Flight Miniatures Antonov Airlines AN-225 MRIYA 1/200 Scale Model with Stand

Flight Miniatures Antonov Airlines AN-225 MRIYA 1/200 Scale Model with Stand

Flight Miniatures are hallow plastic snap fit display models. Models are printed, not decaled, and include plastic stand.

The AN-225 made its flrst flight on the 21st of December 1988 taking off from the factory aerodrome in Svyatoshyn. The airplane was flown by a crew headed by Oleksandr Galunenko. MRIYA was developed for transportation of the Buran shuttle orbiter and components of the Energiya carrier rocket. The AN-225 was also expected to be used as a flying space launching site in the reusable aerospace transport system (MAKS) with the airplane making its first stage and a small-size space shuttle with a fuel tank - the second stage. MRIYA can deliver extra-heavy oversize cargo to any point on the globe carrying it either inside the fuselage or on external stores. 

Two AN-225 airplanes were built. Construction of one of the aircraft was completed. Fuselage and tail unit were assembled at Antonov Kyiv Mechanical Works facility in Kyiv, while the wing center section and outer wing panels were assembled at Valerii Chkalov Tashkent Production Association in Tashkent. The wings and wing center sections were transported from Tashkent to Kyiv on the AN-22 Antaeus.

1:200 Scale Plastic Snap-Fit – Measures About - Length: 15" Wingspan: 17.4"

 ADULT COLLECTIBLE MODEL - Not intended for children under 14.