The Largest Plane in the World RIP (Ukraine)
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The Antonov 225, once the largest aircraft in the world, the heaviest aircraft ever built and with the largest wingspan, now rests in pieces at the Hostomel airport near Kyiv. It was built as a carrier for the Soviet space craft Buran, it had survived the dissolution of Soviet Union, storage time, repairs and refurbishment, financial difficulties and problems and would serve for many years, carrying huge objects, machines and cargo only to end its career as a victim of battle that took place around it.
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It's kinda crazy seeing a history channel talking about recent events, knowing that this stuff is literally history in the making.
Agreed
history lessons we wont be graded on tho
@@coldvro people born in 2013+ would beg to differ lol
I bet people born in 2052 will be teached about the war in ukraine
Crazy times
To people who say it’s just a plane.. bruh I’m not a plane fan but I still feel the loss I mean look at how big it was and how it showed how far human technology came to this day , I say RIP AN we have have a memorial for it after the war
Don’t forget about the millions of pounds of PPE she flew across the world during COVID
she will be the memorial because there is no doubt she will be rebuilt
It would be more fitting to cal it by it's name instead of AN since that's the company that made it. Still RIP
She may be destroyed now, but Mriya shall fly again, she is too much of an icon to leave in ruins.
I mean it was partially destroyed I think with enough time it could be repaired or rebuilt I mean the parts are still there.
I now understand how ancient masterpieces were reduced to ruins in war.
I live in Kiev. I saw this beautifull plane, and walked inside its really huge cargo-bay, on several airshows. I was on many of those, cause I like aviation so much. You now, I'm crying, when I watch this video. Thanks a lot, for your emphathy, and for the Truth, about this terrible war.
I think that you have not yet come home with a summons?
@@user-bu2wd2rm1s I bet if I had a little cockroach like you in front of me I would make you piss your pants in less than 10 seconds.
Френдли фаер от Всу
@@Onix_TanksBlitzЧего нахуй?
So very unfortunate. It was a truly magnificent plane! The first time I saw it in a documentary, it was the size comparison that blew my mind. I never thought something so massive would have been able to fly, let alone be able to carry trains, tanks, etc.
Yeah. She delivered a few locomotives to Ireland once. I saw her in Dublin delivering cargo when we were going on holidays. Quite a sight to behold. She was parked up near a fed ex cargo plane and it bloody well dwarfed it. Very impressive.
@@Spud607 It's great that you were able to see it's glory in person. I wished I could have seen it too, but it will always be on my mind as the most magnificent plane in the world. I hope another is built, but if they do, to me the original one will always be #1.
Damn. Full Locomotives?
More unfortunate that people are dying no?
I’ve seen the An-124 parked at Oakland international airport from about 3 miles away, and that plane ALREADY looked massive, I can’t imagine what the 225 looked like. I hope they use that other unfinished fuselage I’ve heard about!🤞🤞🤞🤞
My father saw this aircraft at the Paris Airshow. When I learned about the plane all on my own around the time it was destroyed, I let my dad know because he was a big aircraft enthusiast; he basically teared up on the other end of the phone.
How very unfortunate, all because of this war :(
lol
Son says: Dad, 300 people (and children among them) were deliberately killed inside the theater in Mariupol with huge letters saying "kids" around it. Dad says: ok. Son says: the biggest plane was destroyed. Dad cries.
@@antares-the-one ok ngl ur joke is kinda toxic i get the idea and humor of it but like, just because the dude got sad over a plane doesnt mean u can automatically make up how he feels about other things
@@HANKSANDY69420 you just described it perfectly
I actually seen this beautiful airplane ✈️ in person, in Afghanistan 🇦🇫. It was massive. Almost triple the size of a regular plane
В украине нет самолётов и у них небыли столько денег чтобы отправлять его а в СССР В РСФСР он был построен Российскими мастерами в заводе и университете им. О.К.Антоновна а в СССР он вол научную и военную деятельность.
@Куки не ну а чё не так? Чел всё по фактам говорит. Только слово "российских" нужно заметить на "русских". Антонов был русским, а не российским. Тогда был СССР.
@@user-gg9yf6yp8y как проходит спецоперация, которая должна была длиться 3 дня?
лучше бегите из России, пока вас не отправили на передовую с гранатой и летним обмундированием.
