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Antonov An-225 Mriya Aircraft

Postcard from Ukraine

The sender wrote on the back that Mriya means “dream”.
It is a six-engine Antonov An-225 Mriya cargo aircraft with a distinct twin-tail empennage. The An-225 was the world’s heaviest and largest operational aircraft ever built, featuring a unique 32-wheel landing gear system and a maximum takeoff weight of 640 tonnes. It was famously designed to carry the Soviet Buran space shuttle before transitioning into a commercial heavy-lift freighter.
The sole completed airframe was unfortunately destroyed at
Hostomel Airport during the early days of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Transportation Tuesday

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