The World's Largest Plane Wasn't What You Think

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Starting in the late 1970’s, engineers began studying options to develop a much more capable strategic heavy lift transport. The aircraft’s primary mission would be to carry Energia-Buran components, but engineers also planned on using the new airplane to serve as a launch platform for a small air-launched reusable spacecraft called the MAKS (Multipurpose aerospace system). The Antonov An-124 Ruslan Cargo Transport, under development in the 1970’s and early 1980’s, was a logical starting point. The strategic lift cargo plane was already set to be the largest and most capable transport to ever enter service, and it was expected to be ready in time for Energia-Buran. But even the An-124 wasn't quite large or powerful enough.
Rather than design an entirely new aircraft from scratch, engineers lengthened the An-124’s fuselage and added a new center section to increase the aircraft’s overall wing span. To give the plane more power, they added two additional engines, giving the plane a total of 309,600 pounds of thrust. Engineers also redesigned the vertical stabilizer to accommodate larger components, and designed a new landing gear to distribute the plane’s immense weight across 32 wheels. The new supersized jet would be designated as the AN-225 Mriya.
The enormous plane made its first flight on December 21, 1998, one month after the first launch of an unmanned Buran spacecraft. But the successes of the Energia-Buran and the An-225 were soon overshadowed by the fact that the Soviet Union was going bankrupt. It meant the Buran would never launch again, and the An-225 no longer had a mission.
Today the An-225 is used to transport cargo that would otherwise be impossible to fly. But the plane’s outsized cargo lifting capabilities also come with an outsized cost. At upwards of $30,000 an hour to operate, the An-225 only flies when no other aircraft can do the job. But as a one of a kind aircraft in a class of its own, the An-225 still draws crowds wherever it lands.
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[@MustardChannel]

I'm saddened to learn that Ukraine's Antonov An-225 was destroyed by Russian forces on Feb 27, 2022. As of today, going forward all ad revenue from this video will be donated to The Revived Soldiers Ukraine charity to help rehabilitate the wounded. If you have the means, I encourage you to donate if you can: www.rsukraine.org/

[@PaperSkiesAviation]

Thank you, Mustard! I am Ukrainian, and I'm deeply grateful for your support!

[@alienter7517]

She will be missed. Good night mariya

[@chheinrich8486]

so sad, but i am also interested what this means for the half finished An225, if Ukraine survives the war, all my prays for the millions of Ukrainians

[@AMHAD.]

@@alienter7517 *Mriya

[@AMHAD.]

@@chheinrich8486 it's a frame and it's not finished yet

[@michael3147]

The worst thing about this video that it has been published EXACTLY one year before the antonov 225 was destroyed. It's a heartbreaking coincidence.

[@ratmemer]

acualy 2 days apart

[@TomitaGregorias]

@@ratmemer Still pretty close if you ask me.

[@E.V.A.N-COProductions]

funnily enough your actually wrong

[@oni0ni0n]

that's too bad..

[@override7486]

@@TomitaGregorias So what? Close to what? It's coincidence. Nothing else and means exactly NOTHING. ZERO, NADA. Null.

[@alpani6805]

RIP Antonov An-225, I hope someone will be able to salvage it so it can at least be displayed in a museum. Sad to see a flying historical monument be destroyed like this.

[@azuredragonofnether5433]

I doubt it will be possible.

[@Doge5600]

They're gonna make Russia pay the 3 billion dollars to RESTORE not build a new AN225. There is a second fuselage 60-70% complete but it's funnier if they just restore Mriya instead of build the other one.

[@akiofujiwara3092]

@@Doge5600 too bad russian economy is fucked

[@noelblack8159]

@@akiofujiwara3092 even better (no offense but they deserve it, not the people, but the Government.)

[@noelblack8159]

Please don’t get me wrong!

[@simonfein3095]

Rest In Peace, Mriya. The greatest plane in the world.

[@epsilonalphaargo1948]

She's with Buran now.

[@Stoicswimfish]

Peace(s), ba dup tissss........ Now I'm super sad.

[@jacoblesenke1851]

RIP you queen of the skies

[@marioatencii3659]

Quite literally

[@Osama_Zyn_Laden]

It's actually called the antonov now and it was destroyed by the Russians in Ukraine Edit: Well, it turns out I was wrong. It was destroyed by the ukrainians trying To hit the Russians.

[@tovishitomeiji5383]

God, coming back after 27th of Feb hearing the news that the plane was destroyed. Really breaks my heart that we lost this engineering marvel. RIP, AN-225, 1988-2022.

[@istolejahresshipandilldoit3499]

RIP

[@matthew9677]

😭

[@CounterClaws]

There is a picture of the damage, the front section is destroyed but everything from the front of the wing root back looks like it can be restored.

