An225

AircraftMourning the World’s Largest Cargo Airplane: An-225 Mriya

Mriya, the world’s largest cargo airplane and the only operational Antonov An-225, has died. It was 33 years old. Does that sound like the first line of an obituary? Well, if any aircraft deserves to be mourned, the An-225 certainly qualifies.

Thom Patterson

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