In Ukraine, for the first time after repair, the An-225 Mriya took off

After a lengthy repair in Ukraine, the An-225 Mriya aircraft first flew into the air. This was reported by the press service of the Antonov State Enterprise.

As previously reported, the Antonov company began repairing and modernizing the An-225 Mriya aircraft in 2018. On March 25, after an 18-month downtime, the plane took off from the airfield near Kiev and spent about 2 hours in the air.

The company does not cover changes made to the aircraft during the repair and modernization process, however, it is known that a new power plant control system was installed on the aircraft. In addition, as Ukrainian media write, it is assumed that the An-225 received new power plants from the Ukrainian Ivchenko-Progress and updated avionics. It is also reported that soon multifunctional displays of Ukrainian production will be installed on the plane.

# AN225 performs test flights after modernization. In particular, the Ukrainian-made power plant control system was installed on the aircraft - # An225 vikonu viprobuvalnі poloti pіslya modernizatsії. Zokrem, bulo installed a new ceruvanny system by the power plant of the Ukrainian virobnitz

Submitted by Antonov Company Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Recall that the An-225 "Mriya" exists in a single copy - the plane completed its first flight in 1988. The car is operated by the Ukrainian company Antonova Airlines. However, in July last year, information appeared that the Antonov company intends to complete the construction of the second An-225 aircraft, which began in 1989 and continued until 1994, after which it was frozen. 70% of aircraft readiness to date is reported.

Today, the An-225 Mriya is the largest transport aircraft in the world. Equipped with six turbojet engines, it is capable of lifting up to 250 tons of cargo into the air.

Comments

[113262a]

Repair consisted in translating all nameplates into Chinese!

[Sky strike fighter]

They modernized the Soviet legacy. Avionics most likely put the western one.

During the modernization, the An-225 received a new power plant control system of Ukrainian production and updated avionics. In addition, the cockpit received multi-functional indicators (displays). They are subsequently planned to be installed on the An-124-100 Ruslan.

By the way, did the An-225 ever lift 250 tons into the air?

The An-225 Mriya asset has several world records at once. In particular, the transportation of cargo weighing 187,6 tons.

https://topcor.ru/13813-modernizirovannyj-an-225-mrija-vpervye-podnjalsja-v-vozduh.html

[onix757]

They modernized the Soviet legacy. Avionics most likely put the western one.

You might think that in the Russian Federation they’re not doing the same thing.

[Zaurbek]

On Il476 all his ....

[onix757]

On Il476 all his ....

I also thought so before, until it was found out that equipment assembled from Chinese components was entering the communications troops, and the electronics industry remained in the Soviet past. Although nameplates re-stick is also a kind of localization.

[Zaurbek]

Another thing is important ..... can you dispose of this product yourself? Or you can’t.

[krot]

You might think that in the Russian Federation they’re not doing the same thing.

We are modernizing our own - Soviet, and the Sumerians - our Soviet, This is the whole difference. We made this plane an alliance, not them. Nothing like this will happen to them again. Only Tsibul except grow record crops.

[Zaurbek]

Even if they succeed, nobody needs this product.

[Laksamana besar]

August 2004 - the Mriya aircraft transports cargo consisting of Zeromax equipment in the direction Prague - Tashkent with refueling in Samara, with a total weight of 250 tons.

http://avia.pro/blog/samolet-225-mriya-foto-harakteristiki

[Blacksmith 55]

Basically, this aircraft operates abroad.
Even the Soviet legacy, Ukraine itself could not have built such an aircraft.
But impressive.

[withoutreverse]

beauty and pride .. Soviet aircraft industry !! Glory to Soviet aircraft designers, and builders this is a handsome man.

[Ham]

and who needs it in a severe crisis? unless the Chinese redeem ...

[donavi49]

I mean why ??? Just in time. Carry from China ECMO, mechanical ventilation, masks, costumes, tests around the world. Now just the truck freight has grown. There are even customer lines. Right now, idle AKs with liners bite their elbows, when their colleagues on an old cargo MD / 747 make denyuzhku, and they only generate losses on supernova 787/380 and others, and they think it would be more beautiful to go bankrupt.

[Sky strike fighter]

If only everything had happened without incident. Did the An-225 have the D-18T 3 series engines installed? Otherwise, there are problems with them.

According to the information portal "Aviation of Russia", Ukraine may have problems with the An-124 and An-225 due to the uncontrolled failure of the D-18T engines used on these aircraft. So, referring to the data of the industry publication FlightGlobal.com, the source indicates the need to check the engines on all aircraft of this type due to the appearance of a message about an uncontrolled failure of the power plant.

The publication notes that after the State Aviation Administration of Ukraine (GASU) conducted an investigation of the “serious incident” that occurred with the An-124 aircraft, the destruction of the second-stage disk in the intermediate-pressure compressor was noted. It is noted that GASU has already issued an appropriate directive to operators indicating the need for a one-time inspection of the drives in the D-18T series 3 power plants.

As a result, from March 25, for six months, non-destructive eddy current testing should be carried out to check dovetail disk connections in the D-18T aircraft engine. ...
Source: https://politpuzzle.ru/160643-ukraina-stolknulas-s-problemami-v-aviadvigatelyah-d-18t/

[Dog]

Quote: donavi49

Carry from China ECMO, mechanical ventilation, masks, suits, tests around the world

If I'm wrong - correct.
The prime cost of transportation of ordinary cargo on the same "Ruslans" is not competitive. These planes are only able to make a profit when transporting oversized (or heavy and non-separable) cargoes that cannot fit into another carrier - here they are out of competition. The story is the same with "Mriya".