[@benyes3607]

@@CounterClaws but still i can't believe it's been destroyed RIP An-225

[@marshal9268]

in the near future no one will be able to build something like this, only in the USSR they could do it

[@randompheidoleminor3011]

"How many engines do you want on the plane, komrade?" "Da."

[@Hlebuw3k]

This made me smile as a Russian

[@deeznaats8857]

Stalin be like, "Hahaha. You no go gulag today."

[@hughlevantjames905]

soviet extremism always finds a way to impress me.

[@kizvy]

yes

[@erika002]

wait until you see the Boeing Resource Carrier One concept

[@ryanzhang2649]

No one's gonna talk about how this video about the An-225 was released on 2/25

[@freeze1625]

coincidence? i think not

[@gilbertfranklin1537]

How many viewers will admit they would not have noticed that if Ryan did not post this comment?

[@Fred_the_1996]

@@gilbertfranklin1537 me

[@commerce-usa]

Nice catch. Well done.

[@priyags927]

Wow

[@asherjames1318]

So sad to see that this masterpiece of engineering has left this world due to conflict. Something i'd never expected to see in my life...

[@istolejahresshipandilldoit3499]

same

[@kennethkho7165]

they're building a new one since 2018. the company is called Antonov and it's based in Ukraine since the Soviet era.

[@sanjuro1180]

@@kennethkho7165 right now they aren't building anything genius.

[@jordanturner97]

@@kennethkho7165 It's been 70% complete for like 15 years. And its currently sitting in pieces in a warehouse in the outskirts of Kyiv so I don't have high hopes.

[@alexsandrkerensky7457]

🤣 just like that carrier and cruiser ukraine had for decades and still not completed!

[@dannyzero692]

It was a sad day for aircraft enthusiasts around the world. F to the legendary Antonov An-225 Mriya, thank you to all the Soviet engineers who worked on this aircraft.

[@istolejahresshipandilldoit3499]

F

[@thewalkingdad715]

F

[@bulzeye1435]

F

[@qwertyuiopasdf160]

F in the chat Bois,f in the chat

[@Shivang4]

F

[@cedricye1767]

"It burns up to 20 tons [an absurd amount] of fuel an hour-" Concorde: "First time?"

[@killerkitten7534]

SR-71: hold my beer

[@Fred_the_1996]

@@killerkitten7534 F4 Phantom: *amateurs*

[@hamburgerhamburger4064]

@@Fred_the_1996 my rocket planes: noobs

[@davidvasquez08]

ICBM: *ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF*

[@bloomzyyy5895]

My 20 engine supersonic plane:whats goin on here?

[@ryuhayashi97]

AN-225 really did attract crowd. It made into news when it was about to land in our country and lots of people sat on hills nearby the airport to see it land and take off

[@TheRagingStorm98]

With the covid pandemic the AN 225 was a busy boy

[@ryuhayashi97]

@@TheRagingStorm98 yup, but here I mostly saw AN 124 sending stuff periodically

[@haymantaylor7583]

I mean it was in Anchorage on May 1, 2020, and it made front page news. I went to the airport to see it. I spent a solid 10 seconds looking for it, before I realized that the white building in the distance was the tail of the plane. Thing is BIG.

[@anonymousbloke1]

I saw it up close in Kyiv something like 11 years ago, it was presented at an airplane show/museum/whatever, my dad took me there I thought to myself "why would I need to look at a big dumb plane?" and when I saw it I instantly shouted "damn, that's big!.."

[@NickAndriadze]

It once even landed here, in Georgia, in Tbilisi airport... But I missed it ;_;.

[@larkinmayfield2376]

I nearly shed a tear of happiness when they put the An-225 back into service. Even if it is only used for specific tasks, the fact that she was rescued from the scrapping yard made me very happy. No creation like the An-225 deserves to die like that.

[@philtkaswahl2124]

Too bad the Buran wasn't as lucky and suffered an ignominious end, crushed under its own collapsed hangar.

[@NormAppleton]

Indeed, agreed.

[@bodin1912]

I totally agree. If/when a famous airplane like the an-225 or the Boeing 747 or the Boeing 737 ever retire, they deserve some type of happy send off or celebration of their long life and not to rot in a scrap yard

[@andriidenria426]

kzbin.info

[@n908qd7]

I agree. Even if it was never used again, it belongs in a museum or some sort of exhibit. Not the scrapyard.

[@MrLeeleeeeeeee]

During the 2020 Pandemic the An225 came to Shannon Ireland to deliver PPE. It drew people to watch it land and take off. As a goodbye it gave it a salute to the crowd.

[@adamkwalczyk]

It looks like it's been a huge thing back then for European countries to do that shit. Same story in Poland, six or seven flights in a row. They had PM of Poland on the airstrip and it made some buzz about it on the internet. kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5uyaZ2Jh6eqY7s

[@seantaggart7382]

I want to see that plane stay It is awesome

[@markuswithak9123]

I think it also landed in Québec.