@@NapoleonBonaparte96 не отправят. Отправляют только солдатов и офицеров из ЗАПАСА прошедших боевую подготовку и у которых есть опыт. Обычных не берут.
Rest in Peace, AN-225 🫡 You will be remembered.
*RIP, it was a plane that made many people fall in love with aviation*
Don't worry, the Dream shall fly again.
@@GalenLeRaaz yes, if i had like 50bil, i would give 10bil to repair that mf
@@jackshadows8073 It was FUNDED by Russians, but build by Ukrainians.
@@jackshadows8073 western plane companies will likely donate lots of parts after ukraine wins
@@jackshadows8073 it can be rebuilt, they have the schematics and engineers all around the globe interested to rebuild it better than before, also there is a 30 years old incomplete fuselage sitting around a hangar somewhere so half of the work is done already. The problem is timing(it can't be done while the country is at war, Russia would just destroy it again) and costs...Its estimated that this project is gonna cost over 3 BILLIONS of dollars to be completed, this money would be much better spent restoring the country than using it to rebuilt the airplane. Well, maybe we will see it flying again in our lifetimes, but I wouldn't expect it anytime soon.
Man we lost two of the most legendary pieces of technology in the most recent years The Arecibo observatory in 2020 due to natural causes. And the Antonov AN-225 in 2022 due to war. May these legendary feats of human creation live on in the memories of members of the aviation and space observation communities
Soon the internation space station too. Kind of makes me sad how things end up sometimes.
Nowhere near legendary
Arecibo fell because of no maintenance lol
@@oneaboveallferrarifan2725 Puerto Rico barely has any money to even sustain itself… trust me, I know
Not to mention The Concorde ...
I must say that i'm happy that i saw it in person, this plane is like building, i was very sad when i learned this R.I.P Antonov
I remember having made a presentation for the Antonov in school. I spended hours making the presentation and it payed of. I never thought i would get so emotional when she gets destroyed, but here i am. I hope there will be peace as soon as possible.
Given global logistics I'm surprised they never built a second one. Cargo ships just keep getting larger, logically cargo planes should too? Hopefully people will notice the loss and there will be justification to make more of these, it's a proven design with years of reliable flight time.
I think the primary issue with cargo planes getting bigger, is that there's only so much size such a machine can put on before the use of rare or hard to manufacture materials are required to allow it to fly efficiently and safely; whereas a ship is only limited by its ability to float, something that is simpler to work with.
Don't warry when new world order will commence Jeff bezzos and Amazon will order one to go to mars
They have a another but he is part ans was never finish !
Lasangna Kob had a good point but it’s seems even more basic, early on with the space shuttle he states that getting to a 10k altitude would allow the shuttle to use 90% less fuel to reach space. It’s a physics problem with the fuel, at some point the object becomes so heavy and resistant to movement that the energy needed to move it is taken up by the machinery now needing a pony power source. Aka why we don’t build Fred Flintstone cars anymore.
You cannot really compare those. For Ships, weight does not matter too much they usually are limited by size since they need to fit through channels and into habors. Airplanes are limited by weight. More weight means more fuels which also weighs a lot. As a result, the cost per ton of cargo goes up dramatically to a point where it's not economical anymore. It still can be useful to have a plane like the AN-225 since it can transport stuff that no other plane can but the market for that is very limited.
I've seen that plane landing in person and it's the most spectacular thing i've ever seen. The sound the size the power, mindblowing
How much bigger is it than a C5?
@@johnlefucker9323 Antonov is 84 m long while C5 is 75 m long
No it isn’t
@@godzpeedx7ii75 why do ppl like you exist
@@godzpeedx7ii75 are you a fake account? All your comments are just you saying no, not, various ways of just saying no to different comments.
I loved this plane as a kid, I was astonished by how it was able to carry such heavy things. I hope they build a memorial to it once all this is over.
We will not build a memorial. We will build a new Mriya 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦✈
@@user-pu5mf7uq6g Nice, I’ve just heard about that :)
Remember it passing over my village in Italy. It was very low, as an airport is near it. It was just amazing. As an aviation lover these news shocked me.
At my nearest airport (Halle/Leipzig in Germany) are 6 of the Ruslan aircrafts stationed, i've been into one, these are already huge, I can't imagine how big the Mriya was. It was always a great sight seeing these giants.
