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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 .
The Progress D-18T (or Lotarev D-18T) is a 51,500 lbf (229 kN) high-bypass turbofan that powers the Antonov An-124 Ruslan and An-225 large freighters. Design and development [ edit ]
Antonov An-225: 640,000: 591.7: 3,500: Super: Super Scaled Composites Model 351 Stratolaunch: 589,670 [1] ... Power output [kW] Power to weight [W/kg] Rotor diameter [m]
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.
English: An overlay diagram showing five of the largest airplanes ever built, the Hughes H-4 Spruce Goose (airplane with the greatest height), the Antonov An-225 Mriya (the largest airplane), the Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental (the largest version of the Boeing 747 Jumbojet), the Airbus A380-800 (the largest passenger airplane), and the Scaled Composites Stratolaunch (airplane with the greatest ...
Conversion of two An-22s to carry wing centre sections or outer wings of Antonov An-124 or An-225 externally above fuselage. Fitted with third centreline fin. [5] Several other An-22 variants were projected and constructed by Antonov but never entered serial production, notably a nuclear-powered aircraft and a ballistic missile platform.
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 ...
Antonov An-225 The Antonov An-124 Ruslan ( Russian : Антонов Ан-124 Руслан ; Ukrainian : Ан-124 Руслан , lit. ' Ruslan '; NATO reporting name : Condor ) is a large, strategic airlift , four-engined aircraft that was designed in the 1980s by the Antonov design bureau in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union (USSR).