My grandfather died in early 90's, when I was 3 yo. He worked as an engineer on the Antonov plant in Kyiv city, Ukraine. His job was design and layout of appliances in the cockpit. "Mriya" (in Ukrainian "The Dream") was a secret project, nobody was allowed to talk about it outside the plant, even with their families. Dad told me that one day Grandpa came from work with burning eyes and said they are going to build something absolutely stunning. These were the only words he was allowed to say to his wife and kids. And it was true. An-225 even in 2020 strikes people's imagination. Somewhere in the cockpit there is part of soul and hard work of my grandfather. Proud and grateful to my grandfather and other Ukrainian and Soviet engineers, designers and plant workers. R.I.P. Grandpa, your Dream still flies!
- "there is a strange buzz in the cargo room, Dmitry, please check what's wrong". Dmitry gets on a bike, drives to cargo room from the cabin, returns an hour later - "ah, just some Cessna flew in and was circling around the lamp, I opened the door a let it out"
@ST there's a twin airframe that is able to be assembled, that only needs sufficient funding. It's in Kyiv, if the Ruskies hadn't blown that up as well.
@@jg5001 They should turn that into the next one yes, but then, make a 3rd, turn it into the AN-325 (AN-225 but the innermost engine becomes 2 on one pylon like B-52, making total of 8 engine), then make another 2 frames, and turn those into the Antonov AKS
@ST Unfortunately they won't build it. The entire USSR worked on this aircraft. In today's world, only two countries are capable of such a project - the United States and China.
Considering that the 225 has been flying for over 30 years now, those fire trucks are either show boating by the airport or the plain was carrying hazardous cargo.
Fire trucks are pretty normal around aircraft. The one that bothered me was the police "Forensics Identification Services" vehicle at 1:40... kind of hard to ID you after your plane goes splat and burns.
Only 1 was ever built and we just saw it take off, so it has never been involved in a serious accident. Probably just being safe because it is big enough to take out half a city if something does happen, plus people on those trucks just wanting to see it take off as close as possible.
RIP AN-225. An iconic life of service. Thank you for delivering crucial medical supplies during the height of the pandemic. Fly in Paradise, peaceful giant
@@mb4lunch 6 engines and massive wings, when it winds up the engines the tail plane wobbles around a lot , maybe they get lift from that as well . I have little idea about aerodynamics , just an idea
Was lucky enough to fuel this beast in Tulsa, OK on it's way to Texas with oilfield equipment. We had to line up our 5,000 gallon trucks one after the other (we had 3) and as soon as we moved off straight back to the fuel farm and then back to the aircraft. I think it took something like 60,000 gallons or about 400,000 POUNDS OF FUEL. The flight mechanic (and everyone else onboard) only spoke Ukrainian and broken English and the fuel control panel was in Russian. It was a trip.
Scientist still are not 100% sure how a plane can fly and stay on the air. We know that certain aerodynamics are essential but at the end of the day we just know we can make a machine that can fly and stay up. Go figure.
@@avgeek_0307 true, but that still does not explains it all. For example, there are some flying creatures that according to our understanding of aerodinamics design should not been flying, but heck, those birds flap their wings and are masters of the skies. So you see, is not only wings, turbines or design. There are physical laws that come in to play to allow a man made machine to take to the air even if we do not fully understand those laws.
I'm so glad we have videos like this that enshrine the Antonov AN-225 for history to remember. While I doubt it will ever happen, I hope we will see another great giant like it in our lifetimes.
This stunning piece of engineering flew in and out of my local airport, Stewart NY, to pick up a very large coast guard helicopter several yrs ago and I'll never forget it. RIP big guy you will be missed
@@dgtlbrandxn It's a matter of pride for Ukraine. I am sure they will build something even better someday, once Russia has been slapped back into their hole.
my first thought,, when the war in Ukraine broke out, was that the Russians were gonna destroyed. Unfortunately it happened. RIP Mriya, human evil got you in the end. ;(
@@RossAviationWorld You didn’t really know, but the guys who control this plane have their own channel - where they shoot video from this monster. ruclips.net/channel/UC_itQ8eJZ2qZQcu2feXWhDgvideos
We're getting ready for take off. We have 5 runways which one would you like? We'll do 1-2 for the left wing 3 for the middle and 4-5 for the right wing.
Not surprising given that it weighs 285,000 kg, thats a lot to get off the ground . The impressive part is how little runway it needs , probably because of the huge wings
@Omar Williams 4000 liters =1056gals conservatively if the 18-wheeler got 6 miles to the gallon it could obtained a distance of 6336mi that's about two weeks of driving. All based on your numbers of 4000 liters.
RIP! 😢. You are missed. I got to see you once when I was taxiing an aircraft for takeoff in Fairbanks, Alaska. What an amazing aircraft! It is the first, and only time that I had seen the 2, 747-400s sitting there as kinda small. 🥰
1:20 I seriously love how there's a vehicle with sirens in front of the aircraft. As if nobody would notice a 1,300,000-pound, six-engined, twin-tail gargantuan behemoth and not think to get out of the way.
The vehicle is called a follow me vehicle, and is there to guide the pilot during taxing, around the airport as the pilot may not be familiar with the layout of the airport.