[abc_alex]

Quote: Dog

Quote: donavi49

Carry from China ECMO, mechanical ventilation, masks, suits, tests around the world

If I'm wrong - correct.
The prime cost of transportation of ordinary cargo on the same "Ruslans" is not competitive. These planes are only able to make a profit when transporting oversized (or heavy and non-separable) cargoes that cannot fit into another carrier - here they are out of competition. The story is the same with "Mriya".

Hammer "Ruslan" with memory chips and you will be competitive. Loads are different.

[Dog]

Quote: donavi49

Carry from China ECMO, mechanical ventilation, masks, costumes, tests around the world.

In support of what I said above, I can state that, for example, in the Volga-Dnepr group, the AirBridgeCargo company has sharply increased its profits in the 747s, but the "indigenous" Volgo-Dnepr Airlines with heavy Ruslans and "ILami" - does not show much profit growth.

And the growth in traffic is not associated with "masks from China." Carriers say that before a huge part of cargo was transported by passenger sides (the same low-cost airline limits you in the weight of your luggage, and the cargo compartment clogs with left cargo) - today, when they remain on the ground, only transporters can carry cargo.

[donavi49]

Well here is the whole truth. But now there are orders with payment higher than usual. Also, the oversize is quite likely to carry yourself. The same mobile hospitals / crematoriums. If, as promised by all sorts of pessimists, the account of the sick will go to hundreds of millions, and to the dead by hundreds of thousands.

[voyaka uh]

"when their colleagues make money on the old cargo MD / 747, and they make money on the supernova 787/380" ////
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Passenger remodel in cargo quite easily.
In Israel, the IAI has a license from Boeing for such alterations there and back.
It takes a couple of weeks.

[Cook]

Sorry, but you are not quite up to date. To convert from a passenger plane to a truck, for example B747, it is necessary to dismantle all passenger equipment, chairs, kitchens, toilets and other junk, with a total weight of about 40 tons. Next, you need to cut a cargo door on board, install a system for opening / closing it, strengthen the floors, install a roller conveyor system, attachment points, and some other little things. The total cost of the work is about $ 25 million. For two weeks, well, there’s no way to manage it, it’s really about 6 months. Well, back from the truck to the passenger, no one is redoing, what's the point with such costs.

[voyaka uh]

In Israel, they did this in two weeks. With everything you described. When everything is prepared and synchronized, the work flies.
In China, there, just, a giant hospital for thousands of people and hundreds of resuscitation facilities was built and put into operation in THREE DAYS.

[Liam]

Quote: voyaka uh

THREE DAYS

Do you seriously believe that?
Hospital on

Quote: voyaka uh

hundreds of resuscitation

[voyaka uh]

I believe.
A fellow engineer told me how the Chinese built a commercial port in Ashdod. A breakwater of giant stone blocks they mounted in a day. Ours would poke around with each block for a week. They give out a fantastic pace in construction and installation.

[Liam]

Faith does not require proof. A breakwater is a breakwater, and resuscitation is from another opera.
This hospital was built in 10 days, not 3 naturally. And there are no hundreds of intensive care units there. Do not confuse the air purification systems in the ward with the intensive care unit. These are different "planets" in complexity
https://www.google.com/amp/s/nv.ua/v/s/nv.ua/amp/bolnica-v-uhane-video-iznutri-poslednie-novosti-50068195.html%3famp_js_v=0.1&usqp=mq331AQFKAGwASA%253D#ampf=
And military field hospitals with resuscitation facilities (not hundreds, of course, but a dozen) are deployed over the week in several cities of the same Italy.
Hundreds of places can be built up quickly only in existing hospitals where there is already the necessary infrastructure.

[strannik1985]

THREE DAYS

For 2 .
Initially, this was the new department of the Huanggang Central Hospital, it was supposed to be launched in May, but they decided to redesign it to fight the virus. Thanks to 500 workers and volunteers converted in 2 days and one night
The hospital, which was built from scratch, has nothing to do with this project.

[voyaka uh]

In any case, similar alterations and construction in Europe take weeks and months. And in China - a few days. We have to admit that in terms of logistics and the pace of construction / installation, China has dramatically overtaken the whole world.

[Liam]

Quote: voyaka uh

similar alterations and construction in Europe take weeks and months.

For 2 weeks in the same Italy, the number of resuscitation beds (real, with all the infrastructure) increased from 5.300 to 8.900.

[voyaka uh]

I specifically do not blame Italy for anything. Spoke generally about
Europe. I wish the epidemic in Italy and in other countries curbed
as soon as possible.

[Liam]

and you hold on and get ready. everything is much more serious than even the realists might have thought a month ago.
And Italy was simply the first. How the epidemic is going on in Spain, France, USA, the World Bank Germany and the trend of their numbers - show that unfortunately the Italian numbers will be for everyone and the only difference is who is in what phase of the epidemic.
And there is more and more evidence that the Chinese figures are unreliable. The habits of the system cannot be changed)

[Cook]

Alexei, unlike you, I went to Bedek several times on a business trip, I really represent the amount of work and their duration. No need to tell tales.

[Cook]

Follow the link https://www.iai.co.il/p/b747-400bdsf. If there is at least some understanding about the procedure for the production of such work in aviation, you will understand how long it will take when done according to technology. This is not a car service, and not a furniture store. One showdown takes a couple of weeks.

[Bshkaus]

and who needs it in a severe crisis? unless the Chinese redeem ...