Yeah, I also had the chance to see the an225 on the dedicated parking space for it at Flughafen Leipzig/Halle, it was coincidentally in Leipzig that day my brother and i came by it with a car. we spent an hour at the fence watching it and taking photos. Vidoes and pictures dont really show its really sice or give an impression
6? Weren't there just 1 Antonov AN-225 Mriya?
@@anomalocarisfan45 I'm talking about the "smaller" AN124 ones
@@Gene.- Oh, ok
@@anomalocarisfan45 the cool thing is, when you on the autobahn next to the airport, you can see the an125's pretty close
RIP AN-225 1988 - 2022 From war it was born, and to war it died.
Beautifully said 😞
@@michaelxdrift maybe beautifully said, but it's not true...unless you you count the space race as a war
@@geeberg5129 it is true, the cold war
Beautifully said 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏
@@interpl6089 ok, I'll let you have that one. Not really a "war" war but I guess I can't argue with the name
Thanks for this. Appreciate It. Had touched this beauty with my bare hands. Support from Italy
Thank you too!
I have a photo where my grandfather and his colleagues stand side by side against the background of Mria with Buran. He previously worked at Antonov. It is very painful to see this huge plane destroyed. It remains only to believe that it will be rebuilt. And I really believe it.
This isn’t Simple History. This is Simple Current Events. Keep doing more of this!
Nah, still Simple History, just a sad and tragic noting of an impressive piece of history meeting its end in a current event.
It is history now, but i could see what you mean. More or less, modern history, but history nonetheless.
They need to avoid it until the smoke clears otherwise it'll get too entangled with the politics of the time. Like imagine doing a video about Japanese Americans helping the Japanese so that's why they need to interned. Or Iraq and WMDs. Whining about a Russian made and designed plane being destroyed by Russians as somehow a blow to Ukrainians is kinda undermining the subtext that Ukraine is not Russia.
@@darthbigred22 The Mriya was a product of the Soviet Union, of which Ukraine was a part at the time. But the majority of its service came after the dissolution of the Soviet Union by a Ukrainian commercial carrier under the Ukrainian flag.
@@darthbigred22 The Mryia in many ways represented the spirit of Ukraine, and was an icon known around the world. It drew vast crowds wherever it went, often earning top billing in local newscasts and even peaking the interest of people who normally don't bat an eye about aviation. The Eiffel Tower doesn't travel to airports around the world, and nor does the Taj Mahal or the Statue of Liberty, but the An-225 certainly did! ✈🌍 Although it was a mostly Ukrainian project, it was built under the old Soviet Union, and was one of the last major achievements they could point to before that empire collapsed. The fact that Vladimir Putin's ego wants to rebuild that empire makes it sadly ironic that his forces have destroyed this unique one-off airplane, which had moved so much humanitarian aid over many years. ❤🇺🇦
With over 10 years of watching KZhead, this is my second ever comment, and it is a sad one :( I loved this plane as a kid, it inspired me and showed me what is possible in this modern word. RIP Antanov.. you will not be forgotten :'(
Second comment??‽??
@@jonathanSpg o_o
So sad
Similar ✈ story as with 🚢.
What was the first one?
The loss must hit its former pilots especially hard. Imagine having the priviledge to have flown that beastly beauty. 🇺🇦✈
no i support russia
@@2O697 I don't care
ua can only destroy and pilots also should know this
@@AP-cv7jz lol, no, russia atack ukraine first, Ukraine destroy it because he dont want give An-225 MRIYA to russia.I dont support russia, and putin.
It was one of my dreams to see this plane one day in real life as it was the biggest but I never expected it to be destroyed at all. Just goes to show how reckless the war is…
In 2018 my home of Saipan, an island in the Pacific ocean, got hit by a cat 5 typhoon that completely destroyed our island. During the recovery process majority of our food, needs, fuel was being transported by the Antonov. Without it, we would've had a longer recovery process. Extremely saddened to see it's end in such a needless fashion😔
@B D not sure if you're joking or youre really just a jerk but during those times the antonov helped our hospitals replenish necessary medical instruments as well as relief goods which were very needed as our stores were wiped during the aftermath.
@B D don't be like that mate.... Don't continue this convo any further everybody
@B D now you're just a jerk i can tell you aren't ironic
Bro Just Stop Being A Jerk.
