With a wingspan of 500 feet, 12 engines, 56 wheels and a carrying capacity of 2,3 million pounds - this plane was five times more powerful than an Antonov An-225 and could be listed as the most ...

The Antonov AN-225 Mriya wasn’t just an aircraft,it was a symbol of unmatched engineering ambition. Built in the 1980s by the Soviet Union to transport the massive Buran space shuttle and parts ...

Just to put things into perspective, consider that's significantly longer than one of the previous record-holders, the now destroyed Antonov An-225 Mriya (276 feet/84 meters), and longer even than ...

Airbus A340, A380, and Boeing 747 have additional landing gear under the fuselage. The Antonov An-225 featured an elaborate landing gear system with 32 wheels distributed across several bogies to ...

The Antonov An-225 Mriya was a strategic airlift aircraft designed by the Soviet Union in the 1980s.

The An-124 is the world's heaviest gross weight production and second-heaviest running cargo plane, trailing only the one-off Antonov An-225 Mriya before its destruction at the start of the Russian ...

Ukrainian aircraft manufacturer Antonov Company has completed all urgent restoration work on the An-225 Mriya, the world's largest aircraft, and will resume it after the end of hostilities. Source ...

The Antonov An-225 “Mriya” (“Dream”) is another of the largest airplanes ever built. A remarkable example of Soviet engineering, this massive aircraft has a huge wingspan and a length of ...

The Ukrainian-made Antonov An-124 Ruslan became the world's new largest cargo plane after Russia destroyed the beloved An-225 Myria last year.

The world's largest airplane was destroyed after Russia invaded Ukraine's Hostomel Airport in 2022. Photos show the Antonov An-225 "Mriya" being dismantled, with a few engines being salvaged. Take ...