When the Chinese buy out, or put on the wing their own analogue, the whole world will cry: China with its number of potential bayonets, multiplied by Mriya's capabilities to transfer personnel and equipment to any part of the world, will horrify many.

[ccsr]

Quote: Bshkaus

Many will be horrified at the Mriya's ability to transport personnel and equipment to any part of the world.

Not all airfields are capable of receiving "Mriya", so "any" points are cautious - this aircraft, by and large, is not at all intended for the transfer of troops, if only because it is impossible to hide its flight.

[Bshkaus]

at least because of the inability to hide his flight.

Hard case...
Every day it becomes harder to communicate on the forum, more and more people with zero competence in the issues discussed.
Do you know the basics of tactics and combat strategies? You know the definitions bridgehead and methods for creating and extending it? Look at the concept of "strategic object" at least in Wikipedia and you will be surprised to learn that any major airport capable of accepting heavy transport aircraft falls under a strategic object, and the capture of the airport is a primary task, after which the offensive develops in designated directions. It was in Pristina, when our paratroopers on armored personnel carriers broke into the airport capable of receiving the Il-76, it was in Donetsk, when they were hacked at the airport for several months and shot down the landing ILs, providing supplies to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which held the defenses.

this aircraft is by and large not intended for troop transfer at all

Well, yes, in the USSR even a civilian motorcycle "Ural" had a nest for a machine gun in the cradle, and while developing Mriya, on the basis of decisions taken from the An-124, they took it like this and forgot to provide for "dual purpose". They were able to build the largest aircraft in the world, but they did not foresee the possibility of installing benches in it ...

at least because of the inability to hide his flight.

And here my speechlessness disappeared somehow to comment. Do you want to say that the IL-76 has stealth technology? And about the concepts of how air defense systems suppression и cover for landing operations you also apparently did not hear?
And the most murderous thing is that if An-225 and Ruslany were produced in Russia, you would sing a completely different song about its versatility and great potential.

[Dimy4]

... that's how they took it and forgot to provide for "dual purpose".

Figuratively speaking, a simple pencil can be used to draw bibiki for a child, and to develop serious drawings in a design office.

[Bshkaus]

with a simple pencil, you can draw bibiki for the child, and in the design office you can develop serious drawings

They famously pinned me up, considering that in view of quarantine I decided to fix up the model of the ChS-7 electric locomotive on a scale of 1:32 for I’m not used to thumping (((. Do not believe it, I sit for days on end and scale the drawings, immediately realizing scale parts from cardboard.
I mean that, for obvious reasons, you have to immediately make your design decisions on a number of "hidden" nodes, the drawings of which I do not have, and this is the very same creativity and alternative dual-purpose solutions in design, which in any case are considered when real design.

[ccsr]

Quote: Bshkaus

Do you know the basics of tactics and combat strategies?

Suppose we know each other, so what?

Quote: Bshkaus

that any large airport capable of accepting heavy transport aircraft and the capture of the airport is a priority, falls under the strategic objective,

The flight of such an aircraft always requires prior approval in peacetime, and in military time it will be destroyed before approaching any major airfield.

Quote: Bshkaus

It was in Pristina when our paratroopers on armored personnel carriers burst into an airport capable of receiving IL-76,

Firstly, the IL-76 requires a simpler runway, secondly, Yugoslavia was not a member of NATO, and thirdly, the capture of the airfield was carried out by ground. Fourthly, Russia does not have a Mriya - at least we have to start with this.

Quote: Bshkaus

They were able to build the largest aircraft in the world, but they did not provide for the possibility of installing benches ...

It was designed for completely different purposes, mainly related to cargo for the space industry.

Quote: Bshkaus

And about the concepts of how to suppress air defense systems and cover airborne operations, you also apparently did not hear?

I didn’t hear, but I know that Grachev, being the Minister of Defense, unequivocally said that our Airborne Forces would not be able to land by air against a serious enemy - they would be destroyed before they reach the landing site. And this will happen on the basis of intelligence data, which will reveal not only the take-off of several IL-76s, but also the very fact of loading airborne formations into aircraft.
Go to learn the materiel, and do not fool people with your tales about the vision of a future war - you are simply not in the subject.

[Bshkaus]

The flight of such an aircraft always requires prior approval in peacetime, and in military time it will be destroyed before approaching any major airfield.

Look, in 2015, Russia managed to secretly transfer forces to Syria and prepare to receive the main forces. Since then, as far as I know, the Russian Federation has had no problems with the transfer of goods and personnel on board the BTA.

First, the IL-76 requires a simpler runway

And Budenov’s cavalry does not require diesel fuel! )))

It was designed for completely different purposes, mainly related to cargo for the space industry.

Completely agree, here you are absolutely right, but the An-225 has a "collateral" inheritance from the An-124 in the form of a giant cargo compartment, in which you can carry anything you like within the weight and size. It is logical that tanks and military equipment are the first candidate, but I will not say anything about how privates were transported in Afghanistan almost standing in formation.

I didn’t hear, but I know that Grachev, being the Minister of Defense, unequivocally said that our Airborne Forces would not be able to land by air against a serious enemy - they would be destroyed before they reach the landing site.