@B D he didn't say they wouldn't have recovered without it, he said the recovery would have taken longer than it did
Hey simple history I greatly appreciate you guys making a video on the Antonov aircraft. I have a short story to tell you two weeks before it was destroyed in Ukraine it was at ywg Winnipeg airport in Canada. I was one the last lucky few people to See it land and take off and be loaded with cargo. I greatly appreciate what you've done with this video talking about it. As one as the last guy to work on that aircraft I truly hope that Russia pays I find and fix the plane because we need it so badly.
Shut up capitalist
@@brandonbrandon2822 Russian bot detected
@@brandonbrandon2822 Based capitalist with big planes vs virgin no planes communist
@@robin50150 army with the most tanks? Russia. P.S. that plane was built by soviets
@@brandonbrandon2822 with a stupidly high percentage if them being soviet tanks.. 🤣
This is a big loss not only for Ukraine but also for all countries of the former USSR. The plane was built by the forces of 3 countries, and these are hundreds if not thousands of specialists, engineers, scientists. Its chief designers were V. I. Tolmachev (Russian SFSR) and P. V. Balabuev (Ukrainian SSR). 4 Ukrainian enterprises took part in the construction (main design, assembly, fuselage and its components, engines), 4 Russian enterprises (fuselage frames, aircraft control complex, landing gear, painting), and an Uzbek enterprise (central parts of the wings with flaps and end parts of the wings, serial consoles).
You are confusing, not 3 countries built this aircraft, but one country. And Balabuev P. V. was born in the Lugansk region, in a Cossack family. So he is far from the Ukrainians, just like Australia is from the United States.
RIP Antonov i will be in our hearts and you will be not forgotten
We will never forget the legendary an-225 and all it’s history
I know i know
But you will forget, or never know Ukrainian people who died in the war.
Antonov AN 225 is one the most largest plane in the world is gone by the Russian's Troops
if this war didn't happen you Americans would be comparing it to something the US made or discredit it
It can be rebuilt.
Here's to you Antonov & Mriya Rest forever here in our hearts The last and final moment is yours That agony is your triumph
:(
You say that for a damn plane, but what about the people that are all dying?
@@removed7331 Of course we also did not forgot the people on ukraine
@@removed7331 it's more than just a plane.... It carried thousands of vaccines during COVID and huge cargo that helped millions
Antonov is person, not plane
Did anyone see a emirates 777 taking off in the background at 7:36?
There's a video going around the internet were they managed to get one of the engine started on the mostly destroyed plane which is amazing that it would even still function when half the cockpit is pretty much melted
This makes me truly sad, I missed the chance to see this beast when I was a child. It came near my town and I ended up not being in town that day. This will always be one of my favorite planes!
During the storming of the airport, Russian troops deliberately came from the other side.They knew that this plane was here, so they didn't touch it.The next morning, the artillery of Ukraine destroyed the Yan-225, thinking that there were Russian tanks and armored personnel carriers under the hangar, although they knew that only people were landing.Also, Russian heavy equipment was too far away to reach him with shots.
I saw Mrija twice in my life. And i tell you, when it was approaching the airfield, blocking the sun from where i was standing it looked gargantuan. If i ever felt the "caveman part of brain" telling me to cower down or run, that would be this moment.
During the storming of the airport, Russian troops deliberately came from the other side.They knew that this plane was here, so they didn't touch it.The next morning, the artillery of Ukraine destroyed the Yan-225, thinking that there were Russian tanks and armored personnel carriers under the hangar, although they knew that only people were landing.Also, Russian heavy equipment was too far away to reach him with shots.
@@dmaks9004 Why would Ukraine shell their own airport? Why would they shell a hangar when they knew the plane it contained? What you say makes no sense.
@@BlackEpyon In my opinion, this is how they wanted to draw the attention of the world to themselves. Germany several times offered to transfer this plane, but Ukraine did not agree. This is a deeply conceived plan that did not work
@@dmaks9004 Ukraine didn't agree, or Antonov didn't agree?
@@BlackEpyon Antonov is the surname of the chief engineer of this aircraft. He's been dead for a long time, how can he say anything or agree? Ukraine could have moved the plane, but did not do so and did not agree with Germany on the temporary storage of this aircraft until the likelihood of a Russian attack disappears.