@@sharepremium8614 not sure if you noticed but the original comment was a joke, pointing out how huge the plane is in comparison to what the firetrucks are usually protecting
@@a64738 mriya was built in 1988. From what I recall the project was abandoned shortly after, and the incomplete version mothballed. If the other one hasn’t been scrapped for parts, it would still have gone almost 40 years with at best the barest of maintenance. It’s possible but it isn’t likely.
Weight: 285,000 kg Wingspan: 88 m Length: 84 m Top speed: 850 km/h Unit cost: 200,000,000-250,000,000 USD (2013) Max. take off weight 600000kg Cruising speed, km/h 750 - 850 Cruising altitude, 9 000 - 12 000m Cruising range with no cargo 8310nm (15400km) F that , that is a freaking ship with wings in the air
That could just be an illusion because of hot exhaust from the engines, but it wouldn’t be surprising if it was wobbling a bit, because it was the most colossal plane we ever built. When you get that large it doesn’t matter how tightly you fasten stuff together or how sturdy a support structure you make, there’s gonna be some natural flex, especially when it’s something like a wing, which is a lot of weight hanging outwards from a single point of support and incurring aeroforces. For example, If you put a camera at the front of any jumbo passenger jet that could view down the entire length, you’d notice the plane slightly flex up and down at each end as it moves and flies. This doesn’t mean the craft is unsafe, it’s plenty sturdy and won’t rip itself apart, this just happens, is all. We also sometimes utilize this, in the case of the B-52 bomber, we had to build it with “loose wings” that allowed for some extra flex because the wingspan was so incredibly large that it incurred a ton of lift, which the further you go out on the wing, is far more taxing on the airframe. if they had attempted to make them too sturdy, they would’ve ripped themselves apart in flight because the aeroforces would overcome the structural integrity and rip the wings off the hull. The springy flex to the wings prevented this from happening by helping to disperse that energy to a manageable extent.
I grew up close to Pearson Airport in Toronto, so seeing planes come and go was just part of our day. But I'll never forget hearing this noise from above like no other I've ever heard before, and it was this plane coming in for a landing. Stopped me dead in my tracks. The size of this plane was overwhelming and the sound coming from those engines I'll never forget. What an amazing thing to see. It's like seeing people everyday then one day you see a giant. Just mesmerizing!!
Saw the aft of this behemoth from afar at Arlanda Airport during my 17-day cabin crew training back in 2010. Our teacher would let us take a break to go from Terminal 2 to Terminal 5 to see it. If I recall correctly it had an unscheduled stop there and was taking off later that day. I didn't stay to watch its departure because I was extremely tired and we all had to come back early in the morning the next day to the classroom, but one of my classmates stayed and filmed the takeoff from behind a fence along with other plane spotters. Afterwards I regret not being there. What struck me even when watching it from afar was the already obvious, it was indeed absolutely enormous.
@Modustollens1 - Haven’t you ever heard the expression: “don’t punch down?” Lol Ignore the little troll, at least until he’s old enough to drive (or spell correctly)
Его уже нет. украинские варвары- уничтожили год назад в марте 2022 года самолёт, которые построил русский народ. Второй самолет не достроен и наверно пойдёт в музей России.
I'm so sad the Antonov is gone. My dad works as an electrical engineer for planes and he has photos of visiting the Antonov when he was younger. I had always wanted to see the plane with my own eyes, but little did any of us know that it was about to be destroyed without second thought. Life is crazy like that
Even on my phone screen, the absolutely titanic scale of Mriya is jaw dropping. Can scarcely imagine what it was like to actually be there. I miss her so much.
The Antonov-AN225 Mriya was a one of a kind aircraft that broke records and was one of the most popular aircraft in the world, she’ll be dearly missed. She was taken from us too soon, but her legacy and popularity will not be forgotten. May she Rest In Peace. 1988-2022
It went over my house one night , going from Prestwick Scotland to Norway ..don't want to sound like some sad Geek , but it was a great feeling knowing it was directly above me..
I saw a photo, it is completely destroyed. It won't be restored. And no one will build anything like this, not even China. Such a miracle of engineering could only be built by the USSR, which was not sacred by the criterion of profit. It is much more profitable to build 2 Boeing 747-8 or equivalent. There was a second copy left, but it was not completed and there is no longer a base to complete. It will remain just a museum exhibit, like the German tank "Mouse".
I have seen many A380s and B747s and I always dreamt of one day seeing the An 225 it breaks me to know that I will never get to witness this beauty in person ever.
It was my dads goal to take me to see this giant fly, unfortunately I wasnt lucky enough to see it, ive been obsessed with the 225 since I was 9, such a shame to hear its gone.
RIP mriya 😢 I was heartbroken when I heard it got destroyed in the war. I hope they will rebuild it one day, it was truly a beautiful, one of a kind aircraft.
@@wandcamilo3989 the motor or the plane? Cause i can tell you both are going pretty fast. For a flying sky scraper its going fast enough and those turbine engines are spinning at an excess of 20,000rpm which is enough to eviscerate anything meat based into a fine pink mist
@@mellifluousmike wings and tails are supposed to have a certain amount of flex so they dont break under certain conditions, still an insane amount of flex though
@@Wingedmechanic no, the flex isn’t happening due to releasing the parking brake. From like 4:40 to 5 minutes the tail is shaking violently from the engine run up.
FINALLY someone who can actually hold the camera still for us to enjoy the actual video instead of trying to find someone who is having a seizure or something
I watched this land and take-off once, many years ago, at the Farnborough Airshow in England. VERY impressive. The smaller Ruslan was also there as well as a couple of Mig-29 Fulcrums. It was an amazing day.
