Antonov An-225 Mriya Biggest Airplane in the World

this plane is the biggest in the world, and yes, it's making proffit, and a C-5 Galaxy and a airbus 340 are just a tiny piece of S**t compared to this plane, and that's the only truth.

Sorry lost the 1st comment. Back in 1996 my truck got a flat just south of Christchurch airport. I got out to change it and heard an unusual sound. I looked south and saw something very large coming in to land. It flew right overhead at about 200 ft. It had 4 sets of 2 engines per wing and 4 on the tail.The engines were rectangular and incredibly load. It was easily twice the wingspan of a 747 and was akin to having a city fly over your head. The sound was absolutely deafening.

Continued. There were 8 wheels per landing gear 2 sets per wing and one in front. The plane was painted flat black with no markings on it but must have been American as they ferry stuff down to Antarctica from there. I'm not one to be frightened but this was the most horrendous and intimidating thing I had ever witnessed. Definately black ops and it has never been seen or heard of since. If any of you plane buffs have any idea what it was I woud love to find out.

why would you want a plane like that? think of the upkeep and fuel cost

i mean its cooool and all. but it's not worth the gas and expenses. YET

Airbus 340 is bigger than An225

whats it matter you cant ride it lol

its kinda usless...how much bigger?

Es ist Ein Wunder der Technoligi

wow, that thing is a beast!

the an-225 carries almost 2x the payload. (550,000 lbs vs 270,000 lbs) . A more comparable plane is the an-124 which still carries more than the C-5 (330,000 lbs)

Can somebody can tell me if the An-225 Mrya is a competitive cargo aircraft like the U.S.A.F. C-5 Galaxy? I think that the C-5 quite superior equally to the An-225...

To be very correct it's a USSR plane.
Made by Antonov who was Russian ;)
I'm proud that Russian plane was made in Ukraine.

That is huuuuuge...:o
I wish I could own one.......

Engineering feat... and just f*cking huge. I would love to see it one day.