Why Did Antonov Construct The An-225 With 6 Engines?

The An-225 is (by some measures) the largest aircraft to fly and was one of the last major projects of the Soviet Union.
Smithsonian Magazine

Ukrainian Officials Say the World’s Largest Aircraft, Antonov AN-225, Has Been Destroyed

The massive aircraft was initially built as part of the Soviet aeronautical program in the 1960s and 70s while the Soviet Union was undergoing a space race with the United States. The Antonov AN-225, ...
Flightglobal

Sole An-225 suffered irreparable damage during airfield assault

New images of the conflict damage at Kyiv’s Gostomel airfield confirm that the sole operational Antonov An-225 has been destroyed while parked in a hangar on the site. While the status of the iconic ...
The Aviationist

Watch This: Antonov An-225 Mriya, World’s Heaviest Aircraft, Breaks Perimeter Fence At RAF Brize Norton

This is what happens when you are a bit too close to an An-225 Mriya. Designed at the end of Cold War to carry the Soviet “Buran” space shuttle and parts of the “Energiya” carrier-rocket between space ...
Jalopnik

The World's Largest Plane Costs $30,000 An Hour To Fly

There are few planes quite as crazy as the Antonov An-225. Too large to land at many airports, this six-engined beast definitely seems out of place in modern cost-conscious commercial aviation. That's ...