@@fasthighwaydriver59732 both Ruslan and Mriya were disigned and build in USSR with all the production and supply chainds of USSR, not Russia or Ukraine separately
I work on the 747-400 and 747-8. Even after years, I’m still impressed every time I see one moving under its own power. I wanted to see this airplane one day, but unfortunately it was not to be.
Yeah, what can you do, it is story of modern day nazi idiots - US puppets, who call themselves Ukrainians - they destroy what they did not built, from this great plane to country named Ukraine. May their corpses rot in hell.
@@Tigershark_3082 No. Ukraine did not built that plane and it could never rebuild it. Not even in their dreams. Not to mention it is very big question will Ukraine exist at all.
I was thinking to myself. "How can that massive thing even take off? How does it have enough power?" I think I'm severely underestimating the sheer power of those turbines.
My grandfather died in early 90's, when I was 3 yo. He worked as an engineer on the Antonov plant in Kyiv city, Ukraine. His job was design and layout of appliances in the cockpit.
"Mriya" (in Ukrainian "The Dream") was a secret project, nobody was allowed to talk about it outside the plant, even with their families. Dad told me that one day Grandpa came from work with burning eyes and said they are going to build something absolutely stunning. These were the only words he was allowed to say to his wife and kids. And it was true. An-225 even in 2020 strikes people's imagination. Somewhere in the cockpit there is part of soul and hard work of my grandfather. Proud and grateful to my grandfather and other Ukrainian and Soviet engineers, designers and plant workers.
R.I.P. Grandpa, your Dream still flies!
ruclips.net/video/8iydTVKHeBo/видео.html
Thanks for that 👍
If your grandpa was alive he would be really happy. May he rest in peace.
Спасибо твоему деду за труд и тебе за то что помнишь.
@Indrek Kuusk no
I’ve never looked at something and thought more “there is no way that can fly”.
For me, first time I flew on an A380 years ago, walking down the jetway.
If you throw a brick hard enough, it will fly.
Bees? forgot that??
@@carsandstuff365 the angle is important too.
how do they fly tho? i mean its so big and their engines are tiny
- "there is a strange buzz in the cargo room, Dmitry, please check what's wrong". Dmitry gets on a bike, drives to cargo room from the cabin, returns an hour later - "ah, just some Cessna flew in and was circling around the lamp, I opened the door a let it out"
Underrated
😂😂😂
ahahahahahaha!!
Talking about cessna as if it's a housefly 😭😭
Soooo funny 🤣🤣🤣
I'm an American and have to say, it's sad to see destroyed. I hope it can be rebuilt someday. It's truly one of the greatest planes to ever be built.
TRUE
There is ONLY one country who can rebuilt this. And believe me - it can be bad news for your $tate$ ))
But why would it be rebuilt? It was a relic of the past. Very inefficient
why do you have to mention where you are from? lol
@@Legendaryiumwhat’s wrong with recognizing another countries accomplishment? the point was the OP made it known they were not Ukrainian
Legend says that turbulence actively avoids this plane.
Even if it didnt, you wouldnt even fucking feel it
Radioactive T-rex lol 😆
good morning crew, turbulence hit us, we could only tell this because I just saw the wind make way.....
Lolllllll
Not true I'm a antonov 225 mirya pilot but your kinda right even though I get a little bump
"How many tires should we use for the landing gear?"
"Yes"
36
64
An 225 un vestio
YES comments are cringy..
@SUPERΔRTIFICIΔL ukrаinian
Sad to hear that such a huge piece of aviation history was destroyed. Wish I could've seen her fly.
@ST there's a twin airframe that is able to be assembled, that only needs sufficient funding. It's in Kyiv, if the Ruskies hadn't blown that up as well.
@@jg5001 They should turn that into the next one yes, but then, make a 3rd, turn it into the AN-325 (AN-225 but the innermost engine becomes 2 on one pylon like B-52, making total of 8 engine), then make another 2 frames, and turn those into the Antonov AKS
No
@ST Unfortunately they won't build it. The entire USSR worked on this aircraft. In today's world, only two countries are capable of such a project - the United States and China.
@ST Не построят,у них нет мозгов.
The biggest. The baddest. The best of the best at it's finest.
Antonov AN-225 forever
Toronto Canada 🇨🇦 love
Imagine piloting a plane where every time you go to take off they put a load of fire trucks on standby.. that must fill you with confidence!
Thats wat i was thinking lol
Considering that the 225 has been flying for over 30 years now, those fire trucks are either show boating by the airport or the plain was carrying hazardous cargo.
Fire trucks are pretty normal around aircraft.
The one that bothered me was the police "Forensics Identification Services" vehicle at 1:40... kind of hard to ID you after your plane goes splat and burns.
@@Kodos13 i think it might have been jusst somebody driving and they wanted to see it idk
Only 1 was ever built and we just saw it take off, so it has never been involved in a serious accident. Probably just being safe because it is big enough to take out half a city if something does happen, plus people on those trucks just wanting to see it take off as close as possible.
RIP AN-225. An iconic life of service. Thank you for delivering crucial medical supplies during the height of the pandemic. Fly in Paradise, peaceful giant
Just learned about this plane today and now hearing it got destroyed actually makes me upset. All that hard work and expectations just out the window
What beautiful words. The loss of life in this conflict is immeasurable but the loss of this icon is downright sad. RIP 🥺🥺
Now, it finely meets a buran somewhere in the sky.
