Remembering Mriya

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NTGray

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Nov 22, 2019
I just want to express my sadness that the only example of the An-225 "Mriya" has been destroyed in the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. The Mriya is certainly no contender for "most agile," but it is awfully good-looking, and of course it is (was) the biggest thing ever to fly horizontally without being full of hydrogen.

My mother's family is Ukrainian, so I have an emotional involvement in the war as well as a principled preference for democracy over autocracy. But I have no ill feelings toward Russia as a nation, and in fact I enjoy listening to songs sung by the Red Army Choir. I think the Russian National Anthem is a thing of beauty. But Vladimir Putin is a monster who should not have a place in 21st​ Century Europe, and I sincerely hope and pray that his reign over Russia will soon end.

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Very sad indeed. That aircraft used to make semi regular visits to my airport during the war in Afghanistan.
Here she is, chartered to haul 3 Bell 212's to Kandahar for a Canadian company. This was April of 2010.

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Just for comparison. The four heaviest planes plus a couple of old, familiar ones that were awfully big for their day:


max. takeoff weight​

wingspan​
Antonov-225 Mriya

1,410,958 lb​

290 ft​
Stratolaunch

1,300,000 lb​

385 ft​
Airbus 380-800

1,267,658 lb​

262 ft​
Boeing 747-8

987,000 lb​

225 ft​
Convair B-36J

410,000 lb​

230 ft​
Hughes H-4 Hercules

399,000 lb​

320 ft​

and another perspective:

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The 2nd uncompleted airframe still sits in a hangar…
 

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I think they should make Putin pay to finish it.

According to The Daily Mail, Ukraine may try to do just that:
The Ukrainian-made Antonov-225 Mriya, meaning The Dream, could cost more than $3billion (£2.24billion) to repair, a sum Ukraine's state arms manufacturer Ukroboronprom said it would try to get Russia to front up.
 
Russia should be required to pay reparations for destruction of buildings, roads, the equipment used against Russia as well as pay for the humanity loss. There will be families without the breadwinners.
Russia should definitely pay war reparations, and Putin should be deposed for starting such an insane, 19th Century-style war in the first place.
 
I just want to express my sadness that the only example of the An-225 "Mriya" has been destroyed in the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. The Mriya is certainly no contender for "most agile," but it is awfully good-looking, and of course it is (was) the biggest thing ever to fly horizontally without being full of hydrogen.

My mother's family is Ukrainian, so I have an emotional involvement in the war as well as a principled preference for democracy over autocracy. But I have no ill feelings toward Russia as a nation, and in fact I enjoy listening to songs sung by the Red Army Choir. I think the Russian National Anthem is a thing of beauty. But Vladimir Putin is a monster who should not have a place in 21st​ Century Europe, and I sincerely hope and pray that his reign over Russia will soon end.

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Sad that a great piece of engineering might be gone, I also like the same music as you thou of Polish decent, Sad Putin is giving me such a sour taste to that country
 

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