The An-225 is (by some measures) the largest aircraft to fly and was one of the last major projects of the Soviet Union. Built by Antonov in the Ukrainian SSR, only one An-225 was built by the time ...

The article showcases several of the world's largest airplanes, highlighting both passenger and cargo aircraft. Aircraft featured include the Boeing 777-9, Airbus A380, Boeing 747-8i, Antonov An-225, ...

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 apparent ...

T he Lockheed C-5M Super Galaxy is the largest military transport aircraft in the United States Air Force, although not the ...

For over 30 years the Antonov An-225 Mriya was the world’s biggest airplane, a colossal vehicle that was 84 m (275 feet) long and weighed 190 tonnes, but which could still somehow not just get itself ...

As far as cargo aircraft go, this is a big one, right at the top of the freight carrier heap, behind only the Boeing 747-8, with its higher maximum takeoff weight. An Antonov-124-100 Ruslan aircraft ...

Not all jet engines work hard when they’re in the air. Like off-duty pilots flying jump seat, GE sometimes moves its engines in the belly of the massive Antonov An-124 Ruslan freighters operated by ...

In the early days of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Antonov An-225 "Mriya," the largest aircraft in the world, was destroyed in a Russian attack on the Antonov Airport near the Ukrainian capital ...

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Antonov An-225 Mriya Cossack being towed by a tug with a towbar at the 1989 Paris Airshow with the Soviet Buran space shuttle on its back. (Photo by: aviation-images ...

For this analysis, I am not starting with the consequences for your package getting from Point A (likely somewhere in Asia) to Point B, but I am looking at something bigger: the market for oversized ...