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Antonov An-225 Mriya




When you ask an ordinary person about what’s the largest airplane in the world, 9 out of the 10 person will say, “Airbus A380”. The last one will probably say a Boeing 747. But this title belongs to the AN-225. A giant cargo operator with wing span and length over 88m respectively, which is almost 10m wider and longer than an A380. This plane equipped with SIX engines of each can produce up to 229kN thrust. That’s right, three on each wing that is two more than the A380. This gigantic bird is able to fly with 250 metric tons payload over a distance up to 4,500km without touching the ground. Originally designed as a plane to carry the Russian space shuttle, however, due to the collapse of the Soviet Union, the project has been abadom and hence this plane is being transferred to a Cargo operator. Due to the very limited choice of airline using this plane, model manufacturer is unable to produce such model and be able to generate enough profit to sustain the production. However, as enormous noise been generated from the collector society, this plane has finally been produced by Herpa in the 500 scale. It proved to be an immediate hot-seller. Therefore grab it in Aeroshop as you can as stock is almost soldout.