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AeroTime Explains Mriya: from the space race to war

WATCH: AeroTime Explains: An-225 Mriya: from the space race to modern day war

Seven months ago, the Antonov An-225 Mriya was destroyed. However, plans to rebuild the giant are already underway. ...

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Billionaire Branson visits Antonov An-225 Mriya wreckage at Hostomel Airport

Billionaire Richard Branson has visited Hostomel Airport in Ukraine where the world’s largest aircraft, the An-225 ...

Mriya pilot Dmytro Antonov on flying An-225 and the future of aviation [Part 2]

AeroTime interviews the captain of the An-225 Mriya Dmytro Antonov about the company, its aircraft, and its vision for t ...

Mriya pilot Dmytro Antonov on Hostomel and the second An-225 [Part 1]

AeroTime interviews the captain of the An-225 Mriya Dmytro Antonov about the company, its aircraft, and its vision for t...

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Ukrainian president Zelensky wants to rebuild An-225 Mriya to honor hero pilots

Ukrainian president Zelensky announces his intention to rebuild the Antonov An-225 Mriya to honor pilots who died in the...

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Antonov An-225 Mriya pilot shows devastation at Hostomel airport

Dmytro Antonov, the chief pilot of the An-225 Mriya, posted a video revealing the destruction at the base of Antonov Air ...

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Russian forces retreat from Antonov airport, the home of An-225 Mriya

Reports suggest Hostomel airport, the base of Antonov, has been recaptured from retreating Russian forces ...

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How the invasion of Ukraine impacted global aviation

AeroTime looks at the most significant developments in global aviation resulting from the war in Ukraine. ...

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Antonov creates fundraiser to rebuild An-225 Mriya

Antonov establishes an international fund for the restoration of the An-225 Mriya, destroyed during the Russian invasion ...

Farewell to the Antonov An-225 Mriya, the world’s largest aircraft

While the Antonov An-225's status as the world’s largest aircraft is up for a debate, there is no doubt as to ...

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Footage shows Antonov An-225 Mriya destroyed

Footage, pictures from Hostomel Airport show Antonov An-225 Mriya destroyed

Unconfirmed footage from Hostomel Airport in Ukraine shows the wreckage of the Antonov An-225 Mriya destroyed in its han ...

Antonov An-225 Mriya landing at Gostomel

An-225 pilot explains the real story behind landing gear incident

So, what really happened on January 11 with the An-225 Mriya, the world’s largest aircraft? Dmytro Antonov, the ma ...

Injured giant: Antonov An-225 damages landing gear sensor during incident

he Antonov An-225 Mriya suffers a minor technical problem while landing at Rzeszow airport ...

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Which airports can handle the Antonov An-225 Mriya?

Imagine that you are building an airport. How big should it be to accommodate the Antonov An-225 Mriya, the largest airc ...

Antonov An-225 Mriya taking off from Kyiv, Ukraine

World’s largest aircraft, the An-225, returns after 20-day mission

The Antonov An-225 Mriya returned to its base near Kyiv following a 20-day mission....

From An-225 Mriya to Super Guppy: flying cargo giants | Quiz

From An-225 Mriya to Super Guppy, do you know everything there is to know about the greatest cargo giants?...

Antonov An-225 Mriya blasts perimeter fence of RAF Brize Norton

Antonov An-225 Mriya blasts off perimeter fence of RAF Brize Norton

After delivering helicopters from Afghanistan, Antonov An-225 Mriya, the world’s largest aircraft, blasted the per ...

MAKS: the space plane An-225 Mriya was supposed to launch

The famous An-225 Mriya was designed to be able to launch spacecraft into orbit from its back. Meet MAKS: a space plane ...

From A380 to An-225 Mriya: flying the giants | Quiz

Take this quiz and discover the exceptional skills and means that it requires lifting the biggest planes from the ground ...

Ryanair to order and help build the second Antonov An-225 Mriya

Ryanair has decided to fund the completion of the second Antonov An-225 Mriya, the largest cargo aircraft in the w ...

The weird and short story of twin-fuselage An-225 Mriya

Antonov An-225 Mriya is, arguably, the largest plane flying today. Hard to believe, but in the 80s there were plans to b ...

Spaceport, airliner, Putin’s plane: past ideas for second An-225 Mriya

Antonov An-225 Mriya, the world's largest cargo plane, has an unfinished sister with a surprisingly long and twisted ...