Buran News

I just uploaded a part about the Antonov 225’s engine the D-18T in the Mriya’s chapter. This part includes detailled schematics of the differents sets of the engine as well as technical datas.

The Mriya landed at the Schiphol airport at Amsterdam. It’s the first time the Antonov land at this airport and for the occasion there was a lot of people. We don’t have any informations about the load.

The Mriya was today at the Prestwick airport (Glasgow city). The transport company Ocean Sky made it come for carrying an extraordinary load.

Ocean Sky Director Eddie Allison said: “The 225 is remarkable. Only a few airports can handle this behemoth and Glasgow Prestwick is one. Ocean Sky is extremely proud to have been awarded the handling contract for this unique aircraft as well as its smaller brother, the AN124.

“Regular types of freight on the 225 include power station turbines and, most recently, heavy equipment sent to Alabama where a cement factory had shut down and urgently needed this equipment to re-commence production. It is also used in humanitarian situations where the Antonov’s massive lift capability can make a real difference.”

Here it is a very interesting reporting, in Russian, about the Buran space shuttle. It was broadcasted on Russian television in the show “Russia’s wings”.

More videos.

The Mriya landed on friday November, 30 on the Toulouse-Blagnac’s airport, near the Toulouse town.

The An-225 came to France to take a military choper EC725 of the Eurocopter company (EADS group), which can carry 29 soldiers and 2 crew members.

It will leave again on saturday to Kuala-Lumpur (Malaisya) throuh Karachi (Pakistan).

May be it will come back at the end of the year.