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 Mec