...wow it's awesome...
I realize it's nothing to do with anything but...
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That is one Big Honky Mo Fo airplane!
it has a forehead.
Like me , Mine is getting bigger by the day!MMike said:
five head?
put their planes inside of it.syadasti said:
Ignore it basically. They don't think it's the way of the future.syadasti said:
Man, the terrorists must really be salivating over what they could knock down with that thing.
ghostrider said:
Well there is the new 747-8
Well, they could get a nukular warhead from Iran, bring it to Cancun in a submarine, drive it to the Texas border in a VW bug taxi, then send the whole thing to downtown Dallas with a water balloon launcher, but that doesn't change my original point. Topper.syadasti said:Eh, they could just buy/steal a larger An-225 from the cold war wrecked Russian military instead
First Flight: 21 December 1988
Max Takeoff: 1,322,750 lb (600,000 kg)
How about the spruce goose! , it has low miles on it
Only one flaw in your plan. Where are they getting a Submarine from ? Iran doesn't have a Submarineghostrider said:
Wait....max takeoff weight is 1.3 MILLION pounds??!!!??
Wow....go russkies..
Wow....go russkies..
prefect stradgy , flying under the radar!syadasti said:Maximum cruising altitude: 70 ft
Russia does....they hold less than an An225 though...splat said:
Dude, all you need is a giant milk tank, a window fan, and a chainsaw engine.splat said:
why not just putthe Sub in the An225 ? looks like you fit about 4 of them in there .Secret Squirrel said:
It was made to carry their Space Shuttle rip-off, so it had to be big and they didn't need too many. Its used mostly for US military freight now:Secret Squirrel said:
On 26 May 2001, the An-225 received its type certificate from the Interstate Aviation Committee Aviation Register (IAC AR).[4] The type’s first flight in commercial service departed from Stuttgart, Germany on January 3, 2002, flying to Thumrait, Oman with 216,000 prepared meals for American military personnel based in the region. This vast quantity of ready meals was transported on some 375 pallets and weighed a total of 187.5 tons.[5] Since then the An-225 has become the major workhorse of the Antonov Airlines fleet, transporting objects once thought impossible to move by air, such as locomotives, and 150 ton generators, and well as becoming a valuable asset to international relief organizations for its ability to quickly transport huge quantities of emergency supplies during disaster relief operations.[6] By 2000 it had become apparent that the demand for the An-225 had exceeded the airline’s capacity to book, and in 2004 the decision was made to complete the second An-225. This should be accomplished by mid-2006, with certification expected later in 2006.[3]
Beginning June 2003, the An-225, along with An-124s, delivered over 800 tonnes of equipment to aid humanitarian efforts in Iraq.[7] The An-225 has also been contracted by the U.S. government to transport military supplies to the Middle East in support of Coalition forces.[6] American use of a Soviet-designed aircraft can be seen as a testament to the success of Soviet heavy lift design, as no comparable U.S. aircraft has ever been developed. The U.S. government is currently considering a long term contract with Antonov Airlines for the additional production and use of ten An-124s and one An-225, which could be operated considerably cheaper than the six smaller C-17s originally purposed for the same duties.
Design work is currently under way to use the aircraft as a flying launch system for future aerospace systems. One of the most interesting and promising projects is the MAKS joint Russian/Ukrainian multipurpose aerospace system.[8] When used as a space vehicle air launcher, the aircraft will be fitted with the equipment required for prelaunch preparation of aerospace systems. Implementation of these projects will considerably reduce the cost of injecting payloads into space.[3]
With a maximum gross weight of 640 tonnes, the An-225 is the world’s heaviest aircraft. Although its wingspan is less than that of the Hughes H-4 Hercules (“Spruce Goose”, Howard Hughes’ flying boat, the latter never went beyond a single short low-altitude test flight, making the An-225 the largest aircraft in the world to take off more than once.[8] Both the An-124 and An-225 are larger than the C-5 Galaxy, the largest aircraft in the U.S. inventory. The An-225 is also larger than the Airbus A380.
In November of 2004, FAI placed the An-225 in the Guinness Book of Records for its 240 records and overall outstanding aerial performance.
splat said:
I heard that if it rains on it, it will catch on fire. Oh no that was the Plywood Pelican.
"I flew it at an altitude of six feet for a distance of four and a half feet. We later learned that rain makes it catch fire" --C.M. Burns
