Antonov An-225 to visit Perth

[Tim B]

20 February 2016 © David Eyre

Confirming rumours circulating for months, the mighty six-engined Antonov An-225 Mriya (‘Dream’), is to visit Perth twice, during April 2016 (specific dates to be advised).

It is the longest and heaviest aircraft ever built, with a maximum takeoff weight of 640 tonnes, and has the largest wingspan of any aircraft in operational service.

The aircraft will be delivering a generator for a resources company.

Registered UR-82060 and owned by Antonov Airlines (Antonov Design Bureau), the An-225 was designed and built by the Antonov Design Bureau in the 1980s, when Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union. It is the only flying example.

The An-225 is reportedly expensive to operate – it is reportedly cheaper to use two An-124s than make one flight with the An-225, so it is only used to transport extremely large and heavy cargo loads that cannot be carried by the An-124

[Nigel C]

Hi Tim,

This thread got started a short time ago:
http://yssyforum.net/board/showthread.php?t=10945

Cheers

[Tim B]

I must have missed that one somehow. Thanks.