The Antonov An-225 Mriya is a strategic airlift cargo aircraft, designed by the Antonov Design Bureau in the 1980s. It is the world\’s heaviest fixed-wing aircraft. The design, built to transport the Buran orbiter, was an enlargement of the successful An-124 Ruslan.
Specifications:
Wingspan: 88.4 m (290 ft 2 in)
Length: 84 m. (275 ft 6 in)
Height: 18.1 m (59 ft 3 in)
Empty weight: 285,000 kg (628,317 lb)
(Max. take-off weight: 600,000 kg (1,322,773 lb)
Payload: 250,000 kg (550,000 lb)
Range: 4,000 km (2,160 nm)
Cruise speed: 850 km/h (460 kts)
Engines: 4 ZMKB Progress D-18 turbofans, 229 kN (51,600 lb).
Crew: 6