Billionaire will save Mriya – Richard Branson will restore the largest cargo plane

Ukraine’s Antonov Airport, the site where the world’s largest cargo plane, the Mriya, was destroyed, has become a meeting place for Ukrainian politicians and space entrepreneur Richard Branson. Virgin Group Founder expressed his intention to restore the An-225 aircraft.

We also wrote that Norway is transferring three MLRS M270s to Ukraine: what the new weapon can do. Mriya was the world’s largest cargo plane, built by the Ukrainian aerospace company “Antonov”. When the An-225 debuted in 1988, the aircraft was about 50 percent larger than any other aircraft the world has ever seen.

The plane was designed to carry the Buran space plane for the Soviet Union, but when the Soviets collapsed, the plane was bought by the Ukrainian aerospace company Antonov, who named the plane the Mriya.

The plane, which delivered emergency aid during the pandemic and was supposed to remain in service until the end of the decade, was damaged beyond repair. This happened when Russian troops attacked his base at the Antonov airport in Gostomel.

During Branson’s visit, Ukrainian politicians discussed the restoration of the aircraft, as well as cooperation in the aerospace field.
Branson reportedly agreed to help in any way he could. But for now Branson himself has not made any public comments. about the role he would like to play in the reconstruction of a cargo aircraft.

We also wrote that the war in Ukraine can be seen from space: the Russian attack was filmed by the Maxar Technologies satellite.