As of late I've been really into planes. I find planes are probably one of the most awesome of man's inventions. I believe it started after watching National Geographic's "Aftermath: Population Zero" (a movie that simulates how the earth would change if every human being were to disappear off it. Extremely fascinating BTW!!) Anyways, in that movie they stated that thousands of planes would be trolling through the skies on autopilot (that is until they run out of gas and crash). Can you imagine, every human on the earth is gone but all these planes are still flying around in the air? And while I'm not sure of all the details but after watching the super structures video on the Boeing 747 (less impressive after hearing about the Antonov) some planes apparently have the ability to land themselves? That's intense. This isn't like your average little coffee percolator automatically making a fresh pot in the morning while you're just getting out of bed. This is something typically a few times bigger than your house that knows how to control itself for the most part.
Irregardless of what other planes can do the Antonov planes immediately sets a high bar with scale, especially the 225. It does your brain in to think that something can weigh a million and a quarter pounds and still be able to get off the ground let alone be able to fly with ease. Also I'm pretty sure it must have autopilot. Imagining it being able to do all that AND land itself feels pretty unfathomable.
See "Super Structures: Antonov 225 (Part 1)" below
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**picture is of the antonov an-124, not the 225. the 225's have six engines.
PIC LINK HERE
Ditto. I was about to ask the same question. Where are engines 1 and 6?
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