Antonov is a Ukrainian aircraft manufacturing and services company. Antonov's particular expertise is in the fields of very large aeroplanes and aeroplanes using unprepared runways. Antonov has built
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Antonov An-2, mass-produced Soviet utility aeroplane.
Antonov A-15 in Czech markings
An-12, Cold War-era tactical transport, in flight
The Antonov An-225 Mriya was a large strategic airlift cargo aircraft designed and produced by the Antonov Design Bureau in the Soviet Union.
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…of Chief Designer Viktor Tolmachev. The Bureau enlarged the "Ruslan" design even more for the Soviet spaceplane programme logistics, creating the An-225 "Mriya" in 1985. "Mriya" was the world's largest and heaviest aeroplane. The end of the Cold War and perestroika allowed the Antonov company's first step to…
The An-225 in its 2009–2022 livery
The An-225 carrying Buran (1.01) in 1989
Antonov An-225 with Buran at Le Bourget, 1989, Manteufel
The An-225 at Farnborough in 1990