Antonov Company

BIGGEST, FREIGHT, AIRCRAFTMriya has set up 240 world records including transportation of the heaviest cargo with mass of 253 tons, the heaviest single peace of cargo with mass of 186,7 t as well as the longest cargo having length of 42,1 m. But the main thing is that Mriya serves people reliably. The airplane repeatedly participated in humanitarian operations. Thus in October, 2009 the AN-225 performed several flights on delivery generators to Samoa. They were necessary for renewal of work of Satala electric station damaged by tsunami. Only spacious cabin of the AN-225 could accommodate ten 12-tons generators at once. Each of them was as large as 6-meters container.

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  1. shinichi Post author

    AN-225 Mriya / Super Heavy Transport

    http://www.antonov.com/aircraft/transport-aircraft/an-225-mriya

    This unique transport air lifter was designed and constructed during 1984-1988.

    The aircraft has been created to perform the following missions:

    transportation of the wide-range of cargo (large-sized, heavy, long-size) with total weight up to 250 t.;
    intercontinental non-stop airlift of cargoes weighting 180−200 t;
    intercontinental airlift of cargoes with weight up to 150 t;
    transportation of a heavy large-size single pieces with weight up to 200 t on the external store.
    Mriya had to become the first stage of the system of the aerial launch of a space ship, flying cosmodrome, from which a space shuttle with a tank having total mass of 170 t had to start to the orbit. Initially, the main task of the AN-225 was transportation of various parts of Energiya carrier-rocket and Buran space ship, which had been manufactured at the enterprises of central regions of the USSR, and final assembly should have been performed at Baikonour. Projected length of some of them reached 60 meters and diameter – 8 meters. Range of transportation was 1500-2500 km. Besides, depending to mission, performed on the orbit, Bouran could land on different airdromes. From there it was necessary to deliver it again to Baikonour, to the place of previous launch.

    Mriya with Buran on its external store performed 14 flights with total duration of 28 hours and 27 minutes. They had been performed from the airfields located in various climatic zones of the USSR: in Gostomel, Akhtoubinsk, Baikonour, Borispol, Vnukovo, Yelizovo, Ramenskoye, Chkalovskaya, Khabarovsk. However, after collapse of the USSR, financing of Energiya-Bouran programme was terminated and the project stopped.

    In 2000, modernization of the AN-225 was started. The aim was use of the airplane for transportation of commercial cargoes. The decision had been taken due to many applications sent to Antonov Airlines for transportation of cargoes heavier than the AN-124-100 Ruslan’s payload. Than Mriya passed certification tests and on May 23, 2001, Aviation Register of Interstate Aviation Committee (AR IAC) and Ukraviatrans issued type certificates to the AN-225. Since that till present, the airplane has been performing commercial transportations in the fleet of Antonov Airlines, transport subdivision of ANTONOV Company.

    The aircraft has the spacious cargo compartment with length of 43,32 m, width of 6.4 m and height of 4.4 m, that allows carrying a variety of cargoes inside. For instance,

    sixteen standard aeronautical containers of UAC−10 type;
    50 cars;
    single piece of cargoes up to 200 t (turbines, generators, dump trucks − Belaz, Kamatsu, Euclid, etc.).
    The cargo compartment is pressurized that extends the aircraft transport capabilities. The airborne cargo handling equipment and also the design of the forward cargo door with a ramp ensure the quick and easy loading/unloading operations. The aircraft is capable to transport the unique cargoes outside the fuselage which dimensions do not allow to place them at the other land-base vehicles and aircraft. There is an appropriate load security system to attach these cargoes to the fuselage.

    Mriya has set up 240 world records including transportation of the heaviest cargo with mass of 253 tons, the heaviest single peace of cargo with mass of 186,7 t as well as the longest cargo having length of 42,1 m. But the main thing is that Mriya serves people reliably. The airplane repeatedly participated in humanitarian operations. Thus in October, 2009 the AN-225 performed several flights on delivery generators to Samoa. They were necessary for renewal of work of Satala electric station damaged by tsunami. Only spacious cabin of the AN-225 could accommodate ten 12-tons generators at once. Each of them was as large as 6-meters container. Felise Kaisia, representative of the Centre on extraordinary situation of interior troops of Samoa, said: “Generators were fully destroyed by the waves, that is why electric station in the centre of Satala which supplies energy to all eastern coast had been stopped. By this reason namely delivery of new generators in the shortest terms was so necessary”.

    In February 2010, Mriya transported large-size construction machinery (bulldozers, trucks, tractors, loaders) for liquidation of aftermath of earthquake on Haiti. Cargo weighing 108 tons was delivered from Tokyo (Japan) to Santo-Domingo (Dominican Republic) by order of government of Japan, and after it by ground – to Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti. They chose Mriya taking into account necessity of urgent delivery. Its spacious cabin only could contain such a large cargo.