I remember seeing her in the movie 2012, where she played the 'Antonov 500'. :(
The war just hit 1 year long as of this comment.
Fact: there's an unfinished AN-225 stored at hostomel airport , I'm not sure if that's destroyed too but if it's not we could use her or some parts of her to rebuild the 225
Yes, I hope so
That's right. Apparently it was 60-70% complete, but was eventually deemed "economically unfeasible". I can't find anything on it's current status for some reason
Great idea.
To use unfinished AN-225 airframe to build a new plane? You must be joking. *👉This is just another typical Ukrainian SCAM!* *👉For MORE THAT SIX YEARS, since July 2015, not a single made in Ukraine airplane was handed over to the customer. NONE! Z-E-R-O!* _(of course, without taking into account children's toys and two-seat plastic ultra-light aircrafts weighing less than 600 kg, which are more than 95% assembled from imported parts)_
@@FirstNameLastName-cu2tq Wouldn't you be happier at VKontakte or any other RU social media? With people like you, your friends, family etc. Wasting your time with pesky westerners seems beyond you isn't it?
Rest in Peaces, AN-225. I remember in 2014, when the Antonov landed in Oslo. I remember seeing it, and i was so happy. But now, a childhood memory, has turned to Dust. I am sorry for your Loss, Antonov. -NorwegianMustardLord
Yea :/
It's president of Russia fyalt not Russia the president valdmir putin
I agree but can I get ketchup
did you have sushi together? was he someone close to you?
Ye
That was some beautiful animation, Thanks!
5:35 I like how the animator even got the colour of the interior correct. Good attention to detail.
Never thought I'd see the day where Simple History would do modern day events lol.
i never even thought I'd watch a livestream of a war in 4k lol
history is made everyday. although its a modern event its based around an old aircraft
well thats because it is history being made live
history is not only the past but what happens now
That’s actually the second video that covers a modern event.
I'm not going to act like I knew what this plane was before it was destroyed, but I still feel that impact, knowing such a big part of aviation history was lost.
During the storming of the airport, Russian troops deliberately came from the other side.They knew that this plane was here, so they didn't touch it.The next morning, the artillery of Ukraine destroyed the Yan-225, thinking that there were Russian tanks and armored personnel carriers under the hangar, although they knew that only people were landing.Also, Russian heavy equipment was too far away to reach him with shots.
Нихуя ты у нас военный историк
wait you were in another comment section saying the same thing
this was my favorite plane when i found it out, but i found out too late because the game updated most likely for the memorys of the AN-225 RIP AN-225☹️🫡
'Space Shuttle' is the name of the U.S. model of spaceplane, Buran is the name of the Soviet model of spaceplane. Calling the Buran as a 'Space Shuttle' is like calling a UAZ-469 as a 'Jeep'.
As an aviation enthusiast I was physically, mentally, and emotionally hurt by its destruction.
I was physically AND mentally hurt bruv
@@AgentArabian true I felt pain all around
Normal person here Yeah it's quite sad a part of a great history is destroyed over a man who wants more land space.
During the storming of the airport, Russian troops deliberately came from the other side.They knew that this plane was here, so they didn't touch it.The next morning, the artillery of Ukraine destroyed the Yan-225, thinking that there were Russian tanks and armored personnel carriers under the hangar, although they knew that only people were landing.Also, Russian heavy equipment was too far away to reach him with shots.
@@dmaks9004 that’s interesting, but from a reliable source?
Rest in peace AN-225. I will always remember this legendary aircraft.
What happened to it?
did you have sushi together? was he someone close to you?
@@S.S635 did you watch the video?
@@S.S635 what do u think
F
0:10 he didn't declare war, they had already been at war since 2014, he was just announcing the invasion *R.I.P*
Rip An225. Death of a dream. It was not just a plane as it helped so many people in need and its saddening to see how it got treated for it.
As much as I am saddened by the destruction of this one-of-a-kind aircraft, I just want to mention the improved illustrations used in this video, especially the Kamov Ka-52 and Mil Mi-171Sh helicopters at 0:56, they are very detailed. Keep up the awesome work! 👍
During the storming of the airport, Russian troops deliberately came from the other side.They knew that this plane was here, so they didn't touch it.The next morning, the artillery of Ukraine destroyed the Yan-225, thinking that there were Russian tanks and armored personnel carriers under the hangar, although they knew that only people were landing.Also, Russian heavy equipment was too far away to reach him with shots.
