The world's largest aircraft An-225 continues to take off

Ukrainian aviation experts were delighted that after a long time of repair and modernization, on 27/3 the largest aircraft and the largest payload in the world in aviation history returned to duty. . This information is reported by Popular Mechanics.

An-225 aircraft of Ukraine.
Since Antonov launched a major repair and modernization program for the An-225 in October 2018, the aircraft has been unable to take off. However, on March 27, the first flight of the An-225 after modernization flew into the air and lasted two hours.

The aircraft flew two rounds on the outskirts of Kiev and returned to Antonov International Airport, located 25 km northwest of Kiev, 2 km from the village of Gostomel.

Although Antonov has not revealed exactly what has been upgraded on this aircraft, experts predict that the aircraft will be equipped with new avionics and at least one engine. new.

Most likely, in the process of modernizing the An-225 aircraft has provided a satellite navigation module, a module for collision warning. As for the new engine, there is no information about this type of engine.

An-225 flights are often kept confidential. They mainly go to remote areas like West Africa, South America or remote areas in Australia. This aircraft has also flown to the United States. The return of this aircraft in the present may be very important when the world needs to transport huge cargo in an emergency.

An-225 aircraft were designed and built from the Soviet era at the mechanical plant in 1984 to 1988. The first flight was made on December 21, 1988. Initially, a contract to supply two aircraft to the Soviet Union was signed. However, so far the second has never been completed.

In 2016, Antonov claimed to have started work on the completion of the second An-225, but since then, there has been very little news about the process.

An-225 is equipped with 6 huge Ivigan Progress D-18T jet engines, each capable of generating thrust up to 23 tons. These engines play a role of taking off and have relatively low fuel consumption. They are also easy to maintain and have low noise, low emissions to the environment. Because of its enormous size, the An-225 platform is equipped with 32 wheels. As a result, it can be rotated easily on a 60 meter wide runway.

The volume of fuel in the fuel tanks is 365 tons. The aircraft can be in the air for 18 hours and a distance of more than 15,000 km.

The maximum design payload of An-225 is 250 tons with a total capacity of about 1.2 thousand cubic meters. The An-225's cargo compartment has a total length of 43.3 m, a width of 6.4 m and a height of 4.4 m, including an aircraft crane that can lift about 30 tons of cargo.

The Antonov An-225 is the largest cargo plane in the world. It has a length of 88.4 m and a body length of 84 m, it is truly a monster in the sky. Its unloaded weight can even reach up to 285 tons.

Ukrainian aviation experts were delighted that after a long time of repair and modernization, on 27-3 the largest aircraft in the world returned to duty. This information is reported by Popular Mechanics.

Since Antonov launched a major repair and modernization program for the An-225 in October 2018, the plane has been "on the ground".

On March 27, 2020, the first flight of An-225 after modernization was carried out, lasting 2 hours.

The aircraft flew two rounds on the outskirts of Kiev and returned to Antonov International Airport, located 25 km northwest of Kiev, 2 km from the village of Gostomel.

Although Antonov has not revealed exactly what has been upgraded on this aircraft, experts predict that the aircraft will be equipped with new avionics and at least one engine. new.

Most likely, during the modernization process, the An-225 aircraft was provided with a satellite navigation module, a module for collision warning.

An-225 flights are often kept confidential. They mainly go to remote areas like West Africa, South America or remote areas in Australia. This aircraft has also flown to the US.

The return of this aircraft in the present may be very important when the world needs to transport huge medical goods in an emergency because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

With a take-off tonnage of up to 640 tons, the An-225 Mirya is the largest aircraft ever built by man. Despite being considered a technological marvel, this type of aircraft is choosy due to its oversized dimensions, large operating costs, and the airport is wide enough - long enough to take off and land.

The An-225 Mirya transport plane was designed by the Soviet Antonov design bureau in the 1980s.

The largest and only mechanical transport in the world currently holds 240 world records in aviation.

The transport capacity of this strategic transport aircraft has not yet been surpassed by competitors.

Initially, the An-225 engine transport was designed to serve the shuttle shuttle in orbit and carry oversized, bulky objects by air. However, at present they mainly serve in the civil field.

An-225 is hired by countries to transport huge packages such as locomotives, yachts, super-heavy trucks, spacecraft launchers ...

An-225 has a length of 84m, wingspan of 88.4m and height of 18.1m. Empty weight 285 tons and takeoff weight up to 640 tons.

To lift this "monster" into the sky, one must equip it with six ZMKB Progress D-18 jet engines with a thrust of 229.5kN.

With these powerful engines An-225 has a cruising speed of 800 km / h.

With an extremely large luggage compartment An-225 can carry up to 253 tons of cargo.

In addition to leasing to Ukraine, Ukraine often uses the aircraft for UN humanitarian activities.

In the past, Russia has repeatedly asked Ukraine to resume production of the aircraft, but due to disagreements over funding, as well as tensions, the project itself has been frozen.

Next, China has launched a large sum of money for Ukraine to complete the body of an unfinished vehicle.

But then it became apparent that maintaining the operation of this super-large aircraft required good and wide infrastructure, while it was not necessary to have a super-large transport plane, so it seemed that Beijing was gradually withdraw.