Six engines, a wingspan longer than a football field, and a maximum takeoff weight of 640 tons—the Antonov An-225 Mriya is ...

Ukraine's Antonov An-225 Mriya was the largest cargo aircraft in the world. It was in service for over 30 years before reportedly being destroyed by Russian forces in Ukraine.

A photo of the An-225 in 2012. (Image credit: Mark Steven/Wiki) The Antonov An-225 Mriya held multiple records which included being the heaviest aircraft ever built, the largest wingspan of any ...

The Antonov An-225 Mriya was a technological marvel of a super heavy jet cargo aircraft. It was also an astounding feat of engineering that transcended the bounds of its home nation.

The Antonov AN-225, a strategic airlift cargo aircraft that held several world records, was built in the 1980s and was still in service, being used to airlift medical supplies in a variety of ...

The issue of which aircraft is the world’s largest can be a complex one, as we’ve explored in the past. Header image: Vasiliy Koba, CC BY-SA 4.0 . Posted in News , Transportation Hacks Tagged ...

The sheared nose cone of the Antonov An-225 cargo plane towers over Yevhen Bashynsky. Affectionately known as the Mriya, or "Dream," the leviathan plane was the pride of Ukraine and of 38-year-old ...

The world’s biggest aircraft, the Antonov-225 cargo plane, was destroyed by Russian forces while it was under repair at an airfield in Gostomel near Kyiv, according to Ukraine’s state-run ...

The completed AN-225 sat in storage for several years until it was restored to flight as a heavy-lift cargo plane, Space.com reported. The aircraft was used last year to fly medical supplies in ...

A look at the Antonov An-225 in Microsoft Flight Simulator, courtesy of Xbox Game Studios. "Using the An-124 Ruslan as a design base, in 1985 Antonov began engineering a project called "Mk. 401 ...

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 sheared nose cone of the Antonov An-225 cargo plane towers over Yevhen Bashynsky. Affectionately known as the Mriya, or “Dream,” the leviathan plane was the pride of Ukraine and of 38-year ...