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Thursday, 11 October 2012
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It was the grandest sight at the air fair in Paris: the Antonov 225 is the biggest airplane in the world. Even larger than the new Airbus A380.
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A gigantic roar of thunder arises as chief pilot Alexandr Galunenko powers up the six monster engines of the Antonov 225 for take-off. A total of 600 tons have to be airborne until the end of this runway. A sight that is particularily exciting with this Ukrainian flying dinosaur, because the double wheels below the nose of the aircraft are two meters up in the air quite fast. But the massive cargo hull with its 28 overscale wheels seems to take for ever.
"Albatros" would have probably been a good name for the largest Antonov of all times, the bird being notorious for its endless take-off procedures in the animal kingdom. Instead the engineers came up with the quite romatic nickname "mriya" when the AN-225 was completed in 1988 during the final heart beats of the "good old" Sowjet Union. "Mriya" meaning so much as "the dream".
Antonov An-225 Mriya (Cossack)
Turning out to be nothing more than a dream was the attempt of the Sowjet Union to keep up with the United States in the international space race by building their own space shuttle called "Buran". In context with this project "Mriya" was built by hand to be able to transport "Buran" pick-a-back through Russia.
"Buran" is now for sale with a price tag of about 15 million US dollars as an exclusive space race curiosity. But "Mriya", the 13 year old "Russian dream" seams to have a future career again.
Just in time for the air show in Paris 2001 the Antonov design office in Kiew reanimated the huge steel bird that was awaiting its scrapping between thistles and dandilions on an airfield in Gostomel until then. "Borrowed" engines were returned, dismantled positioning lights screwn-225 oed back into place. Large scale tinkering that was worthwhile in the end. Because the Autflanked even the newest fighter planes at the show in Paris.
And it sure is no every day sight to watch such a supersized jumbo go down on its knees on command, open its giant muzzle and give way to a cargo bay that would comfortably house 80 passenger cars or eight double-decker busses or three train locomotives or if you prefer the complete hull of an Amercian Boeing 747, the biggest passenger jet of former days. How symbolic!
All of a sudden the American and European competitors looked slightly disgruntled: Airbus was at that time only offering a model version of its two story superjumbo Airbus A-380 for 800 passengers.
Experts have figured that an operational "Mriya" can not only carry about 100 tons of cargo more than the European jet from the drawing board, but could transport around 1500 passengers if tuned appropriatly.
At least the Europeans had some comfort, already being able to sell more than 20 of their future flagship to various airlines. And: the albatros Antonov will remain a unique specimen so far. Because there is a "small" market for airfreight weighing more the 200 tons from the space and the oil industry, but "Mriya" with a price tag of about 200 million US-dollars per plane is simply to expensive for a giant-freighter fleet.
In the alltime ranking list of airplanes the Antonov with its six engines, a span of 88 meters and a lenght of 84 meters nevertheless only takes second place.
Unbeaten on first place until today ist the legendary "Spruce Goose", a gigantic waterplane built by Howard Hughes with eight propeller engines for US-missions in the Second World War. The "H-4" was longer than 70 meters and had a wing span along which one could have organised Olympic sprint competitions: unbelievable 97,5 meters.
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Antonov. The World's Heaviest and Largest
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The Antonov An-225 Mriya is a strategic airlift cargo aircraft, designed by the Antonov Design Bureau in the 1980s. It is the world's heaviest aircraft.
Wingspan: 88 m
Length: 84 m
Weight: 285,000 kg
Top speed: 850 km/h
Range: 15,400 km
Cruise speed: 800 km/h
The Antonov An-225 Mriya (Ukrainian: Антонов Ан-225 Мрія, Dream, NATO reporting name: 'Cossack') is a strategic airlift cargo aircraft, designed by the Antonov Design Bureau in the 1980s. It is the world's heaviest aircraft. The design, built in order to transport the Buran orbiter, was an enlargement of the successful Antonov An-124. The An-225's name, Mriya (Мрiя) means "Dream" (Inspiration) in Ukrainian.
The first An-225 was completed in 1988 and a second An-225 has been partially completed. The completed An-225 is in commercial operation with Antonov Airlines carrying oversized payloads
The first An-225 was completed in 1988 and a second An-225 has been partially completed. The completed An-225 is in commercial operation with Antonov Airlines carrying oversized payloads
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The Antonov An-225 was designed to airlift the Energia rocket's boosters and theBuran space shuttle for the Soviet space program. It was developed as a replacement for the Myasishchev VM-T. The An-225's original mission and objectives are almost identical to that of the United States' Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
The Antonov An-225 was designed to airlift the Energia rocket's boosters and theBuran space shuttle for the Soviet space program. It was developed as a replacement for the Myasishchev VM-T. The An-225's original mission and objectives are almost identical to that of the United States' Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
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The An-225 first flew on 21 December 1988. The aircraft was on static display at the Paris Air Show in 1989 and it flew during the public days at the Farnborough air show in 1990. Two aircraft were ordered, but only one An-225 (tail number UR-82060) was finished. It can carry ultra-heavy and oversize freight, up to 250,000 kg (550,000 lb) internally, or 200,000 kg (440,000 lb) on the upper fuselage. Cargo on the upper fuselage can be 70 metres (230 ft) long.
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Based on Antonov's earlier An-124, the An-225 has fuselage barrel extensions added fore and aft of the wings, which received root extensions to increase span. Two more Ivchenko Progress D-18T turbofan engines were added to the new wing roots, bringing the total to six, and an increased-capacity landing gear system with 32 wheels was designed. The An-124’s rear cargo door and ramp were removed to save weight, and the empennage was changed from a single vertical stabilizer to a twin tail with an oversized horizontal stabilizer. The twin tail was essential to enable the plane to carry large, heavy external loads that would disturb the aerodynamics of a conventional tail. Unlike the An-124, the An-225 was not intended for tactical airlifting and is not designed for short-field operation.
Based on Antonov's earlier An-124, the An-225 has fuselage barrel extensions added fore and aft of the wings, which received root extensions to increase span. Two more Ivchenko Progress D-18T turbofan engines were added to the new wing roots, bringing the total to six, and an increased-capacity landing gear system with 32 wheels was designed. The An-124’s rear cargo door and ramp were removed to save weight, and the empennage was changed from a single vertical stabilizer to a twin tail with an oversized horizontal stabilizer. The twin tail was essential to enable the plane to carry large, heavy external loads that would disturb the aerodynamics of a conventional tail. Unlike the An-124, the An-225 was not intended for tactical airlifting and is not designed for short-field operation.
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nitially the 225 had a maximum gross weight of 600 tonnes (1,320,000 lb) but the aircraft was modified in 2000–01, at a cost of US$20M, with a reinforced floor that increased the maximum gross weight to 640 tonnes (1,410,000 lb).
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Both the earlier and later takeoff weights establish the An-225 as the world's heaviest aircraft, being heavier than the double-deck Airbus A380 even though Airbus plans to pass the An-225's maximum landing weight with 591.7 tonnes (1,304,000 lb) for the A380The Hughes H-4 Hercules, known as the "Spruce Goose", had a greater wingspan and a greater overall height, but was 20% shorter, and due to the materials used in its construction, also lighter. In addition, the Hercules only flew once, making the An-225 the largest aircraft in the world to fly multiple times. The An-225 is larger than the Airbus A380 airliner, and also bigger than the Antonov An-124, Boeing 747 Large Cargo Freighter, and Lockheed C-5 Galaxy, the nearest equivalent heavy cargo aircraft
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