We will build a new one
@@ДмитроКошовий-ш9в One way or another the Myria will fly again!
Its hard to believe how easy and smoothly that takeoff was.
It did hit the air faster than I figured it would. 6 engines did the trick I guess!
@@mb4lunch 6 engines and massive wings, when it winds up the engines the tail plane wobbles around a lot , maybe they get lift from that as well . I have little idea about aerodynamics , just an idea
Russian design
that's Russian quality!!!!!
to be fair, that thing was flying with an empty cargo bay
Was lucky enough to fuel this beast in Tulsa, OK on it's way to Texas with oilfield equipment. We had to line up our 5,000 gallon trucks one after the other (we had 3) and as soon as we moved off straight back to the fuel farm and then back to the aircraft. I think it took something like 60,000 gallons or about 400,000 POUNDS OF FUEL. The flight mechanic (and everyone else onboard) only spoke Ukrainian and broken English and the fuel control panel was in Russian. It was a trip.
Hard to believe that thing can get off the ground.
uh it's called Bernoulli's theory
Scientist still are not 100% sure how a plane can fly and stay on the air. We know that certain aerodynamics are essential but at the end of the day we just know we can make a machine that can fly and stay up. Go figure.
@@lightvoid7089 uh It can still be hard to believe.
@@adrenaissance1316 engines. Wings.
@@avgeek_0307 true, but that still does not explains it all. For example, there are some flying creatures that according to our understanding of aerodinamics design should not been flying, but heck, those birds flap their wings and are masters of the skies. So you see, is not only wings, turbines or design. There are physical laws that come in to play to allow a man made machine to take to the air even if we do not fully understand those laws.
Fun fact: this plane is 84 meters long
American term : size of a football field.
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soccer,not football
Zikri football, not soccer
@@Snoopy9675 eggball,not football
cannonball
I always think of the guys who draw the plans on paper and do some maths and say... this will definitely fly. This is phenomenal.
In soviet russia, You draw anything in paper, and it work!
If the engines are big enough anything will fly.
@@georgestephenopolous5508 or just get more engines
@@mahuba2553, "Russia"
@@mahuba2553 it’s not Russian!It was build in Soviet Ukraine
I'm so glad we have videos like this that enshrine the Antonov AN-225 for history to remember. While I doubt it will ever happen, I hope we will see another great giant like it in our lifetimes.
This looks like the Titanic with wings.
Well now it’s the uncrahable plane
You do have a point there.
Good that there are no icebergs floating in the sky.
you know there are more planes in the ocean than there are submarines in the sky.
Has it taken off yet.
This stunning piece of engineering flew in and out of my local airport, Stewart NY, to pick up a very large coast guard helicopter several yrs ago and I'll never forget it. RIP big guy you will be missed
@notfiveo We can rebuild him, we have the technology
@@aussiejezza we might have the technology, but not the money. Ukraine said itll cost 3 billion dollars and 5 years to remake it
@@dgtlbrandxn It's a matter of pride for Ukraine. I am sure they will build something even better someday, once Russia has been slapped back into their hole.
@@manda60 real💯
@@manda60 I was thinking they should build a bomber that’s even bigger than this and fly it around Russia
RIP Mriya .You were the greatest plane that has been ever made and Glory to Ukraine.
I'm honestly so sad at the destruction of this beauty.
Ukraine has said it’ll be rebuilt
ANTONOV have a 2nd Airframe at 60% completion, I'm sure they'll rebuild it once Russia stops bombing them.
It will be repared. Government confirms.
my first thought,, when the war in Ukraine broke out, was that the Russians were gonna destroyed. Unfortunately it happened. RIP Mriya, human evil got you in the end. ;(
God, she was such a beautiful bird. RIP Mriya.
the Antonov doesn't really fly, it simply scares the ground away.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Russian version of general relativity B)
@@matthewpauls2498, Russian?
@@matthewpauls2498 It’s not Russian, it’s Ukrainian
😂😂
"That's not a plane, that's a planet!"
-Ludacris, Fast and Furious 6
*Tyrese*
It's Tyrese Gibson who said that but it fits perfectly
Tyrese,not luda
ATC: Antonov 225, attention, crosswind at 25 knots
Antonov 225: I am the wind
Nice one !
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🤣🤣🤣
😆
Lol
Looks like everyone's Grandfather worked on Mriya as some engineer!
🤣
4:30 "Sir, the tail's wagging."
"That's just the kind of enthusiasm we like to see."
Ahahahaha!
Ahh-wiggle-wiggle-wiggle-wiggle-wiggel-wiggel...🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶
That tail really give me anxiety
@@fadthetic That's just from the prop wash. Once it takes off, it stabilizes.
the an 225 is a dog LOL
Engineers on body: okay so we need this a limit.
Engineers on wings: *NO LIMIT.*
@spywolf To find the right take-off slope
Infinity AND BEYOND
This was necessary so that a spacecraft could be launched into space from this plane.
@4:30 bruh the wat that that back tails wobbles damn 6 engines How much of that wing can it bend tho
@@shinnishi3135 I noticed that too.
Cameraman: We’re going to need a wider lens.
lol it got me everytime
You might as well add an extra airport while you're at it!
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Man that thing is an absolute monster of a plane. So so sad to hear of its loss. Stunning engineering.
