Even though only one Antonov An-225 ever flew, it was a massive beast. It had a wingspan of 88.4 meters or over 290 feet and a length of 84 meters or over 275 feet. It was also 18.2 meters or ...

The sheared nose cone of the Antonov An-225 cargo plane towers over pilot Yevhen Bashynsky. Ukraine says it will rebuild the giant aircraft after it was destroyed as Russia’s full-scale invasion ...

A second model of the Antonov AN-225 Mriya cargo plane at Antonov aircraft plant in Kiev, September 7, 2016. Antonov claims the plane is 60–70 percent complete.

A year after it was destroyed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Antonov AN-225 – the world’s biggest commercial plane – has taken flight once again in the Microsoft Flight ...

The AN-225 Mriya was built by Antonov in 1988 and was originally intended to carry the Soviet-built Buran-class space shuttle. It was not only the world’s longest aircraft when it was first ...

The world's largest airplane, the Antonov An-225 "Mriya," was destroyed in February 2022 after Russia's attack on Hostomel Airport near Ukraine's capital of Kyiv. Ukraine has been busy salvaging ...

February 8, 2020 Security Russia’s AN-225: The World’s Biggest Aircraft – Or White Elephant? In mankind’s perpetual obsession with the idea that bigger is better, the Soviet Union was tops.