@@dmaks9004 yan-255 💀💀💀
@@dmaks9004 source: trust me bro
@@dmaks9004Russian Propaganda: we did nothing,ukraine destroyed ukraine.
@@cockandballtorture125 there are literally videos of the plane undamaged in it's hangar after Russian forces took control of the airport.
I would give anything to see such a magnificent aircraft see the skies once again
You'd give your life and soul?
Would you sell your first born?
It's juast a saying smh-
Unless-...
@@door-to-doorhentaisalesman2978 hahahaha not like you can give that anyways.
Rest in peace lets hope you get somewhere else you can fly You will always be in our hearts Fly high!
RIP i hope they rebuilt it after the war
What's more sad, is that the people who controlled the company and were responsible for its decisions, fled two weeks before the war started. Not only that, they also refused to transport the MRIYA to the safe place, basically leaving it there.
More of that, it was ukranian artillery that destroyed the plane. How ironic.
During the storming of the airport, Russian troops deliberately came from the other side.They knew that this plane was here, so they didn't touch it.The next morning, the artillery of Ukraine destroyed the Yan-225, thinking that there were Russian tanks and armored personnel carriers under the hangar, although they knew that only people were landing.Also, Russian heavy equipment was too far away to reach him with shots.
@@dmaks9004 well done comrade your daily quota of propaganda has been met putin will surely reward you with a better economy...oh it seems more sanctions are being put in place.
@@dmaks9004 I’m pretty sure that Ukraine probably destroyed it on purpose to keep it from falling into Russian hands. It could carry a full cargo hold of tanks after all.
after the russians left the region the pilot went there to say goodbye to his old friend and cried
And here I am just NOW hearing about it. 21 years of my life ignorant of its existence, only to find out that this magnificent piece of human engineering has been destroyed back in February… Ain’t life grand!?
I discovered one of my favorite bands (Morphine) after the main guy (Mark Sandman ) died and they were no more. Life's a bytch. There are a few videos of the Anatov flying in real life here on you tube. Let's hope the world survives for you to quadruple your 21 yrs. Good luck.
@@bigcity2085 Thanks man. I’ll check them out later.
Don't worry, even if you don't know such existence, there's always the other people who knows it *(In this case, the Plane enthusiasts and Professional Pilots do).* They'll never be forgotten and will always be known by humanity.
You can say you're not an avgeek. Because that is literally *the only way* you can not have ever known of this beauty's existence, dude. And tell me about it. All my life I've wanted to see this bird with my own two eyes. Now that dream, along with so many others, has been shattered...
@@davecrupel2817 Yeah,I've seen video's on it, but I know its not the same....you can't get the scale of the immensity of the thing. Somewhere I saw some company is sending putin a 3 billion dollar bill...to build another one(not sure if that was here.) But there was a need for it..people paid big bucks to use it.
For aviation lovers an 225 is an emotion😊
You know when you just heard something sad and it’s not so sad that you will cry but it still sad and you get like a pressure in your eyes, that just happened when he said the Antonov was the last of its kind
Seen this aircraft myself at Brize Norton what an aircraft it was!! Had to be seen with your own eyes to appreciate the size of it!!!
I’ve been inside a globemaster 3 when I was a kid and that was huge. How much bigger is this plane?
@@PEJK6771 sheeeeeeesh it's double the size of a c-17, in the length, width and height! It really has to be seen to be believed😶😶
I saw the An 124 a decade ago, and it absolutely dwarfed the boeing 737s around it. I can't imagine the size of this beast. The were shipping combines in it if that gives you an idea of how big their second biggest plane was.
737s are small
@@TeddyKrimsony if everyone aboard is killed in a crash and its called a tragedy instead of an incident I'd say it's big enough.it's only a small plane in comparison to alot of the monsters we have flying around now
@@TeddyKrimsony Not really, they are still very big planes. Only for planes standart it was medium
I am so glad I got to see this awesome thing when I was 9 I got 50 feet away from it. RIP an 225 we love you
Simple history made a great tribute to the amazing aircraft. Again RIP an 225
That feeling when things you've lived through become an instant history.
