Antonov An-225 Mriya cargo plane is Class 1 produced in the Ukrainian SSR in the late 80-ies of XX century aviation scientific and technical complex "Antonov" and now e largest aircraft in the world. The maximum payload of "Mriya" is 275 t, which he heaviest aircraft ever built. Six turbojet engine created general thrust 1377 kN, making it the most powerful air on Earth.
For comparison, the total load of the second payload aircraft An-124 "Ruslan" is 150 t, (152,4 t for the Airbus A380, version A380F, but he has not yet produced) and the distance of the first flight of the Wright brothers would fit in the cargo compartment of An-225.
There is currently only one An-225. Conditional his name in NATO's "Cossack" (Kazak).
"Mriya" was designed and built to carry the Soviet space shuttle "Buran", but later abandoned due to lack of funds at the international airport in the city Gostomel. After years of staying on the ground plane was overhauled in 2001 and made his second "first" flight. After that date it is used by the Ukrainian company "Antonov Airlines" mainly for orders for transportation of oversized and heavy cargo. Due to increased demand for the services of a plane Ukrainian government decided to create a second copy which is expected to be ready by 2008 In November 2004 AN-225 is written in the Book of World Records Guinness record of 240.Antonov An-225