Absolutely breathtaking, you really captured the size of this aircraft perfectly! Astonishing footage
Thanks very much Casey! Greatly appreciated :)
@@RossAviationWorld
You didn’t really know, but the guys who control this plane have their own channel - where they shoot video from this monster. ruclips.net/channel/UC_itQ8eJZ2qZQcu2feXWhDgvideos
@@zakon2014 Yep, I'm aware. I watched a couple of their videos, including the arrival into Toronto. They're all very interesting videos!
Almost surreal in its immensity!
Mesmerizing..my dream to watch one of it. Beautifully shot..
We're getting ready for take off.
We have 5 runways which one would you like?
We'll do 1-2 for the left wing 3 for the middle and 4-5 for the right wing.
When it starts rolling it doesn't seem like it wants to but then once it gets going and lifts off looks graceful
Not surprising given that it weighs 285,000 kg, thats a lot to get off the ground . The impressive part is how little runway it needs , probably because of the huge wings
Antonov AN-225: "COMRADE! WAIT!! Where is the VODKA?"
@@Dakarn Cargo bay full vodka.
@@Dakarn Gorilka , or Horilka in Russian . Or just ask for Nemirov
Antonov an 225 has now become a memory😢
Greetings from Ecuador🇪🇨
"I'm not fat, I'm big boned."
- the plane, probably
“I’m not fat, i’m big framed.”
This phrase is from the movie "The cobbler" :)
@@IAmPantsu it was from big smoke but okay big daddy
M..the 500th like....thnku...
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Looks like me stealing a titan at the Los Santos Airport.
More like cargo plane from mission "Minor turbulence" but still not as big xD
donutdoode69 it’s not an exact replica it’s more like a b52 plus one of these
Ah, a gamer. Greetings.
Nah try just cause
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That take off could fuel my car for two years
badasscop44 try 20 years
🤞🤞😂😂😂
You need a faster car
Gas hog?
@Omar Williams 4000 liters =1056gals conservatively if the 18-wheeler got 6 miles to the gallon it could obtained a distance of 6336mi that's about two weeks of driving. All based on your numbers of 4000 liters.
RIP! 😢. You are missed. I got to see you once when I was taxiing an aircraft for takeoff in Fairbanks, Alaska. What an amazing aircraft! It is the first, and only time that I had seen the 2, 747-400s sitting there as kinda small. 🥰
1:20 I seriously love how there's a vehicle with sirens in front of the aircraft. As if nobody would notice a 1,300,000-pound, six-engined, twin-tail gargantuan behemoth and not think to get out of the way.
Is this filmed in Slomo?
@@brianjones5002 Nope.
The vehicle is called a follow me vehicle, and is there to guide the pilot during taxing, around the airport as the pilot may not be familiar with the layout of the airport.
lol
Humans are stupid. You'd be surprised.
"C'mon baby, lift your big ass for Sasha!"
Ahh,memories😂
Noiceeeee
2012
"That's a big twinky" oh shit wrong movie
@@Lua_iqova 2020 actually.
The fire trucks are for show - if this goes down nothing is going to put out the flames for a week
Not true, the fire trucks would help
@@FishyBearBeer whoosh bruh
@@FishyBearBeer very right. Something is always better than nothing . Its pure logic
@@sharepremium8614 not sure if you noticed but the original comment was a joke, pointing out how huge the plane is in comparison to what the firetrucks are usually protecting
@@rivvy2138 r/wooosh
What a beast. We won’t see the likes of that beauty again. So sad.
I can’t believe it’s gone. A priceless piece of history destroyed without so much as a second thought.
That's what happens in war.
As I understand it there is a half built version that never got finished, it is possible they can make a new one from that.
@@a64738 mriya was built in 1988. From what I recall the project was abandoned shortly after, and the incomplete version mothballed. If the other one hasn’t been scrapped for parts, it would still have gone almost 40 years with at best the barest of maintenance. It’s possible but it isn’t likely.
Thanks for trashing a piece of history and important humanitarian support, Putin. Despicable.
Built again
Weight: 285,000 kg
Wingspan: 88 m
Length: 84 m
Top speed: 850 km/h
Unit cost: 200,000,000-250,000,000 USD (2013)
Max. take off weight 600000kg
Cruising speed, km/h 750 - 850
Cruising altitude, 9 000 - 12 000m
Cruising range with no cargo 8310nm (15400km)
F that , that is a freaking ship with wings in the air
Ukranians know what they do bro!!!
@@vxzrt ето не Украина. ЗДЕЛАНО В СССР
Unit cost ?
That thing is the only one of it's kind that flies.....!
@@Газновичок Ukrain was part of cccp, so made in Ukrain.
Antonov's founder is russian after the dissolution of the ussr the company happened to be in ukraine
Forever in the skies...RIP Mriya
what happened with it?
@@ichosemurad Putin destroyed it
@@stevenrogers8939 damn, RIP Giant
@@ichosemurad it was blown up while in its hangar in Ukraine
@@ichosemurad russien did airborne landing on antonov airfield. And than stat big fight. Acctualy all city was destroy...
Why were the tail fins of the plane shaking before the take off ???