Grachev bluntly and courageously said what everyone already knew about, but were afraid to say in a rumor. In addition to direct landing operations, behind enemy lines, there is still a need to deliver reinforcements and supplies directly to the front line, and here An-124/225 aircraft can play an irreplaceable role. As for airports, in the early 60s, not every airport was able to take a passenger jet, however, now for granted.
We need to look to the future, there will be large planes, and they are already appearing, the same A-380 is not much inferior to Ruslan, there will be more and more airfields capable of receiving them. No need to prepare for yesterday’s war, you have to live tomorrow.
PS If anything, that I gave you a plus, not a minus, as you might think))). What is the difference which of us is right, the main thing is that the discussion would be good;)

[ccsr]

Quote: Bshkaus

Look, in 2015, Russia managed to secretly transfer forces to Syria and prepare to receive the main forces.

From whom to hide - from NATO members? Do not tell, we agreed in advance on the flight of all our planes, as is customary in peacetime.

Quote: Bshkaus

I completely agree, here you are absolutely right, but the An-225 has a "collateral" inheritance from the An-124 in the form of a giant cargo compartment, in which you can carry anything you like within the weight and size.

Well, then you also use BelAZ trucks to transfer motorized rifle divisions, since fantasies have played out.

Quote: Bshkaus

Grachev bluntly and courageously said what everyone already knew about, but were afraid to say in a rumor.

They knew about this long before Grachev, which is why there were no airborne units in the largest grouping of the Ground Forces in the GSVG. Who did you get such "literacy" from that you began to tell how the An-124/225 would be used in a front-line operation if they would be a convenient target for enemy aircraft?

Quote: Bshkaus

We need to look to the future, there will be big planes,

If you look into the future through the eyes of a military specialist, then you will understand that the enemy’s air defense systems will not allow us to use transport aircraft for landing operations, and this is an objective reality.

[Cook]

In fact, if you didn’t know, most Ruslans were built in Russia at the Ulyanovsk Aircraft Plant. The last were completed by the forces of the VD and Flight, in the mid 2000s. Regarding the transportation of troops and all that. Do you even know that the cargo cabins of these aircraft can be inflated only 750 times per resource? In normal use there is reduced pressure. How do you carry personnel? Regarding the stealth of flights, your opponent had in mind that for IL76, at least, there is the possibility of a long flight at low altitude, to reduce the likelihood of detection. It is doubtful that Mriya can do this. Yes, and for spy-spies, the simultaneous departure of even several IL-76s is an ordinary event, but the departure of Mriya is something else, it’s hard to ensure secrecy. Can you imagine the reaction to the loss of such an aircraft, with a large number of personnel on board? And if he is only one?

[TermNachTer]

The Chinese wanted to redeem the second, which in a disassembled state is in the hangar - the Washington Reich Chancellery did not allow

[Lord of the Sith]

But why didn’t they decommunize? Still, the Soviet legacy. Or money doesn’t smell?

[Sky strike fighter]

But who will decommunize himself? After all, if you analyze, then all of Ukraine is a solid Soviet legacy. Lenin actually created Ukraine within its borders.

[barclay]

They will make a blue top, a yellow bottom - and all decommunization ...

[Alex Nevs]

Nah. There can only be in front of the yellow backside brown.

[Mouse]

Quote: Lord of the Sith

But why didn’t they decommunize?

such a legacy does not decommunize ... communize ....

[Oleg1263]

Beautiful plane!

[serg.shishkov2015]

Oleg Konstantinovich has all the planes beautiful! Old Man An-2 is still handsome! Already exotic in retro style!

[askort154]

serg.shishkov2015 ...... Oleg Konstantinovich has all the planes beautiful! Old Man An-2 is still handsome! Already exotic in retro style!

As for the "beauty", the "Tupolevs" are not killed. In this regard, all the designers, not only ours, but also foreign ones envied him. It's just that the "fashion" in aviation has changed its course. Previously, they did not puzzle about the "economic problems" of aviation, but set cardinal tasks for it, which are not inherent in other types of ground technologies. Antonov cars are not so beautiful, because they have a different purpose than the Tupolev ones. And the entire direction in world aviation is strictly regulated by the requirements
to her for "today". All "anas" are simple "robotiagi" - their main value, operation in conditions of poor availability of ground airfields, both in the Air Force and in the "civilian". Antonov - headed the design bureau transferred from Novosibirsk to Ukraine in 1947, under the code - " An ". His first mass brainchild - An-2, about which, before leaving this life, he said - the best plane that I have created is
An-2. And this is understandable, this plane of his aviation youth is the first "pancake", and it did not turn out to be "lumpy", but became one of the most popular in the world. It is still produced in China. For me, he is the plane of my youth.
As regards the "Mriya" An-225 is a purely narrow-purpose aircraft. It was created to transport the Buran from the place of production to the launch site - on its back, it was the first and last solution in the world. Now it is more expensive to use it as a classic transport vehicle, especially in a single copy. There is absolutely no technical and marketing support for it, not only in Ukraine, but also in the world. He has no prospects, not for the military, not for the civilians. This niche has been occupied for a long time. Unless, the Ukrainians will offer on his "hump" to carry the US FRS printing press around the world. and in the cargo compartment the service staff.

[serg.shishkov2015]

Totally agree with you! With every word! Even the first aircraft of Andrei Nikolaevich, still with the ANT brand, are beautiful in their own way! I-4, R-3, TB-3- can be continued for a long time! I read the book of Kerber * Tu * - a man and a plane * with beautiful photos back in school

[askort154]

serg.shishkov2015.. The book of Kerber * Tu * - a man and a plane * with beautiful photos I read back in school.

I was much more fortunate. I have flown for many years, both on "annushki" and on "tupoles".

