Antonov 225 Mriya the biggest plane

Antonov An-225 Mriya (Ukrainian: Антонов Ан Мрія-225) is a cargo aircraft designed by the Soviet Antonov Design Bureau. This aircraft is the world's heaviest aircraft. At first An-225 is designed to transport the Buran orbiter, and an expansion of a previously successful aircraft made ​​An-124 Ruslan. Last name is Mriya aircraft (Мрiя) means "Dream" (Inspiration) in Russian language. The aircraft An-225 first flew on 21 December 1988. And in 1989 this aircraft was first formally introduced to the public at the Paris Air Show. In 1990, the aircraft is a flight which was witnessed by the public at the Farnborough Air Show 1990. After the cancellation of the Buran space program, the only An-225 aircraft built, eventually stored in the spring...

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history of the first airplane flight

The first flight carried out on 17 December 1903 at Kill Devil Hill near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Each of the two brothers had made two flights on that day. The first flight, which carried Orville Wright lasted 12 seconds and reaches a distance of 120 feet. The last flight, which carried Wilbur Wright, lasts 59 seconds and reaches a height of 852 feet. The plane who they named Flyer I (now known by the nickname Kitty Hawk) takes the cost of manufacture less than 1000 dollars. The plane had a wing 40 feet long and weighs about 750 pounds, measuring 12-horsepower engine, weighing only 170 pounds. The original aircraft is now stored neatly in the Air and Space Museum Washington DC Although there are five witnesses when the first flight, relatively...

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