ANTONOV AN-225 MRIYA At RAF Brize Norton. World's Biggest Aircraft!

[@aguskurniawan6253]

Nice plane spotting

[@705547]

Every spotters dream ... nice video 👍😀

[@Guerry-3]

Thank-you for taking the time and making the effort to video this incredibly unique aircraft for us. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

[@jsgermany3955]

Wow! The Antonov225 is epic! What a massive beast… Incredible!!! Thank you for filming and sharing, Casey! Great job!

[@colinboneham7387]

Great video, I understand the flight whys n how’s but it still stuns next how this big beast gets of the deck so easy

[@CWSpotting2016]

Great video Casey it was great to meet you and others! I’ll see you soon!

[@charliebuxton2500]

Awesome video. Notice the horizontal stabilizers at 14:16 wobbling!

[@CPlanespotting]

Yep, the folks standing directly behind her were being full blasted! Even we could feel her warmth from here. It was amazing to see

[@charliebuxton2500]

@@CPlanespotting I'm sure it was! Almost like St. Maarten!

[@paulwalker6297]

What an absolutely amazing aircraft and something it's unlikely we'll ever see built again. Congratulations must go to our friends in Russia and the Ukraine (whatever your politics may be) simply for actually building and flying this one-of-a-kind mega aircraft - which actually works ! If it has been destroyed in a fit of pique, then those responsible should be jailed as there was NO good reason for wrecking this amazing plane AND Of course a BIG thank you to all our enthusiastic plane spotters for obtaining this great footage of a wonderful aircraft we may never see again !

[@RossAviationWorld]

One hell of a catch there Casey!! Amazing job catching the super heavy! You caught him really well! Must have definitely been worth sleeping in your car for haha! Great work Casey! Splendid video mate :)

[@WarhammerWings]

I thought she looked good in the day, but a night arrival, phwoar! ✈👌🏻

[@kirti7659]

What a catch Casey! Props to you for taking this even though you had to sleep in your car and wait a day :P

[@AlbanyAviation2951751]

That was amazing! What a beauty! It is also great to see so many plane spotters all in one place!

[@cbwplanespotting2599]

Great video Casey. I really enjoyed seeing the worlds biggest plane.

[@ThijsF28]

Such a awesome aircraft and a beautiful sound im glad you caught her Hopefully ill see her in the Netherlands one day

[@aeroliveuk3232]

Jeez that thing is massive!

[@CPlanespotting]

It sure is, when looking at it with my own eyes I just thought, wow!

[@chris1014661]

Great job!!!!!

[@Austrianaviationphotography]

Another insane Video of this incredible Plane! Big Like :)

[@corkaviation8885]

Wow amazing!

[@iangoldsworthy2056]

Even though its a fully functional and operating Air force base, I think they should have a viewing platform to stop to many plane spotters gathering round the runaway exit...In my honest opinion.

[@jackbulmer2985]

Awesome video, the biggest aircraft I’ve seen is the A380 lol but I would love to see this! Amazing catch my friend, and great filming! :D

[@Jess-kd8cl]

this flew over me this morning haha

[@MattyT200]

Hi there Casey, you probably don't remember me but I was at the thistle hotel next to you filming the planes. It was on the video where the thumbnail was a Philippines 777-300er. I was only there for a little.

[@annecdavies1350]

HI Matthew, I remember you , it was nice to meet you .

[@rosspovey431]

Whats the app on your phone?

[@elijahjones2889]

What app was that being used to track the flight

[@ZK-APA]

elijah jones flightradar24

[@jcomet11299]

What app is that to track planes?

[@ryanrowe5786]

J11299 flight radar 24

[@devontransportproductions1411]

Damn that’s a slow cargo door

[@CPlanespotting]

Hence me timelapsing it opening haha

[@devontransportproductions1411]

Casey Planespotting can’t argue with that logic lol

[@bikerpeavey]

He seemed to take a long time putting the undercarriage up. Great video was lucky enough to see it in Manchester a few years ago.

[@CPlanespotting]

Yeah, I'd say due to hot brakes there, big aircraft, lots of undercarriage, and he was braking quite regularly. So yeah

[@likeandsubscribetoliverpoo5963]

Hi I’m bens friend from school

[@whoisy.jxnnie6313]

the biggest plane

[@Muggles87]

Can't see why wingspan would make a difference to landing direction, the runway is the same width both ways!

[@ahm_767]

There were two reasons for the decision to land on RWY07. First was safety, second was convenience. However, I'll start with the convenience aspect first. The winds were relatively calm and did not exceed the tailwind component of the An225 for landing so the choice was acceptable both ways. In regards to wingspan, landing on RWY25 would've meant that vacating to the left to taxi to where it was due to park would've meant entering a portion of taxiway not suitable for an aircraft with that kind of wingspan, that includes the An124 and 747s too. By landing on RWY07 all that the An225 needed to do (bearing in mind it was already over 24 hours late) was to vacate right and park. In regards to safety, there was a concern that spotters on the RWY25 end may become injured by blast or that the spotters themselves may pose a risk to the aircraft. Last year an An124 landed on RWY25 at Brize with only INCHES to spare from the fence. Had the An225 did something similar to that, there is no doubt someone may have been seriously injured or killed. There are reports that it was indeed the crew that was made aware of this and then made the decision to land the other way. Hope that helps :)

[@Guerry-3]

Thank-you for the details, Adam.

[@iangoldsworthy2056]

It depends on its load weight, at its maximum 634 tons the wing span tips are only 6inches off the ground...so there isn't much room for error!

[@ahm_767]

It came in empty on a ferry flight so that would be irrelevant in this case.