[serg.shishkov2015]

And I, Vodyanoy, who wanted to fly, but he lived in a swamp ,, eyesight ,,, and by nature a pathological humanities ,,, only had the technical skills to turn a little and collect plastic models ,,,

[A.TOR]

It was created to transport Buran from the place of production to the launch site - on its back, it was the first and last solution in the world.

True? And the fact that the slightly altered 747 for years carried the Shuttles, and, by the way, the Shuttle from the back of the carrier and took off (separated) on tests, you don't know? Again "does not have an analogue", although the idea itself, as well as the method, were copied from America

[askort154]

A.TOR ...Shuttles, and even, by the way, the Shuttle from the back of the carrier and took off (separated) on tests You don't know? Again, "does not have an analogue", although the idea itself, like the method, were copied from America

Why, I know! Just not a "big difference", B-747-SCA (2 pcs),
were "re-equipped" for the transportation of "Shuttles". and An-225 was originally designed to transport Buran and Energia... He had a tail unit specially configured for them. And it was not a "revision", but the world's first design. Therefore, no "copy" here does not smell. And no rockets took off from the Boeing, they were simply dropped with the crew a couple of times, and that was all. These B-747SCA, both decommissioned sometime in 2012.
And we also have a rocket launch from a "transport aircraft". On the Il-76MD-90A missiles "Liner", but this is from a different opera.

[A.TOR]

The principle and idea have been copied, although, I think, in the USSR this was pondered / was thought up earlier.
In general, it is much more competent from an economic, and, in some cases, and from a technical point of view, to adapt an existing plane, rather than "fence" a super car, which, as it turned out, is not needed. So it has been / has been flying for so many years in splendid isolation. and the Boeings were precisely used in accordance with the target, they performed it as it should.
A liquid "Liner" with 10 warheads - makeyevskaya game, and fantasy.

[askort154]

A.TOR ... So it has been / has been flying for so many years in splendid isolation. and the Boeings were precisely used in accordance with the target, they performed it as it should.

Boeings made a couple of flights (test), were not used anywhere else, with their own specifics. In the end, both decommissioned. And An-225,
though lonely, but still in "service". And who "stole the idea" from whom, history is silent. Mutual "theft" in advanced technologies between countries exists for a lifetime. It is called "espionage".

[voyaka uh]

"He has no prospects, not for the military, not for the civilians." ///
------
He is in great demand. And makes money.
Many of these are not needed, but one pays for itself.

[askort154]

voyaka uh He is in great demand. And makes money.
Many of these are not needed, but one pays for itself.

20 flights in 4 years, do you think it is "highly demanded" ?!
Since 2012 2016, An-225, registration number UR-82060
Antonov Airlines, performed only two dozen flights. (bmpd.livejournel.com).
One aircraft of this class can never pay for itself. Its too expensive operation - starting from maintenance.
For him, you need to keep separate service teams and carry them with you around the world. I already wrote that he will be with him far from his base, the airport, if any unit fails, not to mention the engine. I remember that in the 90s, in Sharjah UAE, An-124 "Ruslan" stood for a week waiting for a generator to be brought to him to replace a failed one on one of the engines. An-225 will not be able to carry all the spare parts with it, and most importantly, where to get them?
Nothing is produced for him. Only the "rip off" of the donor, the second board, is still unfinished. Even Poroshenko's intervention did not work. There are no funds to complete the second side in Ukraine.
Therefore, one side is "not a warrior in transportation."

[orionvitt]

All planes of the Soviet Aviation School are extremely beautiful and aesthetic.

[Mouse]

On March 25, after an 18-month downtime, the plane took off from the airfield near Kiev and spent about 2 hours in the air.

a stupid question arose .... than they were pollinated there for two hours ....

[Egoza]

take off then take off, but where will it land? The main airfields where he could land are destroyed! Or will Antonov accept cargo and speculate with it? Or has this plane already been prepared for the flight of the gentlemen with their junk?

[Greenwood]

He mainly flew over the hill for all kinds of commercial orders. There are platforms for him.

[Red Dragon]

And why did you decide that the main airfields were destroyed? Where can I read about it?

[Egoza]

Quote: Red Dragon

And why did you decide that the main airfields were destroyed?

And I live next to this!

[Red Dragon]

Do you live near Gostomel? I was there last year, it is not destroyed, everything seems to be fine.

[igor67]

Quote: Egoza

take off then take off, but where will it land? The main airfields where he could land are destroyed! Or will Antonov accept cargo and speculate with it? Or has this plane already been prepared for the flight of the gentlemen with their junk?

Elena, don’t go too far, An225, he always took off and sat down at the airport owned by ANTK ANTONOV in Gastomel, there he also gathered in the hangar, went on a business trip many times, I’ll tell you a secret that not all western airfields can take this car

[orionvitt]

Quote: Egoza

but where will it sit?

Antonoa has its own airfield. It seems to be not destroyed yet. Amazing. There was talk that it would be necessary to demolish the entire infrastructure of the former Kiev Aviation Plant (and Antonov as well), for commercial development.

[Bshkaus]

then it took off, but where will it land? Major airfields where he could land destroyed!

Lena, don’t be offended, but it will probably be a cultural shock for you to find out that this plane was created a little for other purposes than to transport tons of buckwheat and toilet paper every day from warehouses in Kiev to Zhytomyr, Vinnitsa, etc. on such routes from takeoff to landing, he will not have time to remove the chassis, not to mention that he would reach the level of 10000 meters.
This is a unique aircraft designed for unique cargo. Each of his working flights is essentially an unprecedented international special operation to deliver oversized cargo to the nearest airfield, which the An-225 can take.

