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 ...

The Antonov AN-225 “Mriya” lives on. After 30 years of service, the world’s largest aircraft—and the only AN-225 in existence—was destroyed during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February, 2022.

Plans are being made to rebuild the world's largest plane first destroyed by Russian forces in the early days of its invasion of Ukraine -- though its manufacturer says such a goal remains far off. In ...

The An-225 was just the beginning. The engineers had big plans for the aircraft, and by big, we mean huge. Meet the An-325 and its bigger brother, the Antonov AKS. They were templates for a new soviet ...

The only An-225 Mriya was destroyed during the early stages of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Antonov now wants to restore it but needs funds. As everybody knows by now, the only An-225 Mriya (NATO ...

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 ...

New images of the conflict damage at Kyiv’s Gostomel airfield confirm that the sole operational Antonov An-225 has been destroyed while parked in a hangar on the site. While the status of the iconic ...

Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has confirmed that the only An-225, the largest operational cargo aircraft, has been destroyed. Antonov has not confirmed it yet. There’s yet another ...

Antonov is marking the 30 th anniversary of the maiden flight of its unique An-225, as it prepares to surrender – possibly – its title of the world’s largest aircraft to another six-engined giant. For ...

The An-225’s impressive capabilities suddenly were deemed excessive for the modern aviation world — and certainly one gargantuan aircraft was enough. With very few oversized payloads needing ...