[@BigWheel.]

It's still in service!? Awesome!

[@Firetiger262]

@@BigWheel. yeah, they flew it over Kiev during the Ukrainian independence day military parade this year

[@superq3215]

The soviets be like “We need bigger plane” already has big plane “I said we need bigger plane” and then the 225 just appears “Good we have biggest plane.” Not anymore :( R I P to the An 225

[@theimpostor9510]

Ahh yes the Eurofighter Typhoon

[@superq3215]

@Ken Norcott yup

[@kizvy]

true

[@foolroblox3231]

It's technically not the biggest "plane"

[@livethefuture2492]

@Rafael Enriquez there are many such stories where one side is overly paranoid and massively overreacts, spending billions in new technology, only to realize the original threat was not as bad as perceived.

[@der-uhlig]

9:04 best Moment: they gave the vintage russian computer the name редис ("radish"), in contrast to the American "Apple". The beautifully matching icon is hilarious!

[@spicy_horse]

Nice catch😂

[@harveywilde6781]

Rest In Peace Mriya. You've done a great service flying space ship component for the Buran program, breaking many airlift world record, you've carried cargo all around the world, and also helped us bringing medical supplies in this hard times. Have a good rest, my friend. And sleep well.

[@NavalLegendsWowsBlitz]

You just make me cry buddy!!

[@JohnJones-dw7tf]

Infographics show: Quantity over Quality. Mustard: Quality over Quality.

[@ASJC27]

Anything by Simon Whistler: What is quality?

[@zaretya9091]

Kurzgesagt: WHO DARE CHALLENGES ME?

[@hassaanahmed5784]

Infographics show is also cool to watch but they get so many facts wrong that it's embarrassing.

[@dalliskal4827]

Germany:quality Russia:quality

[@jojodivas9211]

@@zaretya9091 *Lemmino

[@TheIronArmenianakaGIHaigs]

I hope one day i coud hitch a ride just as something to tick of my bucket list

[@depressedfrogpenis]

Oh shit, hey haigs

[@baboonways]

Oh hey! I watch your vids!

[@darthsnizreb6350]

aren't playing war thunder bc of the r3's, huh?

[@maus-chanuwu1244]

Damn iron i see you everywhere XD

[@kizvy]

smae

[@christiann6350]

Such a blessing to see the Antonov 225 in the flesh land in my hometown. A gracious giant. Makes it so hard to learn about it being destroyed earlier this year. RIP Mriya.

[@patheticpixel7942]

Rest In Peace An-225, you’ve been a big success in the aviation community, and we will all miss you

[@nandasucks]

Can we all just appreciate the quality videos Mustard gives us?

[@iposhi2Videos]

Yes...yes we can friend

[@Kalvinjj]

It's why we're here!

[@ruskiwaffle1991]

Yeah

[@drfabriciomnogueira]

Isn't only a plane. It's a celebrity, with fans around the world :)

[@Argentvs]

I don't think it ever had anyone other people than fans. Even most anticommunists people just marvel at this majesty.

[@BlueRGuy]

*Turbofan

[@quad6050]

And now she's gone :(

[@NikHem343]

I really like the idea of a plane that has only been built once. Suddenly it transcends being a model and almost becomes a character.

[@unsatisfiedfans7422]

Rest in peace Mriya, your memory and legacy will never be forgotten

[@youeckert]

JUST WHEN I THOUGHT MY DAY COULDN’T GET ANY BETTER.

[@hannesH3]

Then what happened?

[@TETRAsp]

The CCP tortures Uighurs, house Christians, political prisoners and peaceful protestors, taiwanese, buddhists, tibetans, mongols, practitioners of the Falun Gong meditation technique and removes their Organs while they are still conscious and then gives them to their elites. Furthermore the CCP has exterminationcamps in Xinjiang where the PLA engages in sytematic rape, forced sterilization and killing the "undesired" people

[@seho8722]

@@TETRAsp man, are you delirious?

[@halfbloodbrit2518]

Sir corgi I agree

[@TETRAsp]

@@seho8722 are you???

[@AerotaleYT]

Finally, you have bridged the story of the Energia Buran.

[@lunniykorabl7182]

He already has a video on the buran and energia.Look it up.

[@wyaviation5183]

@@lunniykorabl7182 Yes but that is only about the rocket. This video just completes the whole story.

[@marcomarcio950]

the mustard cinematic universe

[@tams805]

@@lunniykorabl7182 Please look up what 'bridged' means.

[@soulman4292]

The 747-100 shuttle carrier was my grandfathers favorite Aircraft. I’m his office he had no less than 10 pictures of it. He worked at NASA, and American Airlines before that. He spurred my love of aviation, and because of this I was not so secretly his favorite grandchild. Even when he began to lose his memories to dementia, when he saw me, it seemed to all come flooding back to him, and he always remembered the 747 shuttle carrier.

