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The An-225 Mriya (Антонов Ан-225 Мрія, NATO reporting name: Cossack) is a strategic airlift transport aircraft built by Antonov, and is the world's largest powered aircraft. The design, built to transport the Buran orbiter, was an enlargement of the successful An-124 Ruslan. Mriya (Мрія) means "dream" (inspiration) in Ukrainian.
With a maximum gross weight of 640,000 kg (1,400,000 lb), the An-225 is the world's heaviest aircraft. Although its wingspan is less than that of the Hughes H-4 "Spruce Goose", the latter never went beyond a single short low-altitude test flight, making the An-225 the largest aircraft in the world to take off more than once.[1] The An-225 is also larger than the Airbus A380, and like the An-124 is larger than the C-5 Galaxy, the nearest equivalent heavy airlifter.
In November 2004, FAI placed the An-225 in the Guinness Book of Records for its 240 records.
Category: airport airplane aviation an avion antonov
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