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- jmkiii, on 10/14/2007, -1/+50I want to load it full of bouncy balls and drop them on a city.
- sturdiusmaximus, on 10/14/2007, -1/+23I work as an aircraft fueler and let me say, I would love to fuel one of those.
- ChessPieceFace, on 10/13/2007, -2/+18I want one.
- vroom101, on 10/12/2007, -0/+141. http://www.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/0404 ... (040430-F-0000S-014)
2. http://chamorrobible.org/gpw/gpw-200701.htm - DeskFlyer, on 10/13/2007, -0/+13I had the chance to board this thing a few years ago and the scale of the aircraft is simply mind-blowing. The fuselage is so large that if you stand inside the cabin near the nose and clap your hands, there's a distinct delay before you hear your echo from the rear bulkhead.
- HHP2K, on 10/13/2007, -5/+17stfu, it's interesting.
- mwrl, on 10/13/2007, -0/+11"I work as an aircraft fueler and let me say, I would love to fuel one of those."
I filled its little brother the Antonov An-124 last year. It was basicly C-5 size and took about the same amount of time to fill (45 minutes). - BlackSheep720, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11some interesting specs:
wheels: 32 (two on the front, which is unique -- two sets of 14 on the back)
ironically, despite having 6 engines, its service ceiling is 33,000 feet -- compare that to a boeing 747, which has a ceiling of 45,000 feet - theredbanana, on 10/13/2007, -2/+11Thats the cause of global warming
- Willravel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Howard Hughes just ***** himself in his grave.
- paulbyrnes, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8What the ***** are you talking about screwball? Keep your family secrets to yourself.
- MasterThief117, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8I hate having to fill my car up, yet alone having to fill one of those up.
- NonLeftistDiggr, on 10/13/2007, -1/+7It's an engineering marvel. The upclose pictures are fantastic. I really like seeing russian engineering stuff in general because it has such a different design look to it. I feel bad for the guy who had to do the budgets for keeping that thing running back in the soviet era.
oh and... thank you digg once again for logging me out for no reason. I have CNTRL-C embedded in my brain stem next to breathing after joining this site. - chronopsis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5worst music video ever.
- ukrainial, on 10/12/2007, -5/+9I'm proud to say that my grandfather and grandmother helped design that airplane.
- scecilio, on 10/13/2007, -0/+4Visual size comparisons: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Giant_planes_co ...
- MasterThief117, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Are you new here? I think you are new here.
- HHP2K, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5No it's not?
- HHP2K, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Jesus, you'd be standing there all day..
- fudgebrown, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3B.F.P.
- thatsmyaibo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5I have my pilot's license and I would love to fly one of these. I don't have enough hours of multi engine training though. I wonder if flying with 6 jets engines would increase my flight hours by 3 times....
- rspeed, on 10/13/2007, -0/+3I think it could likely carry quite a few.
- rspeed, on 10/13/2007, -0/+3I'd like to introduce you to the X-3 Stiletto. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-3_Stiletto
Or how about the Tacit Blue? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Tacit_Blue
Don't forget the Super Guppy! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aero_Spacelines_Super ... - pimpbot1979, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4It's also the most self conscious jet.
- arobar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2There's a very good reason people dugg you down sir.
- JDoorjam, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5..... but will it blend?
- elementop, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I saw these airplanes several times on Elmendorf AFB right after the fall of the Iron Curtain. The Russians were flying them to the lower-48 for airshows (Oshkosh, etc.) and would stop at Elmendorf for the fuel on the way south. I've got a picture of one of the AN-225's on my web site at http://www.gecko-ak.org/Gallery/DisplayImage.mhtml ... .
- arobar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Your comment is bad, very bad.
- jimmymcduck, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3id love to be there if on lands at st. maarten
- inactive, on 10/22/2007, -0/+2aeroerotic...kinky
- FlashGit, on 10/13/2007, -1/+3Weren't these the same people that brought us Chernobyl and considered VCRs and blue jeans to be exotic foreign luxeries?
- DeskFlyer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Better hope the pilot doesn't ask for a top-off after a 14-hour flight.
:o - TexanPsycho, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Reply. Reply. Reply. It saves quoting others.
- HayString, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I was just thinking how good englishrussia was.
- mancat, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1And who was busy invading Afghanistan during the development of the AN225?
Look at the craft the AN225 was designed to carry into high altitude? Look similar at all?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Buran_On_Antono ...
While Soviet engineers had some very good designs for many things, they were sub-par in many areas, and many Soviet machines were downright deadly even when used normally. Come on? Chernobyl? No reactor casing? - stephdau, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I got to see one of these in person and it is absolutely stunning.
- xister, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1That was a J.S. Bach Fugue. And the worst ***** rendition of it I have ever heard.
- inactive, on 10/13/2007, -2/+3I wonder how many vacuum tubes the aircraft's computer uses.
- xister, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I can't imagine landing that thing. As low as the landing gear is, if you came in hard, it looks like you'd bottom out instantly.
- thatsiebguy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I think you mean B.U.F.F. :D
- srodolff, on 10/16/2007, -0/+1And for a little perspective, that plane generates more global warming gases than a thousand people will generate in their lifetimes.
Makes you want to run out and buy a Prius, doesn't it? - manonfire285, on 10/13/2007, -0/+1751
- arobar, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Just because something is old doesn't mean it's not interesting.
- DesertFlyer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Sorry, I was referring to commercial service.
- yujie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Can they make her any bigger?
- sharper130, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Aerial imagery of the huge beast: http://www.intrepidearth.com/tour/random/an225.php ...
- WestDC, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1What are you talking about? That was Sky's rendition of Toccata! It was genius! Dugg for Sky.
- orvl, on 10/13/2007, -0/+1Man, that is one crappy pic. What'd u scan that with a 10 year old scanner or something?
- xister, on 10/14/2007, -0/+1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toccata_and_Fugue_in_ ...
Ugh- I'll take Bach. - thatsiebguy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Actually, In Soviet Russia, Buran flies without you!
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