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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera
Sorta. They needed the entire two miles of the runways to take off and land. Landing at Denver they are of course 5,200 feet altitude. They had to come in faster then they like and it takes a while to slow down. The only place big enough for them to unload was the deicing area. It was summer time so that apron was unused. It is in a remote part of the Denver airport so they had to set up lights and and portable generator for the crew to unload it.
When the landed the wingspan is wider that the distance for the runway lights. They were worried that the wings could hit on of the lights that stand up about a foot.
They kept saying it was the larges "production" aircraft ever.
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The An-225 is the largest built but they only built a few.
AN-225 Mriya
We got to tour the An-124 at Oshkosh way back in the 80s. They also had a Blackbird and an F-117 with guys that had no sense of humor. Someone tried to cut across the yellow tape surrounding the F-117 and the guards were having none of it and gave the impression that they person would not survive had they tried to continue their shortcut. We had a long discussion with the E3 Sentry guys. They were joking that the could sterilize everyone at the airshow if they turned the radar on. We also talked with the Blackbird crew. They let slip some stuff they weren't supposed to. I imagine it is hard to keep track of everything that is still classified and what has been released.