Rare Photos Of Antonov AN-255 Mriya From 1980s

<div style="text-align: justify;">The Antonov AN-225 Mriya is a strategic airlift cargo aircraft, designed by the Antonov Design Bureau (Ukrainian aircraft manufacturing and services company) in the 1980s. It is the world's largest and heaviest aircraft in the world (max. takeoff weight greater than 600 tonne). </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The main reason it is built is to transport the Buran orbiter. It was an enlargement of the successful AN-124 Ruslan. AN-225's as known as Mriya which means Dream or Inspiration in Ukrainian. The Antonov AN-225 was designed to airlift the Energia rocket's boosters and the Buran space shuttle for the Soviet space program. It was developed as a replacement for the Myasishchev VM-T.</div><br><div style="text-align: justify;">Collection of original photos of Antonov AN-225 Mriya in action for what it built for. That is to carry the Buran space shuttle. Photos taken in 1980s.</div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheVpQbHqOENhyphenhyphen_kyo31EnIlh_jjlPkoOslTq2AwSo0TEC35ux0mUVEgVVH3jlad_X-h5pE9MxtBGcyRo4TsW2rjhlgeSFpItcH1AM_TfipcmpuSHljph5Jh381yQOapouq3mIJVndTYDp_/s1600/ANTONOV+AN-225+1980+01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheVpQbHqOENhyphenhyphen_kyo31EnIlh_jjlPkoOslTq2AwSo0TEC35ux0mUVEgVVH3jlad_X-h5pE9MxtBGcyRo4TsW2rjhlgeSFpItcH1AM_TfipcmpuSHljph5Jh381yQOapouq3mIJVndTYDp_/s640/ANTONOV+AN-225+1980+01.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuRtcLRCV-bHvnR786rGtRJVrVOMdUdTx3J1rchFPwUFUv5L3BogC95pDiCeh06cdvbHDo_YuvnurklQ_lU4aiDQHc6D5cCEyL5_Z-U0tm7hyphenhyphenyIqAAl4BbCBxE5gp4GTHPqHnE-9O6ohiU/s1600/ANTONOV+AN-225+1980+02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuRtcLRCV-bHvnR786rGtRJVrVOMdUdTx3J1rchFPwUFUv5L3BogC95pDiCeh06cdvbHDo_YuvnurklQ_lU4aiDQHc6D5cCEyL5_Z-U0tm7hyphenhyphenyIqAAl4BbCBxE5gp4GTHPqHnE-9O6ohiU/s640/ANTONOV+AN-225+1980+02.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br><a href="http://aibob.blogspot.com/2011/10/rare-photos-of-antonov-255-mriya-from.html#more">Click to read more »</a>

Rare Photos Of Antonov AN-255 Mriya From 1980s

The Antonov AN-225 Mriya is a strategic airlift cargo aircraft, designed by the Antonov Design Bureau (Ukrainian aircraft manufacturing and ...

