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A380 is big but not that big
Saw on the news tonight somebody saying the A380 is the biggest aircraft ever. Well actually it's not the biggest ever, it's either the second or third biggest ever, it is however the largest commercial passenger aircraft.
The biggest aircraft in the world is the Antonov An-225 Mriya, pictured below carrying the Soviet space shuttle Buran. Buran is a bit larger than the US space shuttle to give you some scale.
20th May 2006 21:32:37, 71 words, 1493 views
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Comment from: Tony [Visitor]
amazing what people have accomplished in the last century alone.
for chemistry class I've been assigned to do a research paper on nanotechnology.....and it brought me to the concept of the Space Elevator...which is some crazy shit!
for chemistry class I've been assigned to do a research paper on nanotechnology.....and it brought me to the concept of the Space Elevator...which is some crazy shit!
22nd May 2006 @ 04:08
Comment from: G. Stolyarov II [Visitor] · http://www.panasianbiz.com/
Mr. Smith,
Thank you for the beautiful picture; the comparison between the plane's size and that of the Buran illustrates the An-225's immensity quite well.
Do you know when this picture was taken? The "CCCP" (USSR) on the plane's wing suggests that it is from the days before the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Thank you for the beautiful picture; the comparison between the plane's size and that of the Buran illustrates the An-225's immensity quite well.
Do you know when this picture was taken? The "CCCP" (USSR) on the plane's wing suggests that it is from the days before the collapse of the Soviet Union.
6th June 2006 @ 16:38
Comment from: Paul Smith [Member] · http://www.dasmirnov.net/
At a guess I'd say 1988 or 89, I'm pretty sure they only ever carried it once, on the way back after landing.
16th June 2006 @ 23:43