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    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    Airframe Family: Antonov An-225 Mriya/Cossack (NATO) / An-325
    Latest Model:An-225 Mriya / Cossack (NATO)
    Construction Number:19530503763
    Last Civil Registration:UR-82060
    Compressed ID:Antonov An-225 cn 19530503763 cr UR...
    Latest Owner or Location:Antonov Airlines

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    Dates

    Event

    1988

    Constructed as an An-225.
    Ukrainian name: Mriya = Dream

    First flight.
    With c/r: CCCP-480182.

    21 December 1988

    To Antonov Airlines (Antonov Design Bureau) with new c/r CCCP-82060.

    1990


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    1990


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Unknown Photographer

    1990


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    1990


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    29 September 1994


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: The unique Antonov 225 at Kiev Gostomel in 1994

    May 1996

    To Antonov Design Bureau Airlines with new c/r UR-82060.
    For a short time as : UR-480182 then as: UR-82060.

    24 March 2003


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: UR-82060 at Linz-Hoersching, Austria, to transport a 120t-power transformer build by VA TECH EBG from Linz to Phoenix/AZ with several fuel stops on the way.

    24 March 2003


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: Once-in-a-lifetime-experience: Mriya in Linz-Hoersching, Austria

    21 June 2010


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2010 photo on the ramp at Anchorage, Alaska

    2013

    At Manchester, UK.

    5 October 2021


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: UR-82060 landing once again at Linz-Hoersching, Austria, after 18 years of absence, with a load of medical goods.

    24 February 2022

    Destroyed.
    Destroyed by russian troops on February 24th at Hostomel airport.

    Russian air travel portal Aviation21 says the plane was shot down while Ukrainian artillery tried to retake the shelter of the An-225 that was in the hands of the Russian invasion. Even if this is true, however, it should not be forgotten who attacked the airport first.

    By 27 February 2022

    To Antonov Airlines with new c/r UR-82060.

    27 February 2022

    Involved in an incident.
    Summary: The airframe was a loss. The event occurred at Kyiv-Gostomel Airport (GML) (Ukraine) while standing.
    For a complete description of the event read the Aviation Safety Network Report.
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