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Antonov An-225 Mriya - heaviest aircraft ever built (as of March 2020) (Dec 1998)

The Antonov An-225 Mriya is a strategic airlift cargo aircraft designed by the Antonov Design Bureau in Ukraine (then in the USSR) during the 1980s. It is powered by six turbofan engines and is the heaviest aircraft ever built, with a maximum takeoff weight of 640 tonnes. It also has the largest wingspan of any aircraft in operational service. Only one aircraft was built bearing the Ukrainian civil registration UR-82060.

Photos of this aircraft

Source : Wikipedia

Source : Wikipedia

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Stamps depicting this aircraft

Marshall Islands 2003 SG 1717, Scott 822 (part of a sheet)

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For addl info, visit the Wikipedia page for this aircraft.

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