Antonov AN-225 Mriya

Antonov AN-225 Mriya
Linz, Austria

The AN-225 gets around.

AN-225 Strikes Again

The Worlds Largest Airplane Landing in Oakland California ATC
The downtown area visible in the background is San Francisco and is about ten miles from the Oakland airport. This the second time I've come across the AN-225 this week. The first time was a story about the other AN-225, the one they never finished building. Apparently there is enough demand for carrying big things to keep this one flying. Should business ever pick up, it's nice to have one waiting in the wings, so to speak.

Looking around, you might spy an airplane that looks like the AN-225. If you do, its probably an AN-124, little brother to the AN-225. It is easy to tell them apart. The AN-225 has six engines, the AN-124 only has four.

The Antonov AN-225 Mriya has appeared in this blog here and here.

Via FlightAware
 

Moses Lake

Antonov-225

Back in May of 2012 the six-engine Antonov An-225 Mriya flew into the airport at Moses Lake, Washington, to deliver two mammoth winches destined for the Alaskan oil fields. While the Antonov could have landed at Sea-Tac International Airport, it was too large to park. At Sea-Tac, there was no area to put the plane once it landed. From a story in the Puget Sound Business Journal

Another case of an Antonov landing at an old SAC airbase.

Blast from the Past

Antonov An-225 Mriya with Buran atop

 There are two An-225's. One operational with the twin tale and one waiting in the wings with a single tale.