Saturday 20 March 2010

World Record Freight by World's largest aircraft, Antonov An-225

The generator which is 187.6tonnes, was transported to Yerevan, Armenia from Frankfurt-Hahn Airport on 11th of August 2009. The airport claimed that it was heaviest single-piece cargo ever transported by air. The aircraft was Antonov Airlines’ An-225 Mriya (dream in Ukraine) powered by six Ivchenko Progress D-18 engines and maximum loading capacity is 250 tonnes. There is only one An-225 in operation now.

AN225 @ Hahn Airport - World Record Freight at Frankfurt-Hahn


AN225 @Frankfurt-Hahn Airport - loading equipment for generator


AN225 @Hahn Airport - World record airlift - apron walk