Thursday 16 October 2014
The Largest Plane in the World
The first prize goes fairly to Ukrainian Antonov
An-225 Mriya which is acknowledged to be the world’s largest plane up to
date. The plane made its first flight in 1988, on December 21. This
really huge thing was built exceptionally for military purposes, in
particular for carrying the Buran orbiter (Russian Space Shuttle). The
developers of An-225 aircraft used a base of An-124 and increased
sufficiently its engine capacity. 6 engines are used in the An-225
instead of 4 in An-124 as well as twin nail. The aircraft is the
heaviest up to date: its maximum takeover weight is more than 640 tons.
Today there is only one An-225 in service.
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