Cargo Aircraft

‘The Moose’ Helps EAA celebrate 75 years of the U.S. Air Force.

A former captain of what was once the largest cargo airplane in the world, the one-of-a-kind Antonov An-225 Mriya, has revealed details about plans to build a second version of the destroyed airplane.

The general director of Antonov—the Ukrainian company that owned the recently destroyed An-225 Mriya—has apparently been fired, according to a statement posted by state-owned defense manufacturer, Ukroboronprom.

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.

Following Russia’s initial invasion, reports circulated that the Antonov An-225 Mriya—the only remaining operational copy of the world’s largest cargo airplane—was destroyed amid fighting.

At the Boeing Plaza at the center of the EAA AirVenture showgrounds on Monday, July 26—the first day of the show—Textron Aviation debuted the Cessna 408 SkyCourier, the company’s high-wing, twin turboprop utility airplane. If you want to see the airplane, you need to rush over to Boeing Plaza. The SkyCourier will return to the […]