[@v.hamilton5679]

Nobody gived a fck...

[@markuswithak9123]

Ha ha my grandpa got me into planes, too. We'd watch that show Dogfights together on History.

[@scarecrow108productions7]

I think I speak here for everyone in the words similar to Captain Picard when I say this: Let the aviation history never forget the name… *"Mriya".* You will be remembered...now and forever. Fair winds, peaceful giant... Antonov AN-225 "Mriya" (UR-82060) *December 21, 1988 - February 24, 2022*

[@hxtpl]

_Goodnight, Mriya, the dream._

[@sonarganproductions6892]

The passing, of greatness.

[@IndiKot]

Mariya. Its Russian female name. We won't forget this name, because we don't have a lot of them to name females (modern ones)

[@IndiKot]

Wait why Russian name? Idk, google it.

[@scarecrow108productions7]

@@hxtpl With the Mriya gone, this leaves both the Antonov AN-124 and the American counterpart Lockheed Martin C-5M Super galaxy as the only ones standing, both classified as Strategic Heavy-Lift Transport Aircraft. There's no telling when the second airframe will be finished.... 😢

[@hallamhal]

"It's a plane that would never be built today" Ahh, must be Soviet

[@cefb8923]

Underrated

[@rafaelrp07]

I miss USSR because of this. Besides the conflicts with US, both countries came up with marvelous engineering. That's was late 80's. Imagine that mindset kept going until today... what kind of airplane we would have ?

[@Normal_Boii]

*sad third reich noices*

[@ralexcraft990]

@@rafaelrp07 Probably private flying cars just cause someone decided to make a ground effect car.

[@EdwardNS1]

@@rafaelrp07 Ye there is a reason humanity's greatest feats tend to come from adversity.

[@schaufle5748]

You don't see too many KZbinrs with this kind of quality nowadays.

[@GeeeeennnEborde]

Nice

[@chokeassracing]

:thistbh:

[@TheUnsungHeroes]

WOTDAFUQUGOTAHEARTFROMMUSTARDDUDEUARESOLUCKY !!!!!!!!

[@stevemc01]

Yeah. Many people either copy others or they piggyback some dumb s*** that could range from "what the heck are you doing?" to a literal funeral later on.

[@superq3215]

So true

[@Roberohr]

As soon as I heard the news of it being destroyed, I went to watch this video. I can't believe it's gone... and I never even saw it in person..

[@matthew9677]

Same

[@flork5039]

and theres a second one in china half finishes

[@AnakinSkyobiliviator]

Rest in peace, An-225. You might not be my favorite plane but as one of the very few legacy of the Buran program, you have a place in my heart.

[@IndiKot]

Everyone who will need this giants will make they own planes. I promise this giant will be rebuilded. No any other choice.

[@matthew9677]

@@IndiKot we hope 🙏 it will be rebuilt one day

[@toast6494]

"We're tasked with transporting a rocket, any ideas?" "Uh... how about a-" "Big plane" "You're an absolute genius"

[@dinosaur8150]

Wot?

[@justaperson1619]

Ok, and what’s the problem? A big plane was the only way to transport a rocket

[@123okubo]

@@justaperson1619 railway, roads are also some ways

[@GalacticTommy]

@@123okubo did you watch the video they could not use railways

[@IndiKot]

What about... make a planet???

[@3Greens]

The visuals on this channel never cease to be amazing...

[@Arclite02]

"and the plane lacked a rear cargo door, which would slow loading cargo" Fortunately, it really doesn't matter how quickly you can do a job when you're literally the ONLY one in the entire world capable of doing it!

[@mr.brookhaven3457]

Play Brookhaven

[@Danse_Macabre_125]

@@mr.brookhaven3457 ................what the fuck is your point?

[@theholypeanut8193]

@@mr.brookhaven3457 Play life please.

[@battleshipfan3435]

@@mr.brookhaven3457 Brookhaven is full of predators and 6 years olds..

[@BlairdBlaird]

One thing to note though is the internal crane of the An-124 extends out of the rear door, this makes it not only faster but also a lot more convenient in terms of infrastructure: if individual items are small enough (the internal crane doesn't have infinite lifting capacity) you don't need to move the cargo inside the plane, you can just drop it at the rear hatch and leave its loading to the cargo master. Then again as you and the video note the cost and unique propositions of Mriya meant it was generally used only when needed, and so could be accomodated. Still during the pandemic it flew a lot of PPE missions where self-loading or faster loading would have probably been appreciated.

[@agerman-speakingfilipino4138]

Just came here to pay respects to the legendary aircraft. I hope it gets repaired and refurbished soon. RIP the AN-225 Mriya.

