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The World's Largest Cargo Plane Can Swallow a 737 Whole
Whether you need to get an airliner across a continent without flying it, piggyback a space shuttle to its launch site, or ship Snoop Dog's oversized tour stage to Nigeria, you're going to need the world's biggest and strongest aircraft: the Antonov An-225. (gizmodo.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Whole? I don't think so. Wouldn't they have to remove the wings and tail first?
Totally agreed
Swallow a 737 WHOLE? Well, maybe a scale model of a 737. Ain't no way that thing can swallow a real 737. Gotta love these "journalists."
It WAS Russian...now it's proudly Ukrainian. They should build an additional pair...
R.E. the picture, isn't it amazing how much the Buran looked like a U.S. shuttle. Sorta like a B-29 made in a Boeing plant was a good rendering of the Stalin buggy. Neither worked as well. As for the 225, they are incomparable for big hauls.
and it flys with a usual crew of about 19
There was a cable show on Discovery or TLC about this plane. They tagged along on a flight from Russia to the Canary Islands then on to Brazil. The most interesting part was, since this is basically one of a kind they had to bring a spare 'everything' with them onboard! What a flying warehouse!