The Antonov An-225 Mriya (Ukrainian: Антонов Ан-225 Мрія, lit. 'dream' or 'inspiration'; NATO reporting name: Cossack) was a large strategic airlift cargo aircraft designed and produced by the Antonov Design Bureau in the Soviet Union.

Apr 7, 2023 · 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...

It was aboard the Mriya that a historic decision was made to place two An-124s at the disposal of Antonov ASTC. This event opened the flood-gates for commercial transport operations using the Ruslans and served as an incitement for setting up the Antonov Airlines, air …

Mar 5, 2022 · Antonov AN-255 | How was it destroyed? An aviation wonder and the world's largest cargo aircraft, the Antonov An-225, has been “destroyed” in an attack on its base at Hostomel/Gostomel airport in Ukraine.

Jul 9, 2019 · Manufacturers may finally finish building the world's largest ever plan that's been gathering dust in an aircraft hanger since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The Antonov An-255, which is...

Dec 21, 2019 · At one point in time, it was the largest commercial aircraft in the world. On this day, the Antonov An-255 took off for the first time on December 21, 1988. The Antonov Design Bureau, now known only as Antonov, engineered and built the aircraft during the late 1980s to help the Soviet space program.

Antonov was called upon to develop a new aircraft capable of carrying the Buran space shuttle, components of the Energiya rocket, or other large cargos required by the construction and mining industries. To minimize the An-225 development effort, Antonov used the existing An-124 as a …

Mriya was the only ever Antonov AN-255 built and was a strategic airlift cargo aircraft designed in the 1980s by the Antonov Design Bureau in the Soviet Union. It was originally developed as an enlargement of the Antonov An-124 to transport Buran-class orbiters (space craft).

Nov 10, 2022 · The Antonov AN-225, which was destroyed in the early stages of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, will be rebuilt to the tune of $500 million, its manufacturer has announced.

Mar 1, 2022 · The Antonov AN-225 Mriya, the world’s largest aircraft, was destroyed by Russian forces while undergoing repair at Gostomel Airport, about 20 miles outside near Kyiv, according to numerous...