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https://www.aerotime.aero/27163-past-id ... -225-Mriya
on 4th February 2021
As mentioned, the second A-225 was originally not intended to fly.
But as its fuselage was slowly being completed in the now-crumbling Soviet Union,
many understood the worth of the asset they were building.
https://www.aerotime.aero/27163-past-id ... -225-MriyaIn 1993, the unfinished wings of the giant were transferred from Tashkent to Kiev,
but the work did not progress any further.
Since then, the fuselage of the plane, its detached wings, as well as some smaller components remain in one of Antonov’s hangars.
From time to time, when the space inside is needed for some urgent repairs or other tasks,
workers take the enormous hulk “for a walk”, briefly transporting it to some other place in the premises.
At the same time, the view within Antonov changed too.
In early 2021 the newly appointed CEO Sergyi Bychkov said he is certain that the second plane is going to be finished,
reversing the earlier stance of the company.
Several days later Yuriy Husyev, CEO of state-owned company UkrOboronProm to which Antonov belongs,
said they are not only open to investments, but quite actively looking for them.
...the story atThe company was participating in Aero India 2021, the largest Indian air show,
and the only one of such scale to happen since the start of the pandemic.
According to Husyev, Ukrainians were there to look for investors that would be interested in the unfinished An-225.
While it quite definitely means that the Turkish offer fell through,
it is also the most outspoken the company has been on the issue since the early 90s.
Whatever the outcome of the talks in India,
it is clear that from now on the hope to see the rebirth of the second giant may be closer than ever before.
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