[@IndiKot]

I think Ukrainian and russian engineers will understand wtf they just did. I think it will be like serial. Maybe 5 or 7 planes like An-255 will be made. I promise

[@georgemallory797]

Don't hold your breath.

[@Haedox]

literally the perfect video when I’m on the toilet and need some quality educational content

[@MausOfTheHouse]

Dying channel commenting outrageously on every single video to gain traction. Sad really.

[@maus-chanuwu1244]

@@MausOfTheHouse indeed bro....

[@MausOfTheHouse]

@@maus-chanuwu1244 Impostor!

[@rocketryreuben]

sus

[@maus-chanuwu1244]

@@MausOfTheHouse What ? I m your brother !

[@mahuba2553]

its funny that how most of the things that "wouldnt be built today" are soviet origin

[@alcedob.5850]

In Eastern Europe, we joke that those are remains of another, more developed civilization. May not be funny but is true

[@MithunOnTheNet]

Or Nazi technology. They had wild ambitions too!

[@RasPutintheGreat]

Stealth was invented by Russian.

[@hausser0815]

well, thats because most of the awesome things that wouldnt be made today were made on the back of suffering people. a little economical suffering, and you have all that fancy sovjet tech, a whole lot of life long suffering, and you get stuff like the roman empire, or the great wall of china, the united states, etc

[@RasPutintheGreat]

@@hausser0815 "little economical suffering"... Yap look at us now...we are not suffering at all...

[@doodskie999]

It would be so heartbreaking if this plane crashes or sustains enough damage to ground it forever. I wish this plane will live on for a lot of years and is taken cared of by its owners

[@bodin1912]

Same. Plus, it is (literally) one of a kind

[@andriidenria426]

kzbin.info Mriya in safe hands. Мрія - that's the name of this plane. Translated from Ukrainian МРІЯ - Dream.

[@abidmohammad9093]

Ohhh no it might be destroyed but I hope not I just watched a video that it might be destroyed because of the russia vs Ukraine

[@macmedic892]

Unfortunately it’s home was in a rough neighborhood.

[@jackgross6222]

I have really bad news for you

[@shoto42]

Your videos have made me want to get into Aerospace Engineering and after hearing about the tragic loss of the Myria, I want to strive to make an even bigger plane

[@richardrew614]

Remember the "Square / Cube Law:" Take several sugar cubes. If one cube is lengthened, by adding one more cube ahead (twice as long). Then add two more cubes on one side (twice as wide). the weight has increased to 4, but the available lift is not quite times 4 ( if an aircraft). Then add another layer of 4 cubes, right on top of your original 4 cubes. That would make your pile a total of 8 cubes. Thus, any aircraft (doubled in each dimension) would weigh 8 times as much, but have lift only up to 4 times. That is why the Famous B-36 bomber (6 engines pusher propellers behind the wing) was made from Magnesium (much lighter than aircraft Aluminum).

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

Soviet Engineers: “So what is it you want to carry with the plane?” Soviet Authorities: Да.

[@semak69]

Нет блин нет

[@llamazing4326]

I’m going to assume that means yes

[@charlesjakesamadan4008]

@@llamazing4326 yes, it's Yes in Russian

[@marcleslac2413]

Nowadays ok so you want these huge turbines, fully built train cars and propeller molds moved where. 225: Da.

[@ad5792]

You make no sense

[@CullenCraft]

Mustard: "It was abandoned and parted out" Me: :( Mustard: "But they brought it back to life!" Me: :)

[@kishascape]

Me:

[@ambergris5705]

It's an Easter Jet! Happy Easter 😁

[@aniketmadhavi6242]

Exactly my reactions

[@iexist3153]

“Turn that frown upside down”

[@marallenrondez2606]

Certainly one of the more wholesome videos

[@victordonchenko4837]

My grandfather and grandmother were software engineers who worked on the Mriya in Kyiv. It is a point of pride in our family.

[@noreavad]

Your choice of light trance music in the background is always on point. Keeps us non distracted by it yet it glues everyone of your words together. Nicely done.

[@urhomiesapien3722]

The Soviet Wondermachine method: Step 1: Build an engineering marvel Step 2: Let it rot in the middle of nowhere (Buran, Caspian Monster)

[@GURken]

it's not a method, it's a result imagine what would happen if the US collapses same shit

[@livethefuture2492]

its what happens when you run out of money...

[@thodkats]

@@livethefuture2492 Collapse of the Soviet Union: one of the most complex socio economic events of the 20th century, on which a lot of scientists and historians have dedicated their lives to figure out how and why it happened. This guy: tHeY Ran 0uT oF M0n€Y.

[@Kalvinjj]

@@GURken Actually, it kinda is evident in the US as well but in specific abandoned cases, constructions (sometimes quite megalomaniac) have become abandoned and/or unfinished out of financial issues of the involved companies.

