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How Large Was The Antonov An-225 'Mriya' Jet & Why Was It Destroyed?
If you're an aviation fan, you've probably heard of the Antonov ... the An-225. However, the Soviets needed something bigger ...
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The Antonov An-225 Seems To Have Been Destroyed After All
be they the Hughes Hercules troop carrier, the Scaled Composites Stratolifter space launcher, or the Antonov An-225 Mriya cargo plane. This last machine has been in the news for all the wrong ...
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The giant Antonov An-225 plane was destroyed in Russia’s invasion. But Ukraine says it will fly again
The sheared nose cone of the Antonov An-225 cargo plane towers over Yevhen ... the longest wingspan of any active carrier; six turbo fan engines with more than 50,000 pounds of thrust each ...
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Watch This: Antonov An-225 Mriya, World’s Heaviest Aircraft, Breaks Perimeter Fence At RAF Brize Norton
Designed at the end of Cold War to carry the Soviet “Buran” space shuttle ... carrier-rocket between space facilities in the former Soviet Union, the only built Antonov An-225 Mriya (NATO ...
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The Antonov An-225 Myria: A Legacy Lost in Flames
The Antonov An-225 Myria was the world's largest cargo aircraft and saved countless lives by bringing humanitarian supplies to disaster-stricken areas all over the world. Sadly, this aircraft was ...
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Antonov An-225 Mriya: How Russia Destroyed the Largest Plane Ever
Antonov An-225 Mriya: The World’s Largest Aircraft Was Destroyed in Failed Russian Raid In the early stages of Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Kremlin mounted an ...
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World's biggest plane comes to Britain as owner of former Soviet space shuttle carrier opens UK base
The Antonov An-225 Mriya will reportedly be regularly seen ... The aircraft was originally developed in 1988 to carry a space shuttle, known as the Buran, for the Soviet Union.
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The giant Antonov An-225 plane was destroyed in Russia's invasion. But Ukraine says it will fly again
The sheared nose cone of the Antonov An-225 cargo plane towers over Yevhen ... the longest wingspan of any active carrier; six turbo fan engines with more than 50,000 pounds of thrust each ...