Happy Birthday to the AN225

On this day 30 years ago, the AN225 took off for the first time.

The aircraft was controlled by a crew consisting of Oleksandr Galunenko, captain, Sergii Gorbik, co-pilot, Sergii Nechaev, test navigator, Oleksandr Shuleschenko, test flight engineer, Volodymyr Gusar, test flight engineer, Vyacheslav Belousov, test flight engineer, Mykhaylo Kharschenko, leading test engineer. It was the first flight and the first step in the sky of this amazing giant aircraft. The AN-225

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The AN-225 has set 462 aviation records: 240 world records and 222 Ukrainian national records.

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Nothing would be more amazing than getting to see the AN-225. It’s on my ‘bucket list’ to see it.

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an-225 private jet would be awesome as well. SO MUCH SPACE.

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Happy B-day An225 congrats!

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The F-14 also had its first flight today.

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I have always wanted to be inside or near one of these

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At this point I am coding you a blog, Mark. You have so much interesting things to share always with us!

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Any surprise there? They’ll make up records just to break lol

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Lol want an interesting post come here!

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Happy birthday an-225🍰

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First thing i notice is its been reainted. What a job.

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Lol guys this is 10 days old

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