According to Wikipedia, “the Antonov An-225 Mriya (Ukrainian: Антонов Ан- 225 Мрія, NATO Reference Name: “Cossack”) is a transport aircraft built by Antonov in 1988 in the Soviet Union. It is the largest airplane in the world. It was designed to carry the Buran space shuttle and is an enlargement of the An-124 Ruslan. ” ]
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