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• From Russia With Love: Craziest, Weirdest, Coolest Soviet Airplanes Ever

  Published: July 31, 2007, 8:40 am

  Tags: Aircrafts, Airplanes, Antonov, Fighters, From Russia With Love, Mig, Russian 2007 Air Show, Sukhoi, Tupolev

  This is the forward-swept wing Sukhoi SU-47 Bekrut, taking off Zhukovsky Airport. As sleek as it looks, it isn't the most impressive thing flying at The Russian 2007 Air Show. Check out some of the strangest and coolest airplanes you will ever see, including a Crazy Ivan whizzing by 4 feet over the runway, in the huge gallery after the jump.If

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• More About Soviet Space Program. VM-T Atlant

  Published: September 1, 2007, 5:36 pm

  Tags: Science, History, Photos, Technology, An 225, Antonov, Buran, Energia, Pepsi Cola, Soviet Space Program, Vm T Atlant

  Antonov or AN-225 was not the only Soviet cargo jet used for the Soviet Space Program. VM-T Atlant (the picture above) also coped with a task of carrying ultra-heavy and oversize freight, such as rocket boosters or the space shuttle, and it might be a real alternative for AN-225. But this project was closed because of some disadvantages.

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• Largest Cargo and Jetliner

  Published: October 11, 2007, 10:12 pm

  Tags: Just Facts, Antonov, Cargo, Fuselage, Upper, Largest, Rocket's, Energia, Boosters

  jetliner ever built? The Antonov or AN-225 is the world's heaviest and largest jet ever built with the landing gear system of 32 wheels and a wing span of 291 feet. It was designed for the Soviet space program in 1988 and able to airlift the Energia rocket's boosters, Buran space shuttle or ultra-heavy and oversize freight, up to 250,000 kg

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• Inside the Biggest Mass-Produced Cargo Aircraft in the World [Titanic Soviet Cargo Aircraft]

  Published: November 20, 2007, 8:36 am

  Tags: Airplane, An 124, Antonov, Cargo, Dubai, Dubai Air Show, Titanic Soviet Cargo Aircraft, Top

  beast is the Antonov AN-124 which, until the titanic Airbus A380 came along, was the biggest mass-produced plane in the world. Only 56 were built, but it is still the biggest cargo aircraft in the world. How big exactly? I got into its belly at the Dubai Air Show and I can tell you one thing: when you get up close, this thing is even more

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• Inside the Biggest Mass-Produced Cargo Aircraft in the World

  Published: November 20, 2007, 9:36 am

  Tags: Vehicles, Aircraft, Antonov, Clips

  beast is the Antonov AN-124 which, until the titanic Airbus A380 came along, was the biggest mass-produced plane in the world. Only 56 were built, but it is still the biggest cargo aircraft in the world. How big exactly? I got into its belly at the Dubai Air Show and I can tell you one thing: when you get up close, this thing is even more

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• Oleg Antonov

  Published: February 7, 2008, 2:16 pm

  Tags: Oleg Antonov

  and painter, the founder of Antonov ASTC, a world-famous aircraft company in Ukraine, later named in his honour. Without him, the Antonov 225 (see image above) wouldn't exist [or it would have other nome]. Antonov's AN-225 "Mriya" is currently the biggest aircraft operational (bigger than even the Airbus A-380). Oleg Antonov studied at the

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