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Largest Plane Ever Built May Have Been Destroyed, Ukraine Foreign Minister Says
SFGate reports:
The largest plane ever built has been destroyed at an airport outside Kyiv, Ukraine Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba said Sunday....
The Antonov An-225 Mriya was built in Ukraine in 1985 when the nation was still controlled by the Soviet Union. It has six turbofan engines and is the heaviest ... β Read more
May she Rest In Peace! π€ 
Thai is what she used to be used for π³ 
May she Rest In Peace! π€
Thai is what she used to be used for π³
Very sad (though obviously nothing compared to the tragedy of the war itself).
The parent company of Antonov made a statement insinuating that they plan to finish the second AN-225 airframe. Even if Kyiv falls, I think it'll be finished anyway. There's a place for the AN-225 in the market, just not 2 of them.
> Russia has destroyed our "Dream", but the dream of a Ukraine free from the occupier cannot be destroyed. We will fight for our land and our home to a victorious end. And after the victory, you see, we will definitely finish our new "Dream", which has been waiting for this in a safe place for many years. Everything will be Ukraine!
I hope the second Myria will retain the yellow and blue stripes.
@mckinley Interesting... Why do we think we don't need two of them? π€
@mckinley Interesting... Why do we think we don't need two of them? π€
The Soviets started building a second one in the 80s for their space program but they lost the war and the Buran program was canceled before it was completed. The first was modified for cargo transport, and the second was kept in storage. There have been some attempts to finish it, but the demand isn't there. The first one only made about 20 trips per year and the Antonov CEO has said it's just not economically viable to finish the other one.
@mckinley, oh, you meant the space βwarβ! Well, the Burans flew, and the plane served the program well.