You aren’t the only one surprised that this gargantuan airplane can take flight. Someone has to have faith in 80s Ukrainian engineering, considering this aircraft was built in the 1980s at the Antonov Development Lab. Known as “Mria” or “a dream” this huge flying building can carry a Mack truck and holds up to 250 tons, which makes it the best flight to take for an epic party.
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yeah.....that last picture is the An-124, not the AN-225.
scratch that....the last two pictures are the An-124 and not the An-225.
No they haven't, but the Lockheed Martin C5A was designed in the 60's and is still flying today doing the job it was designed to do.
The 225? oh wait that’s right there’s only one because Russia went belly up.
Soviets did not have profitability requirements. Antonov design bureau and the plane factories did not have to make profit, so they could throw an excess amount of resources to military projects like this and actually succeed. That is also the reason why Soviet Union no longer exists while most western countries just keep going on. :)
But who cares and why should this matter?