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Ubi bene ibi patria
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: For the most part, in my garage.
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Some numbers on this 225 Mriya
I saw this incredible aircraft at the Abbotsford Airshow back in the mid-nineties - if memory serves. Supposedly the name 'Myria' translates into 'Dream'. I believe it (originally) was one of two 'purpose built' aircraft to haul around the Buran, the Russian equivalent to the space shuttle & also some of their big booster rockets. It is simply a massive machine & left one wondering about the upper limit of aircraft size, casting aside issues of suitable landing areas & other practicalities.
Last edited by Hawkeye's-911T; 10-03-2010 at 11:37 AM..
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