Some aircraft are built to fly. This one was built to make history. The Antonov An-225 Mriya was the largest, heaviest aircraft ever to take to the skies. Designed in the late 1980s, it was originally built to carry the Buran space shuttle — and ended up redefining what aviation engineering could achieve. With a massive 88.4-meter wingspan and six turbofan engines, the An-225 could lift up to 250,000 kg (550,000 lbs) of cargo. From industrial turbines to entire aircraft components, nothing else

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