He was saying Putin invaded in Feb 2022 and I'm like.. damn wait I just loved through that. It isn't history ... That's so weird
There's one unfinished AN-225 airframe left. Hopefully it'll be completed in the future!
It's No Longer With Them 😂
The 2nd unfinished an225 is in Kyiv. So far the Russians have failed to take the city due to heavy resistance and logistical problems. Before the war started, it was reported that Turkey considered helping Ukraine finish the 2nd an225.
@@hellothere1656 This Kiev bullshit is beyond irritating. Why are we pronouncing and spelling it different now? It's not like they even say "Ukraine" the way we do either. Pointless social engineering
@@darthbigred22 lmao
@@darthbigred22 Ukrainian city name in Ukrainian. Seems normal to me. You can go cry about it 😂
R.i.p an225
1988 to... Just now. Rest in peace, our "Dream."
I saw the news a few weeks ago and was heartbroken. One of my favorite modern planes, a one of a kind, destroyed. RIP Antonov
I saw this aircraft earlier last year when it got diverted up to Fairbanks international, still have photos of it on my phone. Crazy to think that the beast has now been killed. Crazy, and quite sad.
Someone, start a petition to rebuild the antonov
Reminds me of the B-17 that I got to go inside of that crashed in 2019.
I've been lucky to see this plane around half a dozen times in my lifetime. She was always a welcome site at my airport and it breaks my heart as an aviation enthusiast to see her go.
As a grandson of an engineer, whose laboratory in Zaporizhzhia designed non-metallic parts of the Mriya’s engine, I’m glad my grandfather doesn’t see this...
@@Andriy_Sklyar якби не був такий довбо…об, пішов би на не на філфак, а на інженера вчитись, як дід, дядько й тато, а так дивився на це все діло та думав «та нє, заводи-салідол, краще стану білоручкою». А тепер як допомогти, навіть не знаю….
This is sad, since it's the only kind, but I have hear information that in the past Antonov was making a 2nd one but was cancelled, they could potentially continue that 2nd aircraft
The Antonov 225 was a true dream, it helped with the earthquake in Haiti and delivered medical supplies to those in need, but all dreams come to an end. 🤧You were truly a legend myria, may you truly rest in peace. I can still hear the screech of your turbofan engines... Thank you for your service
Someone must still have the blueprints, and if there isnt funding we can still make just the frame and put it in a museum, its such an important peice of history.
I think Russia will restore, they will find the money
There is a second unfinished 225
It is strange to watch a ‘history channel’ make historical videos about our time.
I thought the same haha 😂
My thoughts exactly
People usually don't feel like it's a historical event when it happens during their time. But I think most people can see that this plane was a piece of living history.
As Roosevelt says, Yesterday was History Tommorow is a Mystery
Me and my daughter actually got to see this amazing plane fly over Long Eaton on its way to East Midlands Airport in 2014. We were mesmerised by its enormity and power. So glad we shared that moment as now she lays broken 😢 We have seen the AN 124 Ruslan take off at EMA too. Wow thats loud.
The MAN TGX is in the colours of Colett Heavy Haulage of Halifax it was a dream of mine to see the 225...
I actually was really disappointed the plane is gone. All this time I thought that was a Russian plane I had no idea it was Ukraine until it got destroyed. As a kid my favorite plane of all time. 😢
This is a Soviet plane, but after the collapse of the USSR, it was supposed to go to Russia. But because of the poor organization in the 90th year, he remained standing at the Ukrainian airport. So that's how it turned out for Ukraine.
@@bobigorg1665 It was a project of Antonov and maintained by Ukrainian. If russian could steal it, they would not be able to maintain it and just spoil it, as all what they stole before.
@@bobigorg1665 i know it was soviet but it was built in Ukraine which was part of the soviet. I as an uneducated human thought everything was built in Russia. lol
Actually 8 factories all over USSR were involved - 3 ukranians, 4 russians and 1 in uzbekistan, but the general works were done in Kiev. Antonov was a russian man. Two project leads of Mriya were a russian and ukranian ingeneers. Mriya was important for both russians and ukranians equally. As a russian, i feel fucking miserable. This plane, this legend, was simply destroyed only because of some mad bald man's ambitions. I loved this plane and i hope it will be restored one day...
