The AN-225: How the Cold War created the world's largest airplane
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#2They don’t make ‘em like they used to
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#3Antonov is really struggling to keep the shop open, I wonder if it's possible to keep such plane operational with the manufacturer on the brink of bankrupcy. Las time I checked Boing was supplying some parts that couldn't get imported from Russia now, but AFAIK the are not really having many customers.
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#4I never knew they had a second, unfinished, airframe ready for assembly.
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#5Whatever its future, that is one monster plane I would love to see fly. Given the 747 has no future now and even the A380 is not that popular and might vanish, we may never see such a huge plane again.
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#6Antonov is really struggling to keep the shop open, I wonder if it's possible to keep such plane operational with the manufacturer on the brink of bankrupcy. Las time I checked Boing was supplying some parts that couldn't get imported from Russia now, but AFAIK the are not really having many customers.
I don't see Antonov disappearing anymore than GM, Boeing or Volkswagen. I'm sure the Russian state will continue to protect them in one form or another.
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#7As a political stunt, Polish government has chartered this plane to deliver medical supplies to Poland.
What a sight!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnQPcMcGVZ8
However, the costs were insane - around $3 million . Transporting the same amount of cargo with 777 would cost about $1 milion.
But the political stunt was priceless.
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#8Antonov is really struggling to keep the shop open, I wonder if it's possible to keep such plane operational with the manufacturer on the brink of bankrupcy. Las time I checked Boing was supplying some parts that couldn't get imported from Russia now, but AFAIK the are not really having many customers.
I don't see Antonov disappearing anymore than GM, Boeing or Volkswagen. I'm sure the Russian state will continue to protect them in one form or another.
that's the problem, Antonov is based in Kyiv, Ukraine
Re: The AN-225: How the Cold War created the world's largest airplane
#9Antonov is really struggling to keep the shop open, I wonder if it's possible to keep such plane operational with the manufacturer on the brink of bankrupcy. Las time I checked Boing was supplying some parts that couldn't get imported from Russia now, but AFAIK the are not really having many customers.
I don't see Antonov disappearing anymore than GM, Boeing or Volkswagen. I'm sure the Russian state will continue to protect them in one form or another.
Antonov is a Ukrainian state enterprise, no problem for Russia to see them go under.
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't see Antonov disappearing anymore than GM, Boeing or Volkswagen. I'm sure the Russian state will continue to protect them in one form or another.
Antonov is a Ukrainian state enterprise, no problem for Russia to see them go under.
Makes sense. Thanks for the correction.