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An-225 image gallery: Second Antonov An-225 (line no. 01-02) under construction, September 2004: Second Antonov An-225 under construction, August 2008: Second Antonov An-225 under construction, August 2008: Video; on YouTube The worlds biggest planes: Antonov An-225 in comparison with Airbus A380-800, Airbus A340-600 and Boeing 747-400
Number built 188 [ 1 ] 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.
The Tupolev OOS was a Soviet concept for an air-launched, single-stage-to-orbit spaceplane.The OOS's proposed carrier aircraft, the Antonov AKS, was a twin-fuselage concept plane consisting of two An-225 fuselages and was powered by 18 Progress D-18T turbofan engines, with the placements of the engines both above and below the wings.
The An 225 was destroyed in February 2022. The following Antonov Airlines aircraft were destroyed in 2022 during the Battle of Hostomel Airport: [8] Antonov An-26-100 (UR-13395) Antonov An-74T-100 (UR-74010) Antonov An-225-100 Mriya (UR-82060) [7] [25] The airline's fleet previously included the following aircraft (as of 2009): [26]
Antonov (model prefix "An-") has built a total of approximately 22,000 aircraft, and thousands of its planes are operating in the former Soviet Union and in developing countries. [2] Antonov Company is a state-owned commercial company originally established in Novosibirsk, Russia.
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 four of the largest airplanes ever built against the largest airship, the LZ 129 Hindenburg: the Hughes H-4 Spruce Goose (aircraft with the greatest wingspan); the Antonov An-225 Mriya (the largest fixed-wing aircraft); the Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental (soon to be the largest version of the Boeing 747 Jumbojet); and the Airbus A380-800 (the largest ...
Antonov An-30: USSR Transport 3 Operated from 1976; currently two still in use as of 2017 1977 Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander: UK/Romania Transport 6+ [21] Built by Romaero: 1977 Iak-52: Romania Trainer 12 still in service Built by Aerostar Still in service 1977 Ilyushin Il-62M USSR VIP transport 1 [15] 1979 Aérospatiale SA 365 Dauphin C France