The AN-225: How the Cold War created the world's largest airplane

Re:The AN-225: How the Cold War created the world's largest ... by coldcode on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @07:39AM (#23915919)

Whatever its future, that is one monster plane I would love to see fly. Given the 747 has no future now and even the A380 is not that popular and might vanish, we may never see such a huge plane again.

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Re:The AN-225: How the Cold War created the world's largest ... by zhte415 on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @08:37AM (#23916272)

Saw it once visiting DLC, probably the only time visiting that airport, this was ~2008. The airport is pretty downtown; fences at each end of the runway (3,300m, pretty tight) were removed and the motorway immediately adjunct to the airport shut down. It was reported as delivering oil/gas supplies for the shipyard and no smaller plane could do it. Searched for a local media report but seems pains of time mean they're no longer up.

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Re:The AN-225: How the Cold War created the world's largest ... by kilroy123 on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @08:58AM (#23916419)

747s are still used for cargo. I saw one fly over my head just yesterday.

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Re:The AN-225: How the Cold War created the world's largest ... by kjs3 on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @12:27PM (#23918696)

Yeah...while there probably won't be many/any new 747s built, they'll probably be flying cargo for many decades. Last II knew, FedEx was still flying 25 or so Douglas DC-10 cargos, more than 30 years after the last one was built.

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