[Egoza]

Quote: Bshkaus

probably it will be a cultural shock for you to find out that this aircraft was created a little for other purposes

For me, it was a culture shock that both the airfield where this plane could land and the town where the attendants lived were completely destroyed. They were "not nat" to Independent Ukraine! Why are they thinking about the plane now?

[Red Dragon]

Destroyed Gostomel? When? Or are you talking about? Maybe explain about the cultural shock. I would be very grateful.

[Bshkaus]

It was a cultural shock for me that both the airfield where this plane could land and the town where the staff lived were completely destroyed

Then plunge me into cultural shock, give a link to the source of information, or don’t spread, so to speak, politically correct fake information, otherwise there will be those on the site who sincerely believe in your fairy tales and begin to convince others of what will put these people as you are now in an awkward position.
You have absolutely no knowledge of the subject of information, you are not even able to name a very specific "town" that is "destroyed", nor an airfield, of which there are several for a moment.
Calm down already

[Egoza]

Quote: Bshkaus

Then plunge me into cultural shock,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oufJ9jR4zRI
Aircraft AN-225 "Mriya" landed on a new runway of the international airport "Donetsk". Before this, the aircraft made several circles over the city. http://ura.dn.ua/26.07.2011/113776.html
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In 2011, one could still sit there. I'm not talking about the airfields in Svyatoshino and Uzin.

[Red Dragon]

Dear Erosa. The main airport for the AN-225 has always been one in Ukraine and this is not Donetsk airport, but Gostomel near Kiev. It was under the Ukrainian SSR, it is under independent Ukraine. If every few years the MRIA plane flew to Donetsk, this does not mean that the airport is the main one for it. Therefore, you do not need to write in the comments about what you are poorly versed in. Regards, Red Dragon.

[Moon]

Quote: Egoza

take off then took off, but where it will land

Yes please.

Sorry about that on the phone.
It is a sin to not know that he has a base in Gostomel, where he is regularly released and where he starts his world flights from.

[Sergei 23]

A good machine must fly !!!

[Bshkaus]

A good machine must fly !!!

That's for sure, but as a fan and aficionado of aviation I will add "if a good car is created by your potential enemy, this is not a reason to show disrespect to it."

[maidan.izrailovich]

The project to create the An-225 was headed by Viktor Ilyich Tolmachev.

Victor Ilyich Tolmachev (August 11, 1934, Kursk, USSR - June 7, 2018) - Soviet and Russian aircraft designer. One of the creators of the An-124 Ruslan and An-225 Mriya.

[bobba94]

Nice plane. The first flight was carried out in 1988. In 2013, the aircraft’s operating deadline expired. In the same 2013, the Ukrainian State Air Service extended the life of the An-225 until 2033. What will happen to the An-225 after 2033 is a big question. The aircraft was created in cooperation with all aircraft manufacturing enterprises of the USSR (Moscow, Ulyanovsk, Kiev, Voronezh, Tashkent).

[askort154]

bobba94.... The first flight was carried out in 1988. In 2013, the aircraft’s operating deadline expired. In the same 2013, the Ukrainian State Air Service extended the life of the An-225 until 2033. What will happen to the An-225 after 2033 is a big question.

In economic terms, Ukraine is now much worse than Russia in the 90s.
In the 90s in Russia, before the aviation, that military, that civilian, nobody cared.
As Yeltsin said, now I’m not up to your aviation, fly on what is,
but it’s over, we’ll buy modern ones from our friends. From that moment on, the entire, most powerful aircraft industry of the USSR began to crumble like a house of cards.
The aircraft fleet worn out, the exhausted resource of the units was pulled from other already decommissioned ones and introduced into the flying one. The extension of the aircraft's life was worked out to automatism, messengers were "charged" in the manufacturer's design bureau and to Moscow. The dachshund has been established. The papers were signed - the aircraft received an extension of the "certificate of operation".
So, extending the life of the An-225 to 2033 is not a shock to me, and not news. The paper endures everything until it is paid, until the plane
will "disappear". The longest aircraft resource is given per glider. Therefore, the An-225, theoretically, can be operated until 2033, namely the glider, and
the aircraft consists of tens of thousands of units, and each of them has its own, much smaller resource from the airframe. Are there any production facilities in Ukraine that produce units for the An-225 ?! The answer is no - no! Dozens of factories in the USSR participated in this production. In Ukraine, they are not a priori.
Summary: Now An-225 for Ukraine is a suitcase without a handle. Solid show-offs.
He has no worldwide service provision. He is obliged to carry a service team with him. If there is a malfunction with the failure of the unit requiring replacement, where can I get it? And this is not rare. The plane is forced to stand idle, waiting for "shipment", if there is such a unit at all. And since the AN-225 is in Ukraine in a single copy, and all the units for it are no longer manufactured in Ukraine, then it may get the last flight in one direction. Therefore, the An-225 is now for Ukraine a big show-off for the whole world, but in fact it is a very expensive suitcase without a handle.
Even China did not pose for it, because he does not need it. The niche of overall transportation in aviation has long been occupied - An-124 and S-5. And even they are not 100% loaded in their activities.

[Paul Siebert]

Pancake. Yes, this is "Obvious - incredible"!
Is Antonov still alive?
Not yet managed to ruin the skakuas?
It would be quicker for Russia to get this enterprise, Together with the rest of sane production Ukraine!
And "Mriya" is a truly unique aircraft. Hurry this name would become a Russian brand! ..

