World's Largest Airplane Antonov AN-225 Landing @ Raleigh Durham Int'l Airport (RDU)

[HappyAfroamerican]

I think if a century ago you could demonstrate that this thing can fly then you'd get horribly killed medieval-style.

[pAtTs024]

is that plane the one who delivers the shutle?

[Xantec]

@pAtTs024

no, the one that carries the US shuttle is a modified 747, however, this "little" jet was built to carry the russian Buran shuttle

[Techno04335]

omg and rdu is the airport we always go to why'd i miss it =[

[ynmian]

that plan can also land on grass.

[kickazzdrummer666]

Wow 6 engines! I bet she's very noisy! How many wheels?

[obsidiansdawn]

32 wheels. 2 up front and 28 behind, 14 on each side.

[obsidiansdawn]

Sorry, make that 4 up front and 28 behind. :)

[justkiddin08]

Hey i remember when that plane came to RDU i was there also Its an amazing plane.

[pavan151]

the tail wing is probly 10times bigger then my house

[grasess]

Monster

[FSXM]

i was there

[brianamarks]

Big man behind the keyboard FTW!

Sad you have nothing better to do than post lame comments on people's videos. Come back when you have pubes.

[ipathbomb92]

why the hell would an AN-225 be landing in Raleigh??? theres nothing big in the Raleigh-Durham area, interesting none the less

[3of11]

maybe just a pit stop/refuel?

perhaps delivering a shipment of Vodka to NCSU/UNC/Duke?

[ipathbomb92]

I see what you did there! hahha, yeah, probably

[Stingboy316]

I was working at RDU at the time when this plane came in. A company in another country I'm not sure where, was renting a generator from GE. The Antonov was the only plane big enough to transport it.

[FSXM]

yep

[Novum07]

¡Sorprendente, maravillosamente monstruoso!

[pubuman]

Russian planes + pilots the best in the world!

[bedya88]

@pubuman

Its not ruussian, this is Ukrainian plane

[pubuman]

@bedya88 - Soviet planes then :P - but fair point

[turbo20v18]

One of these landed right over my head in Bahrain when I was in the USAF. You honestly can't appreciate how big it is until you see one right over your head. You could immediately tell that its bigger than a C5.

[elgeneralsv]

would like to see someones face when they don't know what it is. cheers lovely aircraft I miss seeing this and the Tu-144

[agentsmart86]

enormous...

[bobboo97]

dude i was there that day that plane is loud as hell!!! i go out there like every other day bu i see nothng like that before only 777 from london wich is awesome

[tomdabom713]

how does it stop

[samjezard]

reverse the engines

[RollerCoasterTycoon8]

Will it ever land again cause me and my dad go out every saturday there We see the American 777 From London but never this

[thencairman]

There's a rumor it may come back this summer.

[gurpreet199]

this smokes the a380 in bigness

[6V92TA]

the A380 doesnt even compare!

[styhl66]

Its wingspan is 8 metres longer than A380. So it's not a huge difference. But it's the biggest plane ever built.

[Jagermeister196]

Not bigger in terms of wingspan compared to the Howard Hughs H4

[norsongs]

i saw that plane that day earlier fly over my head

[WuddleZ]

i wonder how many ppl can this plane hold if this was a psgr plane... BIG HUGE!!

[a388fan]

Now let's enlighten you all on some history: The Russians built this BEAST just because they can and have not found any other use than transporting really heavy stuff overseas. It would make a great passenger plane, but it would cost a lot f money to modernise and equip with all the safety and life support systems like complete cabin pressurisation(not just the cockpit)

[aznturtle1]

thats the the father of jumbos

[fannybaba]

yes, do less than 8 mpg apparently

[farmerbrown123]

wow, that is one beast of a plane

[pimpmyteen]

its so cool

[westindude]

Antonov a-225

[BLACKSUPREME2012]

THIS ONE IS COOLER THEN THE C5

[Mikelaren101]

C-5 my ass! Just look at this beautiful monster.

[DjulBars]

For 20 years noone can build plane bigger than that. May be Ukrainians will build something even bigger soon. Who knows?

[cepera]

"Thats what I call Ukrainian engineering!!! :D Btw "Mriya" means A dream, thats the planes codename "

More like ukrainian engineering with the great contribution of russian engineering & funding...

[mvrrc]

Cool, We got to go through it during the Namao Airshow (CYED before it was closed). The Soviet Union fell during that time and they had no money for fuel, the Edmonton Ukrainian community donated money and filled the beastly 6 holer with goods for its return flight, it stayed for more than a week until then.

[h434p]

Thats what I call Ukrainian engineering!!! :D Btw "Mriya" means A dream, thats the planes codename

[brianamarks]

To pick up a generator for delivery in Africa.

[FutureUSMC007]

why was it at RDU

[JSF122386]

Look For C-5 Galaxy

[shipemback]

thats a flying hotel thats all

[aznstvex]

wait 6 Intake?!?! Damn!

[aznstvex]

that a sweet airplane With 5 Intake Engine must be fast when there no cargo and that wing it pretty awesome

[silvur]

I've got some great pictures of it from close-up (past the gate you see in the video). PM me or something if you want to see this pictures. :)

[silvur]

I've got some great close up photo's of it taxiing (pictures taken behind the gate you see in the video). If you want to see them, just let me know in a PM or something. :)

[knball]

I am glad you were able to get some good footage of this. I skipped out of work early on friday to watch some plane come in and to my amazement I saw this one sitting at the cargo apron. Much better coverage than wral.

[brianamarks]

Thank you, knball. I had a tripod with me and planned to set it up, but the plane arrived quite a bit earlier than we expected and I had no time - as you can see I scrambled enough just to capture something. I did watch the newcasts on ABC and NBC and did not think their coverage was very good, either. :)

[knball]

I actually came back that evening with my fiance to watch it depart. Do you have any idea why they needed to fly it rather than ship it via oceanliner? An once last question, how did you know it was coming in? I try to stay up to date with big airport events, but this one slipped by.

[brianamarks]

I do not know why they chose to air freight it versus cargo ship. Perhaps something to do with time and cost tradeoffs. I may be able to find out - I'll post the answer if I can get it.

I found out about it at about 11pm the night before on WRAL's website. Saw the article posted on there and decided to see if we could make it. Got lucky to see it with so little notice.

[brianamarks]

I was told "Because they need it fast". :)

[knball]

haha, I think we figured that much :)

[silvur]

I was there yesterday. I getting a bottle of water where I work and happend to see it on approach. It was amazing.

[brianamarks]

Cool! We were wondering what it must have looked like from, say, 540...probably pretty incredible.

[cinkmoot]

@brianamarks

How about from Lumley Rd....I spot from there when they're landing from that direction

[AllenKevorkov]

Dang.. that's one big plane! Thanks!