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World’s Biggest Cargo Plane To Ship Chinese PPE to Quebec - Mirabel Airport
The cargo specialists arranging a massive shipment of personal protective equipment from China for the Quebec government have turned to the world's biggest aircraft to carry the load. The Soviet-era Antonov AN-225 is scheduled to carry what will be the largest single delivery of personal protective equipment (PPE) to Canada later this week to Montreal's Mirabel Airport. The most recent flight plan calls for the huge aircraft to land on Thursday night. (www.fliegerfaust.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
That plane is really an engineering marvel.
Well kind of in a way they used western equipment for there avionics in it. And if you look at the engines it takes six little ones to get it in the air.
They had to use "western" avionics in it LIKE ALL aircraft if they wish to fly into the US. And they use 6 52,000 thrust pound engines to "balance the load" for take off and landing. 2 engines are throttled back later.
Always hard to believe it, the A380, the C-5 Galaxy, & C-17 fly
The same airplane (An-225) has landed in Mirabel this morning at 7h30 EDT. It carries PPE from China where the flight originated. Then it stopped in Japan then on to Anchorage AK before arriving at YMX. Normally that shipment is sent by ship but it was urgent. Fantastic to see that airplane twice in less than a month.
I've been paying attention to the flights of the AN-225 recently. They seem to make a lot of flights to Almaty, Kazakhstan and Tianjin, China. I'm not sure what is special about those cities.