[Sky strike fighter]

Why? In Russia, an analogue of Mriya is already being created - the Elephant plane with four PD-35s. And the old Soviet cooperation cannot be resumed.

Together with the rest of sane production Ukraine!

This is no longer there. They simply modernized the An-225 built in the USSR.

Faster Russia would get this company,

Why? They themselves are not even able to complete the An-148/158.

[Paul Siebert]

Maxim, "Mriya" is already flying!
And even starred in Hollywood action films. By the way, it plays the role of a Russian aircraft in them. This is me about the movie "2012".
And our baby elephant is only being blown in a pipe ...
Engines so far in the drawings. And the characteristics are in the heads of the designers ...
I am not saying "there is no need to create and build."
I say "no need to give an excellent plane to the Skakuas for abuse!"

[Sky strike fighter]

I say "no need to give an excellent plane to the Skakuas for abuse!"

You suggest to steal?

[Paul Siebert]

Quote: Sky Strike fighter

I say "no need to give an excellent plane to the Skakuas for abuse!"

You suggest to steal?

Exactly!
Like in the movie "2012"!

[Moon]

Quote: Paul Siebert

By the way, it plays the role of a Russian airplane in them.

Antonov 500 under the flag of Azeibadzhan.
Well, the Russian oligarch out of habit.

[Ratmir_Ryazan]

It is also reported that soon multifunctional displays from Ukrainian production will be installed on the aircraft.

And now how did he fly with old displays or without them at all? And when will they change them, then right in flight by the forces of pilots or technicians on the ground?

[impostor]

Handsome. A miracle of union aircraft construction. It’s not necessary to envy who is to blame for the fact that during the divorce from Ukraine, the drunk represented Russia, and Ukraine was cunningly made ... well, the one after whose birth the Jew cried

[16329]

More than 60% of voters of the RSFSR still voted for the “drunk”,
Ukraine was represented by the former First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine, a supporter of the State Emergency Committee, Ukraine, who had just voted for independence, the RSFSR did so a year earlier
So they represented the will of the voters, that’s all, and the voters didn’t think about factories and planes, they wanted a completely different

[impostor]

and voters did not think about factories and planes they wanted a completely different

The devil is in the details: did the voters want, or this, in whose honor after death they created a club of anonymous alcoholics and other members of the Bialowieza raspberries?

[16329]

The participants of the Bialowieza raspberry pursued their goals and those of those who supported them, they always take power in Russia through the collapse of the country and the concession of territories
Nevertheless, no one removes responsibility from the electorate

[barakuda]

In Ukraine, for the first time after repair, the An-225 Mriya took off

And where did you fly ..? On metal or as a sample?

Quote: impostor

Handsome. A miracle of union aircraft construction.

That's it. There is no UNION and there is nothing at the allies all plundered and sold, so deposits remained and cowards with tubeteyki

[16329]

I saw this plane in Baku, then flew out of this city, saw it from the car as it landed and saw it from the airport building in the far parking lot, even the pictures were in some old phone, in my opinion on Blackberry, it was this year So in 2012-2013, by the way, “Ruslans” of the Volga-Dnepr company were often met in Baku in the 0th and 10th, a lot of equipment they delivered there for international (mainly BP controlled) projects.

[evgen1221]

Half of the country's budget was spent on repairs.)))

[iouris]

Once on "Discovery" I watched a very long film about the An-225, so the announcer constantly gets lost in admiration: the plane is "Soviet", then "Ukrainian". The crew, however, chants “right”. The Novosibirsk Antonov Design Bureau has become a "transnational corporation" for the operation and repair of one single aircraft: "Antonov Airlines" ...

[sagitch]

How old is he? I climbed into it when I served in the army in 1985, or the 86th! Mahina is impressive!

[DPN]

A miracle of technology, made in the USSR! Who now has such a mind and pocket.

[Ros 56]

The last Soviet aircraft. Some kind of madhouse, then they are decommunizing with desovetization, then they are trying to pass off Soviet technology as their own. Well not dolbyotyatly?

[Piramidon]

Quote: Ros 56

The last Soviet aircraft. Some kind of madhouse, then they are decommunizing with desovetization, then they are trying to pass off Soviet technology as their own. Well not dolbyotyatly?

Well, with them, the only thing is decommunization - to repaint everything "red" in "zhovto-blakitnoe".

[slipped]

Let me remind you that the AN-225 Mriya was created for a specific purpose - the delivery of the Energia-Buran rocket and space launch vehicles to the Baikonur cosmodrome.

It was also planned as an air launch under the program of the Multipurpose Aviation Space System.

The use of such a unique aircraft in commercial freight transportation is a result of hopelessness and the inability to use it for its intended purpose.

[Mavrikiy]

In Ukraine, for the first time after repair, the An-225 Mriya took off

Yes, this is a world-class event. The only one in the world that has no analogues.

In August 2009, the aircraft was listed in the Guinness Book of Records for the transportation of the largest single-load mono-cargo in the history of aviation with a total weight of 187,6 tons. It was a generator weighing 174 tons.
"Mriya" holds an absolute record of carrying capacity - 253,8 tons.
June 10, 2010 the longest cargo in the history of air was transported ......

[Moon]

Quote: Mavrikiy

Yes, this is a world-class event. The only one in the world that has no analogues.

he is the most successful aircraft of mankind so far in 240 records.

In total, the An-225 "Mriya" set 240 world records, which is an absolutely unprecedented case in aviation.

[Cook]

Do not tell me, but pay a lot for records? And how does this affect customers?

