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

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, ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A 117-tonne generator the size of a small bedroom has made its way from the Czech Republic to the WA country town of Collie, via the ...

This is what happens when you are a bit too close to an An-225 Mriya. Designed at the end of Cold War to carry the Soviet “Buran” space shuttle and parts of the “Energiya” carrier-rocket between space ...

An aviation legend and one-off still-functional aircraft has been lost in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict: Mriya, the Antonov AN-225 cargo plane, has been destroyed by the Russian military. The ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Committed plane spotters will get one more chance to glimpse the "giant of the skies" on Tuesday morning before its short sojourn in WA ...

If you're an aviation fan, you've probably heard of the Antonov An-225 "Mriya." This jet was once the world's largest, powered by its six huge turbofan engines. However, the jet made the news in 2022 ...

THE world's biggest plane, started by the Soviets at end of the Cold War, still lies in pieces as it has been left to gather dust for three decades. The partially built Antonov An-225 has remained ...

The world's largest plane has taken off from Perth Airport bound for Italy after a near-two day sojourn. Loading Twitter content The Antonov An-225 Mriya, which can weigh up to 600 tonnes, departed at ...