Gripen72 From Sweden, joined Jul 2005, 5 posts, RR: 0 Posted (7 years 10 months 19 hours ago) and read 2897 times:
Hello! I haven,t heard nothing about the An-225 since 3 March of this year.Go to www.air-and-space.com for more details please!Is it possible that the megaplane has new modified huskits installed for the new noiserules that come in force 2006?I have surfed around on the Net but found nothing new of the An-225.I hope that someone on A.Net have fresh info of the Mriya! Cheers David
Philb From Ireland, joined May 1999, 2915 posts, RR: 14 Reply 3, posted (7 years 10 months 18 hours ago) and read 2794 times:
It was also in Paris with the Buran on top in 1979.
Prior to its return to service it was given a major overhaul of D check standards and since has not been active enough to require more heavy maintenance.
The aircraft is a very large loadlifter which will only generate specialised business. Antonov Design Bureau who fly the aircraft are not in the business of consolidated loads.
The likelyhood is that it is in the Ukraine awaiting business.
Gripen72 From Sweden, joined Jul 2005, 5 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (7 years 9 months 4 weeks 1 day 23 hours ago) and read 2328 times:
Hi! Thank you ZakHH for the new info about the second An-225.I hope Antonov have the money to complete the second bird!! But where is the active Mriya? I don,t think that Antonov Airlines can have the plane sitting in Ukraine for 4 months without working. It costs way too much!! I need HARD facts!! Cheers David
ZakHH From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 11, posted (7 years 9 months 3 weeks 6 days 20 hours ago) and read 1985 times:
David, as chance would have it, we received a transport request for a consignment of huge mining equipment today, so I had to call Antonov Airlines anyway. They confirmed that the AN225 is generally available for charter, so it is not grounded for maintenance or modifications.
I didn't ask for it's latest journeys, but at least, you have now the confirmation that it is not out of service.
Gripen72 From Sweden, joined Jul 2005, 5 posts, RR: 0 Reply 12, posted (7 years 9 months 3 weeks 6 days 15 hours ago) and read 1799 times:
Thanx again Zak! I am sorry but I don,t have the money to charter the Mriya!!! But I hope that the we can look forward for some new photos of the Giant soon on A.Net! Cheers David
Antonovman From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2001, 719 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (7 years 9 months 3 weeks 6 days ago) and read 1628 times:
"There is definitely a market for these birds, so I'd sure appreciate to see another Mriya dominating the skies."
Where did you get this choice piece of information from ???
You better inform antonov of your source as they will be happy to know where this market is
The An225 is sitting in Kiev at its base waiting for a contract
There is a tiny market for this 1 aircraft, people who spout all this about huge markets for these aircraft have no idea of the costs involved
the fuel costs alone on that thing is hurrendous
Backfire From Germany, joined Oct 2006, 0 posts, RR: 0 Reply 15, posted (7 years 9 months 3 weeks 5 days 22 hours ago) and read 1536 times:
Quoting ZakHH (Reply 9): There is definitely a market for these birds
No there isn't. It's proving difficult even to fill an An-124 at the moment - the outsize freight operators are spending a lot of their time transporting smaller cargo.
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