Antonov 225 - Wow!

[egomeister]

Saw a program (Superstructures) about this last night on Discovery I think, what a beast! They only made one and then mothballed it for 10 years before resurrecting it in the late 90's. Just looked for a bit more info on it and found these:

www.airliners.net/info/stats.main?id=389
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-225

One of them says a second 225 was being constructed - does anyone know if this was finished or if they made more.

Anyone actually seen it in the flesh?

[KITT]

Truely great airplane the 225 I think it was last seem at East Midlands airport a couple of months back, I seem to recall a thread on it.

[up-the-dubs]

Was playing golf about two years ago and a 124 flew overhead on it's approach to Dublin. It was huge and if it's anything to go by, the 225 must be truely massive. Would love to see one.

[egomeister]

up-the-dubs said:

Was playing golf about two years ago and a 124 flew overhead on it's approach to Dublin. It was huge and if it's anything to go by, the 225 must be truely massive. Would love to see one.

It mentioned the 124 quite a lot in the program. 150 tonne payload and able to still land on an unpaved runway!

Can't quite remember the details but I think it also say the 225 was designed in something like 3 years!! (although it drew a lot of influence from the 124)

[GregE240]

Didn't someone on PH take pics of it at East Mids?

I'm sure I've seen them on here.....

[egomeister]

This was the ealier thread: www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=226172&f=141&h=0

[egomeister]

Just a heads up to say the program is being repeated on Discovery now....

[R988]

Heres the second unfinished one.

[Fortjefferson]

KITT said:

Truely great airplane the 225 I think it was last seem at East Midlands airport a couple of months back, I seem to recall a thread on it.

I've seen it more than once in the last 12 months going in to East mids