@@joshuagraham6703 thanks for that info.
I was able to walk through the cargo bay of this plane and watch it perform a steep takeoff and banking maneuver during a 1990 airshow in the US. I hope that myself and others can see this plane fly again one day.
I couldn't believe what I was seeing - was at the right place at the right time - HUMONGOUS with a unique sound, overhead in Class A airspace! (Enroute V-407, over KTME in 2021)
Bro the loss of this as a member of the aviation community 😭😭😭
There's a psychological effect that one would naturally refer to in the context of the demolition of large structures... which is basically how disaster movies get their money printers. Not much of a difference here. Hopefully Mriya does keep flying (well, in a couple years I guess). "All war is a symptom of man's failure as a thinking animal." -- John Steinbeck
This Mriya is done for. There’s no way that damage is repairable. But, there is a second, incomplete airframe that’s been in storage since the end of the Buran program. We can only hope they are able to complete the second airframe and get it flying.
@@singleproppilot The wreck probably does have a lot of still-usable parts which could be used on Mriya Mk. 2, though.
"All war is a symptom of man's failure as a thinking animal." ...except for the wars on poverty, disease, and Microsoft, which are fully justified.
@@vikkimcdonough6153 *sad Bill Gates noises* Also, the first two listed there are accurate...
@@vikkimcdonough6153 "We used to wage wars on POVERTY, *NOT POOR PEOPLE* ..."
They will repair it regardless of which side wins this war and who's hands it falls into. This Airplane is a piece of Human history and needs to be repaired ASAP.
And with how much the contribution it has given by it's size, I wanna see this 'Dream' being mass produced if possible
@@gehcontent5618 Would be economical unlogic. Also it would take her status.
R.I.P Antenov An-225… :(
Also, love your channel!
God rest the AN225, One of greatest plane that ever flow.
And biggest
Was it like a brother to you because of you pfp
Yes indeed
it's a freaking object what the heck are you saying?
@@andreidaner1300 do u know anything about aviation history mate?
I really wish I weren't living through a major historical event right now
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I didn’t realize there was only one of them!
I never thought I would see a history channel cover a event that happened in 2022, but here we are
never expected my hometown to show up on this channel((( my home was strucked by 2 unguided rockets (НУРС) from Ka-52, near Hostomel airstrip, saw last Mriya land myself, on my sister's birthday
Stay safe
Slava Ukraini
@@johnconner9149 🤡🤡🤡
@@ms_nolag4927 you say that when this beautiful piece of engineering was destroyed by Russia, not Ukraine.
@@natebox4550 not by russian. The plane was destroyed by a Ukrainian artillery strike. This is not even in doubt. For the Russians, destroying this aircraft at a captured airfield is extremely illogical. At the same time, it is clear that the Ukrainian armed forces tried to recapture this airport. On the videos with the plane there are damaged and burnt trucks of the Russian army. The VDV troops also confirmed that they were attacked and fired upon by Ukrainian forces. From the point of view of military necessity, shelling the airport with Ukrainian artillery makes sense.
We need to build the bigger plane. But the square cube law isn't going to let us.
A Roman Legion that has spent months in our world, this channel helps in many ways for their History Lessons.
As an aviation nerd, I’m glad they made a video on the 225, this war has ruined many lives. The 225 will always live in our hearts. This is such a horrible event.
I loved aviation when I was a child and this is especially heartbreaking 😭
During the storming of the airport, Russian troops deliberately came from the other side.They knew that this plane was here, so they didn't touch it.The next morning, the artillery of Ukraine destroyed the Yan-225, thinking that there were Russian tanks and armored personnel carriers under the hangar, although they knew that only people were landing.Also, Russian heavy equipment was too far away to reach him with shots.
I have a friend who loves aviation, and he said me he was very upset with that
Я уверен что его от ремонтируют или распилят на металлолом как делают со всеми историческими машинами ссср
@@dmaks9004 nope
*AN* ANTONOV 225????
It truly was the biggest plane man has ever built
As an avgeek, it was one of the saddest days in aviation history.
I always been a fan of this massive plane as a kid, and I was pretty sad when I heard of it’s demise
I miss the antonov an 225 mriya( dream)
I thought the Globemaster was the biggest plane. But it wasn't, thanks for knowing it and rest in peace Antonov AN-255 Mriya.