Antonov to assemble modified Ukrainian aircraft in Canada ukrinform.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ukrinform.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
It is a six-engine plane. The arrival of the aircraft gives credence to the fact that Ghana’s Kotoka International Airport is capable of hosting all types of aircraft. The Antonov An-225 Mriya is a six engine, strategic heavy lift cargo transport aircraft designed and manufactured by the Antonov Design Bureau (ADB) of Ukraine. The term Mriya refers to the word dream or inspiration in English. Its NATO reporting name is Cossack. The aircraft was derived from the An-124 Ruslan (NATO: Condor). Cossack is the heaviest fixed wing aircraft in the world to carry 640t of cargo. It is bigger than an Airbus 380 airliner, the An-124 and the Boeing 747 Freighter.
Today in Aviation: First Flight of the Antonov AN-38 airwaysmag.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from airwaysmag.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Antonov AN-225 Mriya was intended to carry the Buran spacecraft back when the Soviet Union was locked in a race to space with the US. However, that is not the only thing that makes it special.
A Ukrainian aviation legend: all about Antonov flightradar24.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from flightradar24.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.