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Antonov An-225 Carries 150 Ton Load Into China

Bruce — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 08:49:17 +0000

Antonov's AN-225 freighter aircraft, the largest commercial freighter in the world was last week unloading in Shijiazhuang, northern China

The aircraft was chartered by freight forwarder, Panalpina, to carry two laser welding machines with a combined weight of about 150 metric tons bound for Tangshan City, Hebei Province.

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190 Ton World Record Airlift By Antonov An-225

Bruce — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:35:03 +0000

After a lengthy refit and life extension program in Antonov Design Bureau's facilities in Kiev during the first part of this year the Antonov An-225 has claimed a new world record airlift out of Frankfurt Hahn Airport.

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An225 Being Aeo-Towed

Bruce — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:03:00 +0000

No, not the real thing!

Simon Cocker achieved the Guinness Book of Records for the world's largest model airplane for his freeflight An-225. Here's a video of it being aero-towed into the air in Cheshire UK back in 2003.

An225 'Mriya' In The Netherlands

Bruce — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:50:44 +0000

Two flights in a week earlier this month into the Netherlands for the An225. One into Amsterdam, Schipol and one into the Royal Dutch Airforce base at Eindhoven.

(photo reproduced with permission)

An opportunity for the photographers giving this nice shot by Dennis Muller showing the leading edge flaps deployed.

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Antonov An225 'Mriya' On Finals

Bruce — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:33:23 +0000

An225 Mriya seen on finals approaching Amsterdam Schipol airport yesterday 6 July.

Obviously, enough to stop the traffic!

And the movie:

Yachts – Flown By An124s

Bruce — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:12:19 +0000

As the An225 approaches the end of her journey with the Telefonica Negro hull it is interesting to look back on another yacht hull transported by an An124, this time of Polet.