The famous Ukrainian transport aircraft An-225 "Mriya" has broken all records for transporting oversized cargo and has entered the Guinness Book of Records. This was reported to journalists by the press service of the Antonov ASTC with references to official data from the International Aviation Federation (FAI). \n \nMoreover, this organization registered six more world aviation records set on June 16, 18 and 19, 2004 on the An-225 "Mriya" aircraft during a commercial flight transporting oversized cargo from Prague to Tashkent. \n \nAccording to the federation, in particular, speed records were registered in two classes of transport turbojet aircraft C-1 and C-1t (takeoff weight over 300 tonnes) on routes approved by the FAI: Prague-Kyiv, Kyiv-Ulyanovsk, Tashkent-Kyiv. The speed of the An-225 "Mriya" was 684.67, 662, and 693.2 kilometers per hour, respectively. \n \n"Thus, the An-225 'Mriya' has 240 world aviation records to its credit. As an aircraft that rose into the air with maximum weight (takeoff weight 640,860 kilograms) and on which the largest number of aviation records has been set. Therefore, the An-225 'Mriya' has been entered into the Guinness Book of Records. \n \nBased on materials from 'Lenta.ru'
The Ukrainian "Mriya" entered the Guinness Book of Records
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