[@tunguska2370]

I learning about communism at my school so basically: The reason why true communist hasn't been achieved yet is because...... ...... They didn't have enough....... .....money

[@mixererunio1757]

I remember when it landed in Warsaw. It's so enormous you could see it landing from the other side of the town easly without any binoculars. Just incredible feat of engineering.

[@melonenstrauch1306]

Rest in peace. We can only hope that they finish the second one.

[@XFGHL78E]

Dunno if that is even possible, not because of money but rumored that the unfinished one now belongs to China (unconfirmed)...and we all know that the Chinese are more pro-Russia. Fortunately, Ukroboronprom said that they planned to rebuild the plane, according to Wikipedia.

[@nuibui6667]

I still remember when the mriya landed in India to deliver our metro cars. I was very young and happened to be near the airport. I still remember the sight. RIP Mriya thank you for serving us.

[@freeze1625]

Fun fact: the AN-225 is one of airplanes that never had crashes in history Edit: i didnt know much about aviation records, so i apologize if my research didnt enough, peace to all of you

[@st12p5-famosoanthonykhim8]

Because only one was built actually

[@Mamorufumio]

to be fair it crashed in the movie 2012

[@st12p5-famosoanthonykhim8]

they rename it to antonov 500

[@stevemc01]

I guess when you only have ONE An-225 Mriya, you gotta be careful with it. The closest contender to the Mriya, the Boeing 747, has an estimated 96% safety rating. Not bad for a plane that has been built thousands of times.

[@novemberdelta1282]

@@stevemc01 what about the C-5 galaxy?

[@pelicanair2048]

This is why Mustard is the best. Quality over quantity.

[@flame0w]

bud you realize?! our profile pic is same XD i was very shocked when i see it... i think *”i haven’t comment here? why theres me?”* and i see the different name lol

[@pelicanair2048]

@@flame0w LOL that’s so ironic. Good picture isnt it?

[@mikewizz1895]

Yes

[@chrysecreative5575]

Mustard = LEMMiNO = RealLife Engineering = AveragePixel

[@killerkitten7534]

I prefer ketchup

[@jansenbandialan9722]

Watching your videos always bring me smile; Contents you assemble is so exceptional well-done and interesting to watch.

[@wyguyflyguy]

Hopefully that second 225 fuselage is still intact, they could probably revive that aircraft after the war.

[@MatchingUser]

It was destroyed too if I’m correct, likely to be vindictive

[@wyguyflyguy]

@@MatchingUser damn…

[@hxtpl]

​@@wyguyflyguyI am from the future. The second fuselage is SAFE!!!

[@blondegirlsezthis8798]

IF the Soviets ever built anything super small it would still be the biggest small thing ever built

[@daniyararistam7497]

That's literally Soviet semiconductors ))

[@novemberalpha6023]

🤣🤣🤣

[@mukainoda9453]

Yeah it's RRRRRusssiannn 😂

[@blondegirlsezthis8798]

@@daniyararistam7497 TRUTH! Also, camera lenses. I have a 1940's soviet "cinemascope" wide slide projector lens that's heavier than a bowling ball. Huge fan of zero branding too

[@milol.akkaraprud8681]

@@blondegirlsezthis8798 i went to Russia and bought a camera lens back. The pics taken from it was amazing and, and so is the pain at my neck after carrying it around for the shooting😭

[@digitalgamingctcc4110]

"you see that plane?" "Yessir" "Make it fly another plane" "But" "That's an order."

[@fmf5304]

the beauty that is the an-225 is no more, it was destroyed in fighting yesterday.

[@alexantilla3926]

Kind of chilling that this was uploaded almost exactly a year before it was destroyed

[@awizor]

One of the An-225 designers said that in 21st century humanity will use this plane types for launching stuff into space, basically predicting "Stratolaunch" and "Virgin Orbit".

[@nicolaiby1846]

It was by no means a novel idea, it was researched by the Americans all the way back in the 50s. The X-15 was launched from a mothership and although it didn't operate in space like an actual spacecraft it did reach space at least twice(100km Karman line). It'll be interesting to see the development of this going forward.

[@lil__boi3027]

Father i haven't seen you since you eant to buy milk

[@someguy4915]

@@nicolaiby1846 It was one of the original purposes of the 225, besides carrying the Buran around it was from the start meant to at some point in the Soviets' space program to be used as a 'stratolauncher', not the wildest prediction to say it would still one day be used for that.