=4:32
That could just be an illusion because of hot exhaust from the engines, but it wouldn’t be surprising if it was wobbling a bit, because it was the most colossal plane we ever built. When you get that large it doesn’t matter how tightly you fasten stuff together or how sturdy a support structure you make, there’s gonna be some natural flex, especially when it’s something like a wing, which is a lot of weight hanging outwards from a single point of support and incurring aeroforces. For example, If you put a camera at the front of any jumbo passenger jet that could view down the entire length, you’d notice the plane slightly flex up and down at each end as it moves and flies. This doesn’t mean the craft is unsafe, it’s plenty sturdy and won’t rip itself apart, this just happens, is all. We also sometimes utilize this, in the case of the B-52 bomber, we had to build it with “loose wings” that allowed for some extra flex because the wingspan was so incredibly large that it incurred a ton of lift, which the further you go out on the wing, is far more taxing on the airframe. if they had attempted to make them too sturdy, they would’ve ripped themselves apart in flight because the aeroforces would overcome the structural integrity and rip the wings off the hull. The springy flex to the wings prevented this from happening by helping to disperse that energy to a manageable extent.
"Put 6 engine on building. It fly."
----Russian Aerospace Engineers
Benjamin Harris not just a building, an entire warehouse!
Soviet*
Vodka
@@jorgen1990 Ukrainian*
LMAO
I grew up close to Pearson Airport in Toronto, so seeing planes come and go was just part of our day. But I'll never forget hearing this noise from above like no other I've ever heard before, and it was this plane coming in for a landing. Stopped me dead in my tracks. The size of this plane was overwhelming and the sound coming from those engines I'll never forget. What an amazing thing to see. It's like seeing people everyday then one day you see a giant. Just mesmerizing!!
Imagine being a bird and seeing the Antonov-An225
Those big engines hanging out there are known in the bird world as “targets of opportunity “ geese are fearless 😆
LMAO
Con Sys sware is sware. iS u swArE. Why ArE u sWaRe.
@Con sys eбаць, сука, я хацеў сказаць
That is most definitely an “oh shit” moment, then again, those birds won’t be birds much longer
Saw the aft of this behemoth from afar at Arlanda Airport during my 17-day cabin crew training back in 2010. Our teacher would let us take a break to go from Terminal 2 to Terminal 5 to see it. If I recall correctly it had an unscheduled stop there and was taking off later that day. I didn't stay to watch its departure because I was extremely tired and we all had to come back early in the morning the next day to the classroom, but one of my classmates stayed and filmed the takeoff from behind a fence along with other plane spotters. Afterwards I regret not being there. What struck me even when watching it from afar was the already obvious, it was indeed absolutely enormous.
RIP Antonov 225 Mriya.
You will always be remembered fondly as that Cargo Plane with 6 huge Engines.
Not only 6 huge engines but 6 turbo fan engines
"That ain't a plane. THAT'S A PLANET!"
I like that movie
Tyrese Gibson.😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Elber camacho 😂😂😂😂 I was thinking to say that but yu did
Roman Pearce😂
@pedro souza oi vamos ser amigos?
The pilots that fly these planes must be the elite of the elite. It would be so cool to see this in person!
No just like Uber drivers actually hahha
@Modustollens1 Do i detect a note of envy here?? You probably have trouble with a bicycle ley alone something as complex as this
@Modustollens1 - Haven’t you ever heard the expression: “don’t punch down?” Lol
Ignore the little troll, at least until he’s old enough to drive (or spell correctly)
Plus the salary would be more than five figures per month.
@@mf8598 They wish
It never sees to amaze me how the pilot manages to lift off one of the heaviest plane on the planet up to the skies
Его уже нет. украинские варвары- уничтожили год назад в марте 2022 года самолёт, которые построил русский народ. Второй самолет не достроен и наверно пойдёт в музей России.
What a legendary plane. Possibly the only plane for which A380 and B747 will be instructed to avoid wake turbulence. We will miss you dearly Mriya!
She will be back.... One day.
Скорее только 747,380-й очень массивен
wrong: A380 has to avoid the wake turbulence of the A380 itself
@@itellyouforfree7238 in atc there is no wake turbulence separation between two super types. (aka 2x a380) so no they don't "have" to
Legend has it, the wake turbulence from this airplane has been routinely confused with climate change causing all the hurricanes in Florida.
dAFUK...Xd
Who told you? The florida man?
Scientists renamed the butterfly effect to the Antonov effect
Floridians be like: DANG RUSSIAN'S AND UKRAINIANS
Only in Bidens world
I'm so sad the Antonov is gone. My dad works as an electrical engineer for planes and he has photos of visiting the Antonov when he was younger. I had always wanted to see the plane with my own eyes, but little did any of us know that it was about to be destroyed without second thought. Life is crazy like that
It's called decomunization so don't get sad
Its home country is gone. Ukraine doesn't deserve it.
@@wiederhorenУкраина отказалась от своей истории и пошла по рукам ваших европейских ценностей.
Тот, у кого нет прошлого - нет будущего
@@Leo-qd7ih stupid
😢
Crazy to see a beast like this fly, the power of those engines is truely remarkable
OMG! WHAT A BEHEMOTH! I HOPE WE GET TO FLY THIS PLANE IN MICROSOFT FLIGHT SIMULATOR 2020
No
@@scootes212 😱😤😤😤
Hanji Zoe if it were to come out it would look shit and all the dials would be 2d
@@scootes212 DON'T MAKE ME LAUGH
I wish
Guys stop making fun of it,its just slightly fat.
Thicccc*
Fluffy! Lol!
(Ukrainian accent) Mriya: "I is not fat! I is big boned!"
