In 1984 the big coun­try needed a big plane. Antonov Design Bureau was entrusted with devel­op­ing of a plane for large-sized cargo trans­porta­tion. A six-motor super heavy tur­bo­jet plane An-225 «Mriya» («dream» in Ukran­ian) became the prod­uct of the design­ers’ four-year work. The air­craft, which will cel­e­brate it’s twenty years anniver­sary of its first test […]

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In the late 1950s, when the Cold War between the USSR and the USA was at its peak, the next step of flex­ing the power mus­cle was the space explo­ration. Since both coun­tries were try­ing really hard to outdo each other, it was only a mat­ter of time before one would take over.
The way it happened, […]

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