[@jimurrata6785]

@@nicolaiby1846 Pegasus launch system has been operational since 1990. Orbital seems to have worked out their teething problems, but it is not very cost effective with SpaceX in the game. It does have the advantage of being able to launch at any latitude and almost any time (being above most weather)

[@ekesa07632]

I saw Mriya in person as the ex director of Antonov was our acquaintance. I cannot begin to possibly describe how massive she is and how much her size almost humbles you. You go inside the cockpit and it’s like an office space with all of these shiny colorful buttons making all of these different noises that the pilots have to know by heart. And then when you stand in the storage part of the plane, when it’s not full of cargo, you just have this huge empty space in front of you and everything you say becomes echo. I won’t even add anything about the engines. It was definitely one of the happiest moments in my life because I actually got to see the plane just before it was about to fly out. Hopefully will see her fly some more but I’m not sure how that’s gonna work out under the pandemic conditions.

[@ekesa07632]

Wow came back a year later to find my comment. And Mriya is now gone. :( sorry me from year ago.

[@qwertyuiopasdf160]

RIP Mriya

[@angelarch5352]

@@ekesa07632 At least you got to witness it in person before it was blown to bits :'(

[@ekesa07632]

@@angelarch5352 yeah :( its just sad.

[@BerserkFury89]

I got to see this beast in person back in 2012 or 2013, it was being used to transport some kind of satellite equipment and sat parked outside a shop I worked in for a few days. We did our daily fod walk around it. It is definitely in a league of its own.

[@PILOTEMITTON]

Among some amazing planes like the SR71-Blackbird, Boeing 747, Concorde, Supermarine Spitfire, McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle, Bell X-2, and the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy the Antonov An-225 Mriya is still my favorite plane R.I.P Antonov An-225 Mriya 😭

[@bmw3-er]

Mustard is criminally underrated.

[@alexander1485]

maybe cause not many people want to pay for a streaming service and he hardly uploads...?

[@slavicnonatho8062]

*This aircraft costs 400,000 dollars, to fly for 12 seconds.*

[@katamarankatamaranovich9986]

Ah, a man of culture

[@MausOfTheHouse]

"some other tf2 reference"

[@sirankleknocker3122]

747-8 stuck on runway: I fear no man, but that thing... *insert 225 approaching aggressively* “It scares me.”

[@wylandnares8642]

@@sirankleknocker3122 ENTIRE TEAM (other lifters) IS BABIES!

[@freeze1625]

she weighs 285.000 kg and produces 51,590 pounds of thrust at 265 kg of fuel per minute

[@thomasmaagaard]

I was there when it took off from Billund, Denmark where it had delivered testing equipment. It was bittersweet to find out that this turned out to be her last journey.

[@tyleraylett408]

RIP this beautiful bird 🦅

[@Comrade_Pinqu]

The quality of this channel is on another level

[@sirankleknocker3122]

747 shuttle carrier: I fly big 225 ‘dream’: *I FLY BIGGER*

[@SrpskiPetao]

Rip to AN-225, you will be remembered forever

[@xandergreenwood158]

We'll never see anything like this again in our lifetimes. Very sad to see something so significant destroyed by war.

[@rodhashemi]

Well actually the good news is that Ukraine confirmed the aircraft would be rebuilt, albeit an estimated 5 years until completion.

[@user-uo2xn2fn7g]

Unlike the US Shuttle, The Buran was like drones nowadays, no human presence was needed on board. In those years it was something.

[@irbis82]

Yes. Fully automated landing.

[@dariusfabian6404]

Its booster was also pretty impressive and had lesser chances of killing the crew/cargo too.

[@rockifythis]

The buran was craaazy man. far better than the us shuttle imo

[@kylemiles448]

❤️👍🏻

[@ENCHANTMEN_]

@UCnhw_2WAoIZZ47607LPtRbw In the event of some sort of explosive launch failure, the Buran also would have no way to evacuate the crew quickly. As an uninformed idiot in an armchair, I personally think putting humans on a heavy lift cargo vehicle is a mistake.

[@titan9259]

The quality is so good that people playing Space Engine would cry about how non clickbait this is. Good job Mustard!

[@eyezak_m]

RIP may it be rebuilt again

[@dhanushgopan4957]

Its so sad to learn that this plane got destroyed a days ago .....the world might never see such a plane again..RIP.

[@arsalanayub8889]

I love mustard it’s the most informative channel but still has unimaginable quality

[@derekmarrie5146]

The soviet "Mac" that's a radish at 9:05 I CANNOT. LOLLLLL

[@noneofyourbeeswax371]

Love you channel and loving nebula/curiosity stream!

[@lancelottheknight7126]

I never see an airplane so happy to fly his little boy like this 0:52

[@lfraser7128]

9:23 “virtually invisible to radar” I think Yugoslavia would like to have a word

[@intel386DX]

Haha we didn't knew :D

[@milandjuric1257]

*Sorry we didn't know it was invisible*

[@TheFlygnr]

hahhaha

[@dashiellgillingham4579]

Those were the most bullsh*t circumstances ever. I feel real, visceral sympathy for the designers every time I read about it. The list of things that needed to have happened all at the exact same time for that bird to be picked up for that split second... Even knowing where it was the second missile they blind-fired should have missed just like the first one, but we live in a universe where people randomly shooting guns into the sky kills five people a year.

