PRG 🇨🇿 ∫ 🇺🇦 ANTONOV AIRLINES • AN225 | UR-82060 “Mriya“ #Farewell ∫ © AWP-CHR

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@ ANTONOV AIRLINES (Antonov Design Bureau)

• ICAO : ADB

• Callsign : ANTONOV BUREAU

• Country : Ukraine 🇺🇦

• Founded : Apr 1989

• Group : Part of Antonov

• Base / Main Hub : Kyiv Hostomel (GML / UKKM)

• Official Site : www.antonov.com

 

@ ANTONOV | An-225 "Mriya" | UR-82060

• Production Site : Kiev Sviatoshyn (UKKT)

• Manufacturer Serial Number (MSN) 19530503763

• Line Number : 01-01

• Aircraft Type : Built as Antonov An-225 Mriya

• Configuration : Shuttle Carrier Aircraft / later Cargo

• First Flight : 21 Dec 1988

• Age 33.2 Years at the end of its life

• Engines : 6x LO D-18T

 

@ AIRCRAFT HISTORY :

• 21.DEC.1988 : First flight with reg CCCP-480182

• 21.DEC.1988 : delivered to ADB with reg CCCP-82060 / The unique Mriya was designed for transporting space rockets and shuttle Buran but later the soviet space shuttle program was cancelled due to the collaps of the URSS

• SEP.1993 : CHG reg to UR-82060 and use now for the cargo

• 24.FEB.2022 : The An-225 was at Hostomel Airport when Russian forces launched an attack on the airport, as part of the invasion of Ukraine. The aircraft was destroyed in the fighting.

 

@ Event :

• 10.MAY.2016 - Picture taken during a visit at Prague (PRG-LKPR) Czech Republic @ NB : Ukrainian flag

 

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