Author: Adventures in History

Last weekend, the Українська правка YouTube channel published a melancholy video made by a drone, in which it shows all the details of the current situation of what was once the only example of the Antonov An-225, the largest plane in the world. In addition to the impressive images, the music helps to increase the dramatic content of the video. Over just over three minutes, it is possible to see every detail of the aircraft, in 4K quality and recorded by a drone. From the unprecedented angles, it can be concluded that the entire aircraft was affected. Even the parts that weren’t hit…

Over the past few weeks, since the world’s largest plane, the Antonov An-225 Mriya, was destroyed in the midst of the war in Ukraine. What at first was just a misfortune, in which the plane was supposed to be undergoing maintenance and, thus, unable to be taken out of the country, became the revelation of a management crisis at the Antonov company. This is because the main pilot of the An-225, Commander Dmytro Antonov (his surname is just a coincidence, he is not the owner of the company), who is also an instructor and head of the crews of the…

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US Air Force B-2 Spirit Bomber aircraft, the Whiteman Air Force Base Conventional Weapons Team load B-2 Spirit weapons, crew chief perform their duties. US Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber assigned to the 509th Bomb Wing, conducts air-to-air refueling operations with a KC-135 Stratotanker over the Atlantic Ocean. The Northrop (later Northrop Grumman) B-2 Spirit, also known as the Stealth Bomber, is an American heavy strategic bomber, featuring low observable stealth technology designed for penetrating dense anti-aircraft defenses. Designed during the Cold War, it is a flying wing design with a crew of two. The B-2 is the only acknowledged…

Here are the 7 worlds largest passenger jet aircraft that can transport hundreds of passengers from another side of the world within an hour. Take a look at the list of the largest passenger aircraft in the world! 7. Airbus A350-900 This jetliner that specializes in long-haul travel, has a range of 15,000 km and can accommodate between 300 and 350 passengers. The A350 competes against the Boeing 787-10 and the 777 series, as well as the new Boeing 777X entering service in 2021. Singapore Airlines is one of the main operators of the aircraft. At the end of January 2020,…

Since Russia invaded Ukraine, the Ukrainian aviation industry has been largely affected, either by bombing Antonov’s production plants and airports, or by closing airspace, given the risks of the planes involved in the confrontation. Curiously, and so far without an official explanation, the Antonov An-124 “Ruslan” model planes from Antonov Airlines, an airline belonging to the homonymous aircraft manufacturer, began to appear on radar platforms in an “uncharacterized” manner. The image below, taken from flight tracking platform FlightRadar24 , illustrates how some of Antonov Airlines’ An-124s are showing up on radar. Several flights performed in Europe with these aircraft have appeared only with the…

Australia and the Netherlands have started a joint lawsuit against the Russian Federation for the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH-17 in eastern Ukraine in 2014, international media reports on Monday. All 298 passengers and crew died after the attack on the aircraft. The Boeing 777 was shot down on July 17, 2014 by a Buk-TELAR surface-to-air missile system that Australia claims is owned and operated by Russian forces. A total of 196 Dutch citizens and 38 Australians were killed. In separate statements, the Australian and Dutch governments said they took action at the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) after Russia unilaterally withdrew…

A video published on Monday, March 14, shows the situation of a fighter jet that was hit by an anti-aircraft missile in the midst of the war in Ukraine, but whose pilot managed to take it back to base. According to the publication of the Russian Ministry of Defense, while carrying out a task in the combat zone of the “special military operation” (as Russia has called the action against Ukraine), the Sukhoi Su-25 model aircraft was hit by a missile launched. from the ground from a portable missile complex of the Ukrainian military forces. https://youtu.be/N2rfim4XEtA In the description of…

In recent days, the world has watched in amazement at the war between Russia and Ukraine. After the civilian and military casualties, another important issue that came to the world’s attention was the declared destruction of an icon: the largest commercial aircraft in the world, the Antonov An-225 Mriya (“dream” in Ukrainian). The extent of damage that Mriya suffered is not yet known, but Ukrainian officials have already taken the news of the aircraft’s demise for granted. Satellite photos also proliferated on social media showing the destruction of part of the hangar that “protected” the An-225, with the plane itself being a possible “victim” of the…