[Andrei Gurov]

Take off is half the battle, the main thing is to land safely. Although no one has remained in the air.

[Grad-Xnumx]

Well done!
Still would have put the second wing!

[Aleks1973]

Quote: sagitch

I climbed into it when I served in the army in 1985, or the 86th! Mahina is impressive!

Climbed up in your fantasies? Where? On the slipways?

[Moon]

Judging by the news of Antonov Airlines then
3 An 124-100 are busy transferring medical aid cargoes to Europe from China (Czech Republic used SALIS to get help)
First Antonov has already delivered 70 tons of equipment from Shenzhen (China)
The remaining 2 will make the transfer a bit later.
The largest aircraft in the world will also soon be ready for work after the next modernization.
Reading the comment, I understand how much the level of discussion has fallen on VO.
Previously, someone would have disputed the opinion of the details about the unification of the An 124 with the An 225, but now you can drive the blizzard that they are not or cannot be replaced .. For Antonov Airlines, the whole world offers opportunities (and given that they have German protection it’s easier for them to make up for scarce parts even which are not produced in Ukraine)
I’m curious about Mriyu, too, will be included in the program of medical assistance to the world, although it is not particularly suitable for the delivery of such cargo. An 124 is much better here.
Without Antonov Airlines, Mriya wouldn’t exist now, just like there wasn’t Buran.
And so thanks to the Ukrainian airline (as well as the Germans), Mriya still flies, working for the benefit of mankind. Well, it sets new records.

[Cook]

Can you tell me what is the patronage and help of the Germans? Especially in terms of spare parts? It's no secret that the degree of unification of the spare parts of Ruslan and Mriya is quite high. Most of this nomenclature of spare parts has been produced and is produced by the Russian Federation. Do you seriously believe that someone in Germany will organize the design, production, testing and certification of a limited number of spare parts for only seven Ruslans and one Mriya that Antonov Airlines has? I think such charity is not there.
By the way, I quite positively evaluate the news about the beginning of Mriya’s flights, after modernization. In the end, most of my aviation life is connected with Antonov’s aircraft. Just this news, more propaganda than practical. This aircraft is very highly specialized, for the transportation of ordinary goods and consumer goods, is not suitable at all. Regular commercial activities are also out of the question.

[cosmonaut]

interesting without the USSR where it will be used? carry seeds to the market?

[lvov_aleksey]

Quote: onix757

On Il476 all his ....

I also thought so before, until it was found out that equipment assembled from Chinese components was entering the communications troops, and the electronics industry remained in the Soviet past. Although nameplates re-stick is also a kind of localization.

You are strange people, when was the last time you saw Made in Japan or German finished products, and the electronics (accessories) are Taiwan, Samsung made in China. Conclusion - we don’t need to spin electronic components, we will not catch up - we need to use imported wisely for assembly. China itself didn’t come up with it, it localized many large firms simply and mustache.

[lvov_aleksey]

Quote: Σελήνη

Judging by the news of Antonov Airlines then
3 An 124-100 are busy transferring medical aid cargoes to Europe from China (Czech Republic used SALIS to get help)
First Antonov has already delivered 70 tons of equipment from Shenzhen (China)
The remaining 2 will make the transfer a bit later.
The largest aircraft in the world will also soon be ready for work after the next modernization.
Reading the comment, I understand how much the level of discussion has fallen on VO.
Previously, someone would have disputed the opinion of the details about the unification of the An 124 with the An 225, but now you can drive the blizzard that they are not or cannot be replaced .. For Antonov Airlines, the whole world offers opportunities (and given that they have German protection it’s easier for them to make up for scarce parts even which are not produced in Ukraine)
I’m curious about Mriyu, too, will be included in the program of medical assistance to the world, although it is not particularly suitable for the delivery of such cargo. An 124 is much better here.
Without Antonov Airlines, Mriya wouldn’t exist now, just like there wasn’t Buran.
And so thanks to the Ukrainian airline (as well as the Germans), Mriya still flies, working for the benefit of mankind. Well, it sets new records.

pliz to me not rumors, but reliable information, links and docks

[lvov_aleksey]

Quote: Mavrikiy

In Ukraine, for the first time after repair, the An-225 Mriya took off

Yes, this is a world-class event. The only one in the world that has no analogues.

In August 2009, the aircraft was listed in the Guinness Book of Records for the transportation of the largest single-load mono-cargo in the history of aviation with a total weight of 187,6 tons. It was a generator weighing 174 tons.
"Mriya" holds an absolute record of carrying capacity - 253,8 tons.
June 10, 2010 the longest cargo in the history of air was transported ......

what country do you remember? (tell you - USSR)
ps not believers read wiku
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD-225

[lvov_aleksey]

Quote: sagitch

How old is he? I climbed into it when I served in the army in 1985, or the 86th! Mahina is impressive!

didn’t you climb into it, or did you serve in the design bureau?

[lvov_aleksey]

Quote: Σελήνη

Quote: Paul Siebert

By the way, it plays the role of a Russian airplane in them.

Antonov 500 under the flag of Azeibadzhan.
Well, the Russian oligarch out of habit.

What is Antonov 500?

[lvov_aleksey]

Quote: Laksamana Besar

August 2004 - the Mriya aircraft transports cargo consisting of Zeromax equipment in the direction Prague - Tashkent with refueling in Samara, with a total weight of 250 tons.

http://avia.pro/blog/samolet-225-mriya-foto-harakteristiki

where is that said? your link is a complete zero about this information