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World's only An-225 destroyed by Russian airstrikes

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Re: World's only An-225 destroyed by Russian airstrikes

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Post by chinathrow »

sofixa wrote: post #79
chinathrow wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is not correct. The older Belugas entered chartered service recently. https://www.flightglobal.com/air-transport/airbus-setting-up...

Oh, didn't know that, thanks! That's a fairly recent development ( dated January of this year), and is only for the old Belugas, not the XLs, which will remain exclusive for Airbus. I don't see why they can't build a few more for charter.

> I don't see why they can't build a few more for charter.

I guess they could but then again, not sure how their customers feel when you enter their very own segment long term.

Re: World's only An-225 destroyed by Russian airstrikes

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Post by Aeolun »

billfruit wrote: post #68
thematrixturtle wrote: post #56

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It was also by a fair margin the largest plane actively flying when measured by weight (285T empty, 640T fully loaded), wingspan (88m) or even number of engines (6).

Doesn't the B52, a much smaller aircraft have 8 engines.

They’re much smaller engines though.

Re: World's only An-225 destroyed by Russian airstrikes

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Post by mlac »

I posted this comment on a less popular thread a few days ago:

I had the luck of seeing this plane on approach to IAH airport while driving in Houston.

For the first few minutes, it looked like a normal size plane, but felt too low and too slow. Then for the next few minutes, it kept getting bigger and bigger. Then I saw it had 6 engines. And a tail wing that seemed as large as a normal plane’s wingspan. I was lucky that it crossed right in front of me as I was near the airport (about 2.5 miles from the runway). It looked so low, so slow, and just massive. I went home and figured out what it was by googling it. That time it was transporting part of an oil rig. I tried to find it to go see again ever since, but I could never get a clear schedule and it didn’t line up with where I was in the world. I was telling my wife the other week that this was something I’d like to seek out. It’s something that anyone on this site, aviation enthusiast or not, would have appreciated seeing.

Re: World's only An-225 destroyed by Russian airstrikes

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Post by Aeolun »

Kelteseth wrote: post #32
fuoqi wrote: post #27

It's not clear whether it truly was destroyed by Russian airstrikes. The plane was based on the Gostomel airport, which got captured by the Russian airborn forces in the early days of the invasion. The news of destruction begun after the Ukrainian forces tried to retake the airport.

Looks destroyed to me: https://img.pr0gramm.com/2022/03/04/1d4413a6ea3e5d8a.jpg Edit: I misread your comment...

I’d heard it was under maintenance, but from the looks of it it needs a serious overhaul.

More seriously. Damn. I hadn’t had any non hedged confirmation of the destruction before :( this kind of settles it.

Re: World's only An-225 destroyed by Russian airstrikes

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Post by Aeolun »

unmole wrote: post #63
efdee wrote: post #61

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In the way that you don't die from a bullet, but rather from your body's reaction to the abrupt entering of that bullet in its perimeter.

Saying it happened as a result of the Russian invasion is accurate, saying it happened because of Russian airstrikes is not.

Assuming it was destroyed by Ukrainian artillery, which is very much still in question.

Re: World's only An-225 destroyed by Russian airstrikes

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Post by drran »

unmole wrote: post #66
yosito wrote: post #47

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Re: World's only An-225 destroyed by Russian airstrikes

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Post by wchar_t »

unmole wrote: post #66
yosito wrote: post #47

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From the guidelines: > Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith. > Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, bots, brigading, foreign agents and the like. It degrades discussion and is usually mistaken. If you're worried about abuse, email hn@ycombinator.com and we'll look at the data.

> Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, bots, brigading, foreign agents and the like. It degrades discussion and is usually mistaken. If you're worried about abuse, email hn@ycombinator.com and we'll look at the data.

I agree. But please don't group all accusations into this bucket -- take a look at OP's comment history, they do have a tendency to make these kind of comments.

Re: World's only An-225 destroyed by Russian airstrikes

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Post by dr-detroit »

risyachka wrote: post #75
fuoqi wrote: post #27

It's not clear whether it truly was destroyed by Russian airstrikes. The plane was based on the Gostomel airport, which got captured by the Russian airborn forces in the early days of the invasion. The news of destruction begun after the Ukrainian forces tried to retake the airport.

100% of everything destroyed is only ruski fault.

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Re: World's only An-225 destroyed by Russian airstrikes

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Post by verisimi »

I was confused about this.

I presumed Antonov Airlines was a Russian airline, so I was wondering why the Russians would destroy their own planes.

But Antonov Airlines is a Ukrainian company: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_Airlines

The plane was designed in Soviet (Russian) Ukraine (ie before 1991) to carry the Soviet (Russian) space shuttle.

edited to say Soviet, not Russian

Re: World's only An-225 destroyed by Russian airstrikes

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Post by unmole »

drran wrote: post #86
unmole wrote: post #66

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From the guidelines: > Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith. > Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, bots, brigading, foreign agents and the like. It degrades discussion and is usually mistaken. If you're worried about abuse, email hn@ycombinator.com and we'll look at the data.

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Posting on HN will make zero difference towards stopping the war. Deviating from the guidelines however will make HN less pleasant and less useful.

From what I have seen, dang doesn't immediately reach for the ban-hammer.

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