It's nickname should be "Brutus". My desktop wall paper is the complete Antonov lineup, beautiful planes, even the small ones.
You mean chubby
Imagine how Wilbur and Orville Wright would've felt if they saw this thing flying.
Really happy :D
proud.
If I recall correctly, AN-225 is so big that their first flight could've literally been conducted inside this plane's cargo area
that would've blown their mind away
the wing span is longer then wilburs first flight LOL
Even on my phone screen, the absolutely titanic scale of Mriya is jaw dropping. Can scarcely imagine what it was like to actually be there.
I miss her so much.
Boeing 747 left the chat.
Not my baby?
M3mEs
@@cyka4075 Anyways, what was your reaction to the news when British Airways retired their 747s? I cried.
Boing
Actually she left when A380 entered...
The Antonov-AN225 Mriya was a one of a kind aircraft that broke records and was one of the most popular aircraft in the world, she’ll be dearly missed. She was taken from us too soon, but her legacy and popularity will not be forgotten.
May she Rest In Peace. 1988-2022
Yes, RIP Mriya and Buran
@@quartz9704 There's nothing wrong with the Buran shuttles. They stand in workshops in the bare steppe of Kazakhstan
@@doorkapatrool536 Aye, but the one Buran shuttle that did it's one and only flight was destroyed in a hangar collapse back in 2003
why cant they just build another one
@@vanguard6498 it depends on who exactly "they" are
1:32 - imagine looking in the mirrors of the truck and seeing that thing behind you
*objects in mirror are closer than they appear*
Imagine looking in the mirrors and only seeing tires ;-)
OBJECTS IN THE MIRROR ARE BIGGER THAN THEY APPEAR.
It went over my house one night , going from Prestwick Scotland to Norway ..don't want to sound like some sad Geek , but it was a great feeling knowing it was directly above me..
You know you've built something astonishing when even the pilots question whether this plane will fly.
That’s officially bigger than the Vatican City
The Giant flying City
@@powerblox9677 🤡
@@powerblox9677 OOH DONT YOU SAY???
@@powerblox9677 fuck woooosh for you
replies try being smart ended up being the stupid for not getting the joke
ATC: Why is the boss music playing?
How much does this plane weigh?
Ernie Martin As much as yo momma
@Jaqen Sexy Jesus H'ghar I thought the top speed is over 1000kmh bcs it has 6 engines lol
@@shahmi5727 it's actually less than the A380. You might want to watch a comparison video
I laughed way harder than I should have
The Mriya is such a beautiful beast of an aircraft, I wish I could have seen her :(
One day, buddy, we will see a 225 again.
I truly believe 😢
Texans: Everything is bigger in Texas!
Antonov: Laughs in Ukraine
Texans: Hold my beer
@@Jp5codforever Ukraine: proceeds to drink free beer
💀💀💀
USSR mate. Not Ukr
Antonov is Russian
I have never been more in awe of a machine than from simply watching this roll onto the runway. Absolutely amazing.
I never knew that a stadium could fly...
Second that lol
😂🤣😂🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤪🤣🤣😂😂
Lol
You guys must watch C-5 Galaxy Takeoff
😂😂😂😂
From bike , car to this massive machines , we humans can control shows what are we capable of 🎉
1:35 I wonder what that person driving the car is thinking when he looks in the rearview mirror
Objects in mirror appear closer than they are
@@erniebernie7267 u framed it wrong,
It's: Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear.
He thinking “please don’t speed up”
Lol haa
Please God don’t have a brake failure
Now he is flying to heaven 😭
RIP an 225
😂😂😂
I'm sorry it was shot by a missile and gone forever
@Kotomine Berndrewd adiga ayaa fani ah maxaa maqosli Kari😒
@@amiinaabdulahi1543 the fuck does that even mean
@@amiinaabdulahi1543 muppet 🤡
How many wheels do you need.
Antonov: Y E Sssssssssssssssss
How many wack ass yess comments doest youtube need?
Yeesssss
Want you to see ( Modern .................................... )?
Link Below
ruclips.net/video/AckrHBaXmBI/видео.html
who even upvotes these in every video smh
@Pnz 1 BABAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Saw it land, and leave Perth…
There’s nothing like seeing it with your own eyes.
A true marvel of aviation and engineering. Hopefully she can be rebuilt. Tragic loss from unnecessary fighting and conflict.
I saw a photo, it is completely destroyed. It won't be restored. And no one will build anything like this, not even China. Such a miracle of engineering could only be built by the USSR, which was not sacred by the criterion of profit. It is much more profitable to build 2 Boeing 747-8 or equivalent.
There was a second copy left, but it was not completed and there is no longer a base to complete. It will remain just a museum exhibit, like the German tank "Mouse".
0:59 This is the first time I really could comprehend its true size damn
Kinda intimidating, but it’s like a whale.. doesn’t do much other than transport stuff 😂
That's what she said.
@@thatredcam , А должен?
It transports covid vaccines and hand sanitizer
I have seen many A380s and B747s and I always dreamt of one day seeing the An 225 it breaks me to know that I will never get to witness this beauty in person ever.
It was my dads goal to take me to see this giant fly, unfortunately I wasnt lucky enough to see it, ive been obsessed with the 225 since I was 9, such a shame to hear its gone.
"Caution wake turbulence from the Antonov Heavy"
Eh.. I'll go around thanks..
