The first powered plane flight, performed by the Wright Brothers over the windswept beach of North Carolina’s Kitty Hawk in 1903, covered 120 feet. That historic flight would fit entirely in the cargo ...

The Antonov An-225 Mriya was a technological marvel of a super heavy jet cargo aircraft. It was also an astounding feat of engineering that transcended the bounds of its home nation. The apparent ...

Because of its size, pilots need special training to cope with the challenges of maneuvering the An-225. One of the airplane’s quirks is its ability to perform a so-called “elephant dance,” a term ...

The images of the wrecked Antonov AN-225 are now an indelible memory for aviation enthusiasts worldwide. Built in the 1980s to ferry the Soviet space shuttle, the plane got a second life after the ...

The Antonov An-225 was the largest cargo plane ever built, designed to carry oversized loads like Soviet rocket boosters. Its unmatched capacity and unique design made it a symbol of Soviet ambition, ...

If you're an aviation fan, you've probably heard of the Antonov An-225 "Mriya." This jet was once the world's largest, powered by its six huge turbofan engines. However, the jet made the news in 2022 ...

On the outskirts of Kiev, somewhere between the city’s Nyvky and Sviatoshyn metro stations, sits a drab industrial building that you could drive past a thousand times without guessing it contains an ...