The Antonov AN-225 Myria is the world's most powerful cargo plane (well, one that can carry cargo inside the aircraft), and a feat of pure incredible, engineering.

The AN-225 Mriya, meaning “dream” in Ukrainian, was a symbol of engineering excellence. Built in the 1980s by the Antonov Design Bureau, the aircraft was initially designed to transport the ...

The An-124 is the little brother of the An-225 (a decade ago, on July 2, 2014, the An-225 was also in Minnesota). The ...

On the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, we asked our Ukrainian-born journalist Anastasiya Simsek to take a personal look at air cargo in ...

Major commercial airports usually have runway lengths between 8,000 and 13,000 feet. If you're important enough to fly in a ...

The An-124 is the little brother of the even-more-gigantic Antonov An-225 Mriya, which was built in the 1960s and had six jet engines, but was destroyed in 2022 when Russia attacked Ukraine.

Discover the world's longest airport runways, built to handle extreme conditions, global travel demands, and massive aircraft ...

At 200 meters (656 ft) long, Flying Whales' LCA60T will more than double the length of the 84-m-long (276-ft) Antonov An-225 Mriya. It will fall short of some of the massive airships of the 20th ...

urging us to eat well before undertaking the arduous second leg of our journey the next morning on a rickety old Soviet Antonov 225 cargo plane piloted by a crew of Ukrainians. “This is our way ...

Mocking Him as 'Micron', Russia Warns Macron Not to Threaten It By Guy Faulconbridge and Dmitry Antonov MOSCOW (Reuters ... France has 290 and Britain 225, according to the Federation of American ...