[@dashiellgillingham4579]

@That train Guy March 27th 1999, the shootdown of Vega-31 over Serbia during the NATO air campaign. The only stealth fighter to ever be shot down in human history to date.

You are amazing, I love your videos!

[@worktracks3728]

Almost exactly a year after this video released and the plane was destroyed, heartbreaking my thoughts are to those in Ukraine.

[@jackythepunk]

She is alive rn as much as we know... at least thats what her chief pilot said

[@natethegreat7967]

@@jackythepunk It’s been confirmed that she was destroyed.

[@jackythepunk]

@@natethegreat7967 I know

[@jonbar140]

Yea that's what everyone posted already

[@ryanc00p3r3]

R.I.P. Antonov 225 "Myra" 21. December 1988 - 27. Febuary 2022

[@Swampfoxtrd]

I really appreciate how far animations have come. It makes learning about stuff like this much more interesting and detailed

[@jejejeje4491]

I’m still confused on why this channel name is mustard

[@BoomBoomBrucey]

Because it's spicy

[@ollorollo]

Doesnt everyone think that

[@rohaanasad4950]

Do not question the elevated one

[@hughjass1044]

Tartar sauce just didn't have that "ring" to it.

[@Brick-Life]

because new planes use mustard as fuel

[@wa1nu7]

R.I.P. This Legendary Piece of engineering

[@_MaxHeadroom_]

Thank goodness there is still a second one halfway built that needs to be finished

[@seiph80]

I've said it before and I'll say it again: the *quality* of these videos is superbly astonishing. Thanks, Mustard!

[@t3h51d3w1nd3r]

I worked in Shannon airport yrs ago, one thing no one talks about these massive Antonovs is that they have their own tow bars for being pushed back cause obviously no airport would be equipped with them, but if you see them they are like 2 tow bars joined together (one could push a fully loaded 747) and when they are pushed back and the steering block pin is removed you've to bring the tow bar to the rear ramp and load it back on the plane. I always thought that made it stand out more, I got to walk through the 225 when I was 8 or 9 at an air show, it had the nose and tail section raised so ppl could talk right through it

[@watannen]

yeah, except the tail does not rise on the 225 and neither does it have a rear hatch so... no you didn't ...

[@torbjrnsteinsland8985]

It think you mean walk through it.

[@thomasneal9291]

@@watannen two separate things he is talking about. At Shannon airport, he was talking about 124s. at the air show, he was talking about 225. so yes, he did.

[@watannen]

@@thomasneal9291 he said he "got to walk through the 225 [ ... ] at an air show, it had the nose and tail section raised so ppl could talk right through it" whereas the tail did not rise in any way on the 225, nor did it have a rear hatch. Are you now able to comprehend why "he did NOT" ? He likely walked through a 124.

[@Cryptic0III]

rest in peace to this incredible piece of engineering

[@gabedarrett1301]

This is a level of detail that meets or even exceeds standards for documentaries, especially the renderings! Keep up the great work!

[@TheAviationGuyID]

FInally! The legend himself is back!

[@spacesloth1919]

It's time we go looking for that second unfinished An-225 soon... She must be rebuilt!

[@notoriousbigmoai1125]

RIP An-225 (1985-2022) you will be missed :(

[@Leadblast]

This is the plane that went to the 2012 movie and that one guy said: *"It's ROSSIAN."*

[@madalinivanus4360]

the fat guy with the 2 kids?:))))

[@juanpabloponce9334]

@@madalinivanus4360 yup

[@abdulwasey3506]

Yuri

[@CCumva]

It's Ukrainian, lol

[@ChichvarinIvan]

@@CCumva lol no, there was no Ukraine when it was built, it’s soviet

[@malishthebousse3452]

I am simple man, I see Mustard... I watch 6 times over and like...

[@shadowsteak]

Rest in peace to this humongous art of engineering...!🥺

[@IndiKot]

humomgus *sus*

[@t-55am2b5]

Rest in peace Antonov! 26th Feb 2022

[@ozymandias5513]

It’s always good when the planes in mustard’s videos have happy endings

[@AidarAmrekulov]

That "redis" logo in the style of Apple is hilarious.

[@SD1fruitbat]

Radish Computers - They byte back!

[@hylacinerea970]

Antonov’s parent company said they plan to rebuild Dream, i wish them all the luck :(

[@panagiotispotamitis9872]

RIP. To you and all other marvellous creations that human vanity will destroy.

[@ms_enj]

9:04 Radish Computer logo. Absolutely love it! :D