A little excitement at McCarran
Airport, Las Vegas. The world's largest aircraft (Russian Antonov 225).
It was there to deliver a very large
power transformer for Nevada Power, which was built in Turkey.
Note the wingspan is just about a
football field length.......
Specs alongside.
Some of the specs are:
Wingspan........290 Ft.
Height.59.4 Ft.
Length.....276 Ft.
Number of wheels..24
Max T.O. weight.....1,322,750# (A
little over 660 Tons!)
Max payload...551,150# (Over 275
Tons)
Engines....six Lotarev D-18T
turbofans
Max speed at altitude.....530 MPH
Cruise speed....495 MPH
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