MEGA Heavy
Antonov heavy is the understatement of all. Super may not even be enough
in the FAA, the 225 and the A380 share the weight designation 'Super' because of their extra spicy wake turbulence
Made my day
Super*
Wow, one of the best clips of the An-225 I've seen, thanks for sharing....
Thanks a lot!
When it took off, I was afraid that it would stall.
Well, the stall speed is 200 knots.
jk lol
I saw her fly at Farnborough in 1990. She was big. She was beautiful. She was graceful. ❤
Having worked for DHL, I'm very sad to hear that this biggest cargo plane was destroyed in the conflict zone. Sad, very sad...
War ,not conflict zone
@@bogdanafilonich33 war is a strange concept here when people are not killed, even when they throw Molotov cocktails. Just not the right idea.
@@denpost5009 but plenty of people are being killed there everyday...?
@@fdgdfsdsgsdf3786 well, in this sense, Ukraine started this whole war, because it attacked the DPR and the LPR, after which Russia invaded them
शी जिनपिंग के शौचालय से अल्लाह को मुक्त करो🕋🚽
RIP mriya 😢
I was heartbroken when I heard it got destroyed in the war. I hope they will rebuild it one day, it was truly a beautiful, one of a kind aircraft.
This is the only mirya ?
@@detectionsavoided9917 they are gonna start to rebuild it in 2024
@@cv8655 it will cost 1 Billion euros
@@detectionsavoided9917 yes
😢
How such an aircraft that huge that was still able to take off is beyond me
Bigger engines
Lamb Sauce Really?
Physics 😱
What's more impressive is the human brain
Ukrainian ingenuity, that's how.
A true avaition marvel. LOVE FROM SOUTH AFRICA.
The exhaust was so powerful that I am using this video as my hair dryer....🌬🌬🌬🌬🌬
😂😂😂
That shits going slow af though looks like a regular motor
@@wandcamilo3989 the motor or the plane? Cause i can tell you both are going pretty fast. For a flying sky scraper its going fast enough and those turbine engines are spinning at an excess of 20,000rpm which is enough to eviscerate anything meat based into a fine pink mist
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
This is the most unhilarious hair dryer joke ever
When you realize it only flies because of some cans on the wings blow air REALLY hard.
😂😂😂true. Good one!
and that giant plank on the top deflects air downwards
Technology. 3 GE90 engines could replace all 6 of those.
@@vendediesel Then, again, this was built around 40 years ago
@@vendediesel Three engines would unbalance the plane though
@5:00 minutes you literally can see the tail section flexing from the engines thrust as it idles before take off! What a beast of an aircraft....
That's when it releases the brakes. Small runway, big bird. Spool up to full throttle and release the brakes
I came here to see if anyone else noticed that insanity!!
Ye, looked like they were bout to break off.
@@mellifluousmike wings and tails are supposed to have a certain amount of flex so they dont break under certain conditions, still an insane amount of flex though
@@Wingedmechanic no, the flex isn’t happening due to releasing the parking brake. From like 4:40 to 5 minutes the tail is shaking violently from the engine run up.
FINALLY someone who can actually hold the camera still for us to enjoy the actual video instead of trying to find someone who is having a seizure or something
I watched this land and take-off once, many years ago, at the Farnborough Airshow in England. VERY impressive. The smaller Ruslan was also there as well as a couple of Mig-29 Fulcrums. It was an amazing day.
ruslan is russian plane, Mriya antonov is Ukrainian. Fuck russia and fuck natzi kgb putin
@@fasthighwaydriver59732 both Ruslan and Mriya were disigned and build in USSR with all the production and supply chainds of USSR, not Russia or Ukraine separately
Alexei382 I think a complete and fair observation would be your statement and Ukrainian’s second sentence. 😆
@@fasthighwaydriver59732 write more, let the people from the west see true nature of ukranean nationalism :)
Rip to the AN-255, A piece of aviation that won’t be forgotten
The Plane is so big that His Camera lens could not capture the entire plane
@Deli Sandwich your mom is a social construct
@Deli Sandwich your mom so ugly when she looked in the mirror her reflection looked away
Is this a joke? I can’t tell but 3:22
That was because he was too close to the runway
Hope to see a better cargo engineering masterpiece in the future. This antonov paved the way. 💚❤️
I work on the 747-400 and 747-8. Even after years, I’m still impressed every time I see one moving under its own power. I wanted to see this airplane one day, but unfortunately it was not to be.
Yeah, what can you do, it is story of modern day nazi idiots - US puppets, who call themselves Ukrainians - they destroy what they did not built, from this great plane to country named Ukraine. May their corpses rot in hell.
The Ukrainian government has stated that once they have the resources, they plan on rebuilding her.
It may take a few decades, but she will fly again
@@Tigershark_3082
No. Ukraine did not built that plane and it could never rebuild it. Not even in their dreams. Not to mention it is very big question will Ukraine exist at all.
Ukraine did build this aircraft. Its not Russian
@@spleensthecat8776
You are fucking idiot. It was build by USSR, you ignoramus, Ukraine got it as USSR was being destroyed.
I was thinking to myself. "How can that massive thing even take off? How does it have enough power?" I think I'm severely underestimating the sheer power of those turbines.
don't you under estimate a giant hair dryer lol
Workers: sir, how big do you want it to be?
Investors: how big can you make?
Workers: ok.
😹😹😹
no investors in the USSR
What an amazing video. Great filming work