Birthday An-124, the biggest aircraft in the world

24 Dec 1982, made its first flight of heavy transport aircraft An-124 “Ruslan”. In the period from 1982 to 1988, he was considered the largest aircraft in the world. With a total length 69,1 m wingspan was 73.3 m. the Aircraft is built on the aerodynamic configuration of the turbojet engine and equipped with engines D-18T with a thrust of 4 kN 229,85 (the maximum speed is 865 km/h). In the end, with a weight of 178 400 kg load capacity of “Ruslan” was 120,000 kg.


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