5-15.jpeg The Antonov An-225 Mriya at the Antonov factory in Kyiv.ThumbnailsThe Antonov An-225 Mriya at the Antonov factory in Kyiv.
"On December 21, 1988, the world's largest AN-225 transport aircraft took off for the first time (pictured). In addition to the designers of the O.K. Antonov Design Bureau, scientific and production teams from Moscow, Leningrad, Tashkent, Ulyanovsk, and Zaporozhye worked on its creation. The take-off weight of this aircraft can reach 600 tons, it is equipped with six turbojet engines, a runway only one kilometer long is enough to lift it into the air, dozens of computers are installed on board the machine, which repeatedly duplicate the operation of each of its systems."
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