Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Antonov A-225


I’ve just returned from an amazing trip to Vancouver. I had a great time visiting mom, my brother and all my hot friends in town. En route to Vancouver, our flight was delayed by more than half hour, but our captain wisely told us the reason for it: an Antonov A-225 was about to take off. He pointed out that the plane requires every single meter of runway to take off.
As the Antonov A-225 is the largest plane in the world, I was not surprised to hear about this, especially since my brother had already mentioned it during his time working at Ferranti-Packard (recently acquired by Siemens).
Just check how many wheels are in the landing gear: 28 at the back plus four at the front!!!! (photo copyright: Joan Martorell)

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