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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 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]
Antonov's aeroplanes (design office prefix An) range from the rugged An-2 biplane through the An-28 reconnaissance aircraft to the massive An-124 Ruslan and An-225 Mriya strategic airlifters (the latter being the world's heaviest aircraft and was the only one in service).
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 ...
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 An-225 in its 2009–2022 livery. 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 Antonov An-325 (Ukrainian: Антонов Ан-325) was a proposed evolution of the Antonov An-225 "Mriya", designed to launch spacecraft of various purposes into circular, elliptical and high-circle orbits, including geostationary orbit. It was planned to be an enlarged and improved version of the An-225 but was never built. [1]
The massive Soviet-era Antonov An-225 Mriya was used primarily for oversized loads like tanks, cars, and wind turbine blades. The Ukrainian manufacturer of the world's largest plane says ...