The An-225 is (by some measures) the largest aircraft to fly and was one of the last major projects of the Soviet Union.

The aircraft is an Antonov An-225, conceived by Soviet engineers in the dying days of the Cold War as a gigantic, gravity-defying workhorse that would help communism’s ongoing race into space and ...

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 ...

Russia aired video of the wrecked AN-225, the world's largest plane and a symbol of Ukrainian pride. The plane was destroyed in a pitched battle for Hostomel airport, a key target near Kyiv. Russia ...

One of the pilots of the sole Antonov An-225 Mriya has returned to the home of the aircraft that he once flew. Major Dmytro Antonov filmed a detailed tour of the aircraft's damage just days after ...

The tarmac at MSP had a new addition Monday evening, which dwarfed an Airbus A330 passing by. The Antonov 225, the world's largest airplane, has six turbofan engines and a maximum takeoff weight of ...

The one and only Antonov An-225 Mriya has been confirmed to have been destroyed in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. While the aircraft's level of destruction is still unknown, a video report has given us ...

Xbox Game Studios has released a new update for Microsoft Flight Simulator as they have added the Antonov An-225 Mriya Aircraft to the game. This update is tied to the ongoing digital preservation of ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- The Antonov An-225 is biggest plane in the world and it was spotted in the East Bay over the weekend. SKY7 was overhead when the giant plane took off from Oakland ...

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Only one An-225 was ever built by the Kiev-based Antonov company, which came up with the design. Romantically named Mriya, (Ukranian for dream), it first took flight in 1988 and has been in service ...

On the outskirts of Kiev, somewhere between the city’s Nyvky and Sviatoshyn metro stations, sits a drab industrial building that you could drive past a thousand times without guessing it contains an ...