World's Largest Airplane Ever Built

World's Largest Airplane Ever Built The Antonov An-225 Mriya is a cargo aircraft that was designed by the Soviet Union’s Antonov Design Bureau in the 1980s. It is powered by six turbofan engines and is the longest and heaviest airplane ever built, with a maximum takeoff weight of 640 tonnes.
It also has the largest wingspan of any aircraft in operational service. Only one An-225 was ever built and the behemoth transporter is still in service today.
World's Largest Airplane Ever Built
Photograph above by Vasiliy Koba
World's Largest Airplane Ever Built

Photograph by Sergey Khantsis

World's Largest Airplane Ever Built

Photograph by U.S. Air Force/Tech. Sgt. Jason Tudor

World's Largest Airplane Ever Built

Photograph by SSGT SHANE CUOMO, USAF

World's Largest Airplane Ever Built

Photograph by Dmitry A. Mottl

World's Largest Airplane Ever Built

Photograph by Ralf Manteufel

World's Largest Airplane Ever Built

Photograph by Anthony Noble
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