Watch this awesome video of the world’s largest airplane take off
SUMMARY
The Antonov An-225 Mriya ("Dream" in Ukrainian language) is the world's largest airplane. Designed at the end of Cold War, its main purpose was to carry the Soviet "Buran" space shuttle and parts of the "Energia" rocket. Currently, the sole existing example (UR-82060) is used commercially, as an international cargo transporter.
Mriya is not the largest aircraft ever built: this title belongs to the Hughes H-4 Spruce Goose hydroplane, that made only a single flight.
The An-225 is performing a series of flights to deliver boilers for thermal power plant of Bolivia from Iquique, Chile, to Chimore, Bolivia. In each flight Mriya carries the cargo weighing up to 160 tons. This video shows a take off from Chimore.
Enjoy!
This article originally appeared on The Aviationist. Follow @theaviationist on Twitter.