    On March 25, 2011, the AN-225 Mriya delivered to Japan humanitarian cargoes, generators and technique with total mass of 140 t. The AN-225 landed in Narita airport (Tokyo). The flight had been performed by order of French government.

    Researches on use of the AN-225 as the first stage of a space complex for commercial launches of the useful cargoes into space is in progress. One of the most advanced projects is the MAKS joint Russian/Ukrainian multipurpose aerospace system. It foresees delivery of the 8.5-10 tons of useful load in a piloted version and 18-19 tons in unmanned version to the orbit.

    In 2009 works on the extension of the aircraft life time up to 25 years as well as on upgrading avionic and other equipment were performed.

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  2. shinichi Post author

    Un géant des airs fait une apparition en Suisse

    par Pascal Schmuck

    L’Antonov An-225 est un véritable mastodonte des airs et pour la plus grande joie des passionnés d’aéronautique, il est attendu dans l’après-midi à l’aéroport de Kloten pour un gros chargement de fret.

    http://www.tdg.ch/suisse/antonov-an225-refait-tour-suisse/story/10760922

    L’Antonov An-225 ne passe jamais inapperçu et pour cause: c’est le plus gros avion en activité et c’est également le seul de sa catégorie puisqu’aucun autre n’a jamais pris l’air. Ce très gros porteur posera ses 32 roues vers 14:30 à l’Aéroport de Zurich-Kloten (FHZN 485 0.41%) avant de redécoller mercredi après-midi à destination de Bahreïn.

    L’Antonov An-225 a été affrété par l’entreprise Alstom (ALO 27.06 1.54%) qui veut acheminer 170 tonnes de matériel vers les Émirats du Golf persique. Comme l’a confirmé Renzo Radice, porte-parole de la société, le chargement se compose d’un rotor de turbine à gaz de type GT13E2 et d’un turbogénérateur pour la fabrication d’électricité. Des pièces détachées font également partie de la cargaison.

    Kloten après Bâle-Mulhouse

    Il y encore de la place pour l’Antonov An-225 puisqu’il peut transporter jusqu’à 250 tonnes et qu’il embarque pour ce faire un pont roulant de cinq tonnes. Il s’était également spécialisé dans le transport de la navette spatiale russe «Bourane».

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  3. shinichi Post author

    ついに真打ち登場、ウクライナの超巨大輸送機「アントノフ An-225ムリーヤ」が日本にやってくることが決定

    2011.03.23

    by chaka

    http://dailynewsagency.com/2011/03/23/an-225/

    先日、ロシアからの支援の一環として巨大輸送ヘリ「Mi-26」がやって来ることをお伝えしましたが、その際「アイツは来ないの?」と話題になっていたのが世界で最も荷物が積める旧ソ連の超巨人機「アントノフ An-225ムリーヤ」。長らく登場が待たれていましたが東北地方太平洋地震の復興のための支援物資を満載して、いよいよ来日するようです。

    今回ムリヤをチャーターしたエアーパートナーズ社のフランス事務所によると、フランスからの支援物資145トンを運ぶため、成田空港に飛来するということです。ムリヤを所有するアントノフ・エアラインズの広報担当者は「我々アントノフと日本はビジネスを通じて深い関係にある。皆さんの、被災された方への心痛を我々も共有したい。An-225は復興にきっと役立つだろう」とコメントしています。

    アントノフ An-225ムリーヤは元々ソ連版スペースシャトル「ブラン」を輸送するために設計された超重量級の輸送機。機体と貨物をあわせた最大離陸重量は実に600トン。1988年に初飛行した際、同時に106の世界記録を破ったというザ・巨人機です。

    ちょっと巨大すぎて人間が見えませんね。

    2機発注されたもののソ連崩壊のどさくさに紛れて完成したのは1機のみ。世界にこれしかないという貴重な機体がやってきます。

    何が積めるかというところですがむしろ問題は荷物の重さよりも大きさ。積載量は250t~300tと言われていますがコンテナのような普通の貨物はスカスカなので、ムリーヤの貨物室をいっぱいにしても250トンにはならないと思われます。

    10トントラック20両分の貨物が載せられるので、このようにトレーラーハウスをトレーラーごと運んだりするのは楽勝です。重量だけなら戦車4台くらいは乗ります。

    コンテナを2列に並べられる貨物室。今のところ2009年8月11日にフランクフルト・ハーン空港で積んだ187.6トンの発電機が最高記録(空輸された単一の貨物の世界記録)となっているようです。

    ナイジェリアで行なわれるロックコンサートのために、舞台設備一式すべてをイギリスから空輸した。別便で運ぶと紛失の可能性がある時などは、こういう運び方のほうが安全ですね。

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