If you dig airplanes, really big airplanes...

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If you dig airplanes, really big airplanes...

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...then take a look at this Russian beast, the AN-225 Mirya--the largest airplane in the world, period. Very nice pictoral layout of the plane.

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That was cool, Shape. Nice find.


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I think Nick Fury has one. It was in that Avengers movie.
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It needs nicer seat covers.
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Andy81 wrote:It needs nicer seat covers.
Ha! Was wondering the same. What's up with that.

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I remember it well. Buran (translated as snow storm from Russian) was the Soviet response to the American space shuttle. It was considerably larger, in keeping withe "Soviet is the biggest". However, the project stretched the resources to the point that the first launch became the last.

That's why the controls of this aircraft are looking so outdated - they are made in old Soviet style. I bet they get stuck from time to time and you have to tap the glass to get them working again.
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buckethead wrote:
Andy81 wrote:It needs nicer seat covers.
Ha! Was wondering the same. What's up with that.
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Bigger is better?? That thing is about as practical and useless in controlled airspace as tits on boar hog.
They should park it in a big open field someplace and let Donald Trump make it into a titty bar or something.
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Soviet microprocessor was the biggest microprocessor in the world.
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Andy81 wrote:Bigger is better?? That thing is about as practical and useless in controlled airspace as tits on boar hog.
They should park it in a big open field someplace and let Donald Trump make it into a titty bar or something.
Andy, do you resemble the flight manager Vadim Nikolaevich Deniskov?
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I was his instructor. Couldn't recommend him for the check ride.
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Anyone noticed that this aircraft carries Ukrainian colors?
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