The An-225 Mriya (Антонов Ан-225 Мрія, NATO reporting name: Cossack) is a strategic airlift transport aircraft which was built by Antonov, and is the world's largest powered aircraft. The design, built to transport the Buran orbiter, was an enlargement of the successful An-124 Ruslan. Mriya (Мрія) means "dream" (inspiration) in Ukrainian.
With a maximum gross weight of 640,000 kg (1,411,000 lb), the An-225 is the world's heaviest aircraft. Although its wingspan is less than that of the Hughes H-4 Hercules (known to most as the "Spruce Goose"), the latter never went beyond a single short low-altitude test flight, making the An-225 the largest aircraft in the world to take off more than once.[1] The An-225 is also larger than the Airbus A380, and like the An-124 is larger than the C-5 Galaxy, the nearest equivalent heavy airlifter.
In November 2004, FAI placed the An-225 in the Guinness Book of Records for its 240 records.
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