Antonov AN-225

After being stored in Kiev for seven years, UR-09307 was completely refurbished including a new paint job in the current Antonov Airlines colors and took to the skies again in 2016.

The Antonov AN-225 Mriya (Mriya meaning Dream), is a strategic airlift cargo aircraft designed by the Antonov Design Bureau in the 1980s. It was designed to airlift the Energia rocket's boosters and the Buran space shuttle for the Soviet space program. The first AN-225 was completed in 1988 and a second AN-225 has been partially completed. The completed AN-225 is in commercial operation with Antonov Airlines carrying oversized payloads. The An-225's original mission and objectives are almost...

Antonov AN225 Blue/Yellow (1:400) by Herpa 1:400 Scale Diecast AirlinersItem Number: HE562287Originally designed to transport the space shuttle Buran, the only airworthy "Mriya" ("Dream") featuring the new Ukrainian country colors mainly transports cargo today. 

50 years following the introduction of the first aircraft in the Soviet Union back in 1967, the first 1/500 scale model of this aviation giant is now released. It is to date the largest propeller-driven aircraft in the world.��_