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Antonov AN-124 - Ruslan

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW37y_jUu6YWpHaQHF7EDL66sLok4T3C5MBv0nNdnhiC7CDVIat9xEAvBhfZXPTBZVA5O0GTtXL-IEikFseRa8RaRqXE9J22LpnLOrYNusgXHoLb3rgYvEtXnY9l4CkxSOwaq9whYQepY/s1600/an-124-100_120.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW37y_jUu6YWpHaQHF7EDL66sLok4T3C5MBv0nNdnhiC7CDVIat9xEAvBhfZXPTBZVA5O0GTtXL-IEikFseRa8RaRqXE9J22LpnLOrYNusgXHoLb3rgYvEtXnY9l4CkxSOwaq9whYQepY/s640/an-124-100_120.jpg" width="640"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The Antonov AN-124 Ruslan is a strategic airlift jet aircraft. It was designed by the Ukrainian SSR's Antonov design bureau, then part of the Soviet Union. It is the world's largest ever serially-manufactured cargo airplane and world's second largest operating cargo aircraft. Ruslan is a male given name used mainly Russians, Tatars, and Ukrainians. The bigger brother of AN-124 Ruslan is <a href="http://aibob.blogspot.com/2011/07/antonov-225-mriya.html">AN-225 Mriya</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh769J1pGXE2RWPZxfF5ekEYBOn3s41XI7aDN8LNahh4TWpM3w_4huW-2aUkibOhspP17aKu9I71SdqvHK_NH99QasodzS68AhxHTtLLZskWJatkZfsi4J9Vq58qqIh-8XcaGkHEvIM7EA/s1600/000000004299Rfd1278466418.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh769J1pGXE2RWPZxfF5ekEYBOn3s41XI7aDN8LNahh4TWpM3w_4huW-2aUkibOhspP17aKu9I71SdqvHK_NH99QasodzS68AhxHTtLLZskWJatkZfsi4J9Vq58qqIh-8XcaGkHEvIM7EA/s640/000000004299Rfd1278466418.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br><div style="text-align: justify;">During development it was known as Izdeliye 400, and AN-40 in the West. First flown in 1982, civil certification was issued on 30 December 1992. Over forty are in service (26 civilian models with airlines and 10 firm orders as of August 2006) and 20 were in commercial use in 1998 in Ukraine, Russia, the United Arab Emirates and Libya.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><a href="http://aibob.blogspot.com/2011/08/antonov-124-ruslan.html#more">Click to read more »</a>

Antonov AN-124 - Ruslan

The Antonov AN-124 Ruslan is a strategic airlift jet aircraft. It was designed by the Ukrainian SSR's Antonov design bureau, then part o...

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Antonov AN-225 - The Mriya

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: cener;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYPCm09v9tOfjh1agkcSXd9ft-mXgwhyphenhyphenuNGlNSF46dXneSkDbOUGqyE-E-OlbEdShM5LQqa9DITshNG_DOe0WF3xF5HFetm4ACV2vj9CX2-ZFVXoO9JV3KXeb0-4p-k9qYFr84iWRxG8A/s1600/Antanov_225_%25282010%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYPCm09v9tOfjh1agkcSXd9ft-mXgwhyphenhyphenuNGlNSF46dXneSkDbOUGqyE-E-OlbEdShM5LQqa9DITshNG_DOe0WF3xF5HFetm4ACV2vj9CX2-ZFVXoO9JV3KXeb0-4p-k9qYFr84iWRxG8A/s640/Antanov_225_%25282010%2529.JPG" width="640"></a></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Antonov AN-225 Mriya is a strategic airlift cargo aircraft, designed by the Antonov Design Bureau (Ukrainian aircraft manufacturing and services company) in the 1980s. It is the world's largest and heaviest aircraft in the world (max. takeoff weight greater than 600 tonne). The main reason it is built is to transport the Buran orbiter. It was an enlargement of the successful <a href="http://aibob.blogspot.com/2011/08/antonov-124-ruslan.html">AN-124 Ruslan</a>. AN-225's as known as Mriya which means Dream or Inspiration in Ukrainian.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNEX1GePrCUYQ6Bz91CpZW80ldJlJuwG3EkB4y_BirLP1mAMRIrEPUkHa8v0mrjTT9bEfS1ElZw_amNiUI_WybLGqgPhF6vnOK_pUfmj7XdlOmZ-s4AnO8q5njmxP9aqAtA9Xk9ISrw0A/s1600/antonov-an-22511.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNEX1GePrCUYQ6Bz91CpZW80ldJlJuwG3EkB4y_BirLP1mAMRIrEPUkHa8v0mrjTT9bEfS1ElZw_amNiUI_WybLGqgPhF6vnOK_pUfmj7XdlOmZ-s4AnO8q5njmxP9aqAtA9Xk9ISrw0A/s640/antonov-an-22511.jpg" width="640"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The first AN-225 was completed in 1988 a a second AN-225 has been partially completed. The one AN-225 is in commercial operation with the Antonov Airlines carrying oversized payload</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br></div><a href="http://aibob.blogspot.com/2011/07/antonov-225-mriya.html#more">Click to read more »</a>

Antonov AN-225 - The Mriya

The Antonov AN-225 Mriya is a strategic airlift cargo aircraft, designed by the Antonov Design Bureau (Ukrainian aircraft manufacturing and ...

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