UKRAINIAN “MRIIA“ IN THE SKY
On April 3, 2018, after an 18-month modernization, the aircraft that Ukraine can be justly proud of, took off on a commercial flight to Germany from the Hostomel airport in Kyiv region. We mean the world famous AN-225 "Mriia" airplane, which is the largest and the most powerful aircraft worldwide.
The idea of creating a plane with those characteristics appeared at the Antonov design bureau long time ago. AN-225 designing started in 1985.
It should be mentioned that it lasted for a record short time — for only three and a half years. Those tight deadlines were met due to the wide unification of "Mriia" units and parts with the units of another Ukrainian cargo transportation aircraft — AN-124"Ruslan" that made its first take off in Kyiv on December 24, 1982. T
