo plane in the world — Ukraine'sAntonov-225— was destroyed by Russian strikes outside Kyiv on the fourth day of Moscow's invasion, Ukraine's state-owned Ukroboronprom group said. The Ukrainian Antonov-225 "Mriya" ("Dream"), the world's heaviest and largest aircraft, m...
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People gather to see the world's largest cargo plane Antonov An-225 Mriya, at Guarulhos International Airport, in the outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Nov. 15, 2016. Hundreds of people gathered outside Sao Paulo's two main airports, to see the take-off and landing of the Antonov An...
The world’s largest cargo aircraft, the Antonov An-225, has been ‘destroyed’ in an attack on its base at Hostomel/Gostomel airport in Ukraine. About: Known formally as the ‘Cossack’, its North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) operating code, the world knew the ‘super-heavy transp...
32-wheel landing gear set than its predecessor. In all, the An-225 utilizes six Progress D-18 turbofans, each producing 51,600 lbf of thrust to haul its massive loads of cargo. This massive plane holds the world records airlifting a single-item payload—a gas power station generator weigh...
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Amazon's Maple Valley, Washington, warehouse is built for speed. At night, big rigs pull up to one end to unload boxes and padded mailers—some after a short drive from a bigger warehouse down the road, others following a flight in the hold of a cargo plane. Waiting employees scan, so...
Meanwhile, the Beluga XL has a maximum payload of just 50,500 kg. Comparatively, the now-destroyed Antonov An-225 did not have the fuselage volume of the Beluga or the Dreamlifter but could carry an incredible payload of around 250,000 kilograms....
Built in the 1980s to ferry the Soviet space shuttle, the plane got a second life after the Cold War as the world’s largest cargo transporter, achieving records of all kinds, before being destroyed at the end of February at its home base, Hostomel airfield near Kyiv. “The dream wil...
The world’s largest plane, the Antonov AN-225, has been destroyed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, according to Ukrainian officials, generating alarm and sadness among the aviation world in which it occupies almost cult status.