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One of the earliest casualties of Russia’s illegal war in Ukraine was the world’s largest airplane, the Antonov 225 Mriya. Now, a London-based software company called iniBuilds hopes to bring it back ...

The sheared nose cone of the Antonov An-225 cargo plane towers over Yevhen Bashynsky. Affectionately known as the Mriya, or "Dream," the leviathan plane was the pride of Ukraine and of 38-year-old ...

Photos show the Antonov An-225 "Mriya" being dismantled, with a few engines being salvaged. Take a look at what the mammoth aircraft looked like before and after the attack at Hostomel. After Russia's ...

Summary and Key Points: In the early days of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Antonov An-225 Mriya, the world’s largest aircraft, was destroyed during a failed Russian raid on the ...

Antonov’s mighty An-225 Mriya is a legendary aircraft. It is the largest plane to ever enter service in the world, and only one has been completed to date, with the first aircraft entering service in ...

The Antonov An-225 was the largest aircraft in the world and came with six engines. The United States designed the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress in the 1950s with a whopping eight engines. But the 1950s ...

The sheared nose cone of the Antonov An-225 cargo plane towers over Yevhen Bashynsky. Affectionately known as the Mriya, or “Dream,” the leviathan plane was the pride of Ukraine and of 38-year-old ...