AN-225 landing in Rzeszow Jasionka Airport (Poland)
World's only An-225 destroyed by Russian airstrikes
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Re: World's only An-225 destroyed by Russian airstrikes
#132Does anyone know why this will cost "over USD$3 Billion to restore"? The entire aircraft costs approximately $300 million, so I would have expected a number less than or equal to that. Even the B-2 Spirit bomber, most likely the most expensive aircraft only costs $2.1 billion.
All the tooling, manufacturing, everything for the b2 is gone. They made twenty something, then converted the factories to other things. So whatever the sticker associated with one b2 is, the replacement cost is much higher because you have to include redevelopment, new tooling, everything.
Re: World's only An-225 destroyed by Russian airstrikes
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Doesn't the B52, a much smaller aircraft have 8 engines.
I must mention that the B-36 had a whopping 10 engines, a mixture of both jet engines and piston driven engines https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_B-36_Peacemaker#Specif...
B-36 slogan of "six turnin' and four burnin'" - transition aircraft are some amazing pieces of work.
Re: World's only An-225 destroyed by Russian airstrikes
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You despise the people defending their country from invasion, but not those who are actually invading? Go take a long look in the mirror, and try to figure out where your humanity has gone.
Of course I despise the Russians for invading, but that doesn't free you from the obligation to plan for the worst. Now the only An-225 article is gone forever, and we won't ever see another one built. I doubt they even have the engineering drawings to do so. Those were probably also lost during the bombings.
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Re: World's only An-225 destroyed by Russian airstrikes
#135I 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
What is Russian Ukraine? How old are you?
The Eastern part of Ukraine used to be called "little Russia" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Russia); just like eastern Belarus was simply "White Russia". That's also why from 1721 the Czar was called "Emperor of all the Russias".
Re: World's only An-225 destroyed by Russian airstrikes
#136I 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…
This video of the plane landing matches your description:
https://twitter.com/samchuiphotos/status/1497963593563791361...
Re: World's only An-225 destroyed by Russian airstrikes
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They could have done the airstrike before they captured the airport
Ukraine confirmed Russian forces were in control of the airport at the 25th. There is satellite evidence that on the 26 (9:06:15 UTC) [1] the hangar wasn't hit yet. That doesn't mean it was the Ukrainians though, but it definitely did happen while the airport was under Russian occupation.
[1] https://apps.sentinel-hub.com/sentinel-playground/?source=S2...
Re: World's only An-225 destroyed by Russian airstrikes
#138I 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…
This video of the plane landing matches your description: https://twitter.com/samchuiphotos/status/1497963593563791361...
Here it is landing in Raleigh. I sure wish I went out to see it that day.
Re: World's only An-225 destroyed by Russian airstrikes
#139Does anyone know why this will cost "over USD$3 Billion to restore"? The entire aircraft costs approximately $300 million, so I would have expected a number less than or equal to that. Even the B-2 Spirit bomber, most likely the most expensive aircraft only costs $2.1 billion.
Because it looks pretty screwed up: https://i.imgur.com/idYr7br.png
Re: World's only An-225 destroyed by Russian airstrikes
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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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