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 ...

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 ...

For 34 years, the famous Antonov An-225 Mriya was the largest aircraft in the skies. Only one example was ever completed, and that was destroyed in Ukraine in 2022. Since then, its smaller relative, ...

The world’s largest plane, known as the “Mriya” (“Dream”) has been destroyed in Ukraine, video footage has confirmed. Ukraine officials had announced last week that the Antonov AN-225 cargo plane had ...

Lessons learned from studies of the wake turbulence generated by the Airbus A380 may lead to a reassessment programme for the wake characteristics of all large aircraft. Tests by the US Federal ...

Petro Balabuyev, the lead designer of the world’s largest aircraft, the An-225, died Thursday, according to the Antonov aviation design bureau in Kiev, Ukraine. He was 75. The six-engine An-225, which ...