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Ukraine Plans to Rebuild the Antonov AN-225 Mriya, Fans Can Fund It

It will forever be known as the AN-225 Mriya, and for more than three decades it has been the world’s largest aircraft in terms of payload. It set some 240 world records, many of them still unbeaten, ...
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The Destroyed Antonov An-225 Must Be Rebuilt, Here's Why

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 ...
CNN

Can the world’s largest plane ever fly again?

The images of the wrecked Antonov AN-225 are now an indelible memory for aviation enthusiasts worldwide. Built in the 1980s to ferry the Soviet space shuttle, the plane got a second life after the ...
Business Insider

Ukraine says it's going to rebuild the world's biggest cargo plane, months after Russia destroyed the original model in Kyiv

The manufacturer of the world's largest cargo plane has announced plans to rebuild the aircraft. The Antonov An-225 was destroyed by Russian forces in February. The plane, which is also known as ...
CNN

The giant Antonov An-225 plane was destroyed in Russia’s invasion. But Ukraine says it will fly again

The sheared nose cone of the Antonov An-225 cargo plane towers over Yevhen Bashynsky. Affectionately known as the Mriya, or “Dream,” the leviathan plane was the pride of Ukraine and of 38-year-old ...