The Worlds Largest Airplane Landing in Oakland California ATC

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  • Опубліковано 8 вер 2018
  • You can nit pick all day about "the world's Largest Airplane" If you feel really strongly about it, put it in the comment section.
    This Antonov An-225 Mriya Landed at the Oakland international airport (runway 30) on September 9th 2018 at about 4:30 PM
    I believe the aircraft was hired by the US Government (FEMA) to pick up relief supplies in Hawaii and deliver them to Guam for the Super Typhoon Mangkhut relief effort. It stopped in Oakland California for fuel on its flight from its base in Kiev.
    The Antonov An-225 Mriya (Ukrainian: Антонов Ан-225 Мрія, lit. 'dream' or 'inspiration', NATO reporting name: "Cossack") is a strategic airlift cargo aircraft that was designed by the Antonov Design Bureau in the Ukrainian SSR within the Soviet Union during the 1980s. It is powered by six turbofan engines and is the heaviest aircraft ever built, with a maximum takeoff weight of 640 tonnes (710 short tons; 630 long tons). It also has the largest wingspan of any aircraft in operational service. The single example built has the Ukrainian civil registration UR-82060. A second airframe with a slightly different configuration was partially built. Its construction was halted in 1994 because of lack of funding and interest, but revived briefly in 2009, bringing it to 60-70% completion] On 30 August 2016, Antonov agreed to complete the second airframe for Aerospace Industry Corporation of China (not to be confused with the Aviation Industry Corporation of China) as a prelude to AICC commencing series production.
    The Antonov An-225, initially developed for the task of transporting the Buran spaceplane, was an enlargement of the successful Antonov An-124. The first and only An-225 was completed in 1988. After successfully fulfilling its Soviet military missions, it was mothballed for eight years. It was then refurbished and re-introduced, and is in commercial operation with Antonov Airlines carrying oversized payloads. The airlifter holds the absolute world records for an airlifted single-item payload of 189,980 kilograms (418,830 pounds)] and an airlifted total payload of 253,820 kg (559,580 lb). It has also transported a payload of 247,000 kg (545,000 lb) on a commercial flight.
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  • @cataclyticgaming6803
    @cataclyticgaming6803 3 роки тому +1200

    Who else actually searched "largest plane in the world " 😂

  • @OctoberChad
    @OctoberChad 5 років тому +64

    Fun fact: If we were to convert it into a passenger airliner in the U.S., there would still be absolutely no leg room at all.

  • @saritar1000
    @saritar1000 4 роки тому +68

    Imagine how heavy the wake turbulence from this plane is... I think it could blast a cessna to the freaking moon.

    • @wcolby
      @wcolby  4 роки тому +17

      Gifarly .M. Afdalash You can hear ATC tell Norwegian air 787 to make a full 360 to give more time to allow the wake turbulence to dissipate.

    • @celisrusticarlchristians.6586
      @celisrusticarlchristians.6586 4 роки тому +5

      @CharlieRobloxKerbal r/woosh

    • @SarahAParis
      @SarahAParis 3 роки тому

      I bet it could!😳

    • @David-io5fz
      @David-io5fz 3 роки тому

      @CharlieRobloxKerbal i think u mean 255k km

    • @cantedsxghtgaming3393
      @cantedsxghtgaming3393 3 роки тому

      It's 384,000 km from the Earth
      AND FIRST OF ALL HE'S SAYING A METAPHOR

  • @drsynthpattern
    @drsynthpattern 2 роки тому +14

    RIP to this masterpiece.. Machines that became a victim of war. God bless those suffering and killed due to war..

  • @humblewarrior6585
    @humblewarrior6585 5 років тому +212

    The Wright Brothers would be so Proud !!!

    • @carvaesmith5448
      @carvaesmith5448 4 роки тому +1

      Yea lol

    • @Akash-yt7cz
      @Akash-yt7cz 4 роки тому +10

      No, Shivkar Bapuji Talpade would be proud 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

    • @QuietSnake-xs5vx
      @QuietSnake-xs5vx 4 роки тому +1

      Amirite brothers?

    • @bhavikparihar
      @bhavikparihar 4 роки тому +3

      @@Akash-yt7cz that is correct

    • @ElTimotoQIK
      @ElTimotoQIK 3 роки тому +1

      Santos Dumont would be proud 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

  • @mattpope1746
    @mattpope1746 5 років тому +395

    Antonov 286 Foxtrot: Oakland Tower, FYI, we just took a bird-strike into our number six engine. No emergency to declare at this time.
    ATC: Umm, Antonov 286 Foxtrot, can you confirm that was a bird, because Skyhawk November 743 Whiskey Tango just disappeared from RADAR...

    • @Eternalsilence111
      @Eternalsilence111 5 років тому +60

      antonov: affirm tower, it was a bird, there's slight traces of blood on our engines.
      ATC: antonov 286 foxtrot, can you confirm that you have bird feathers on your number 6 engine?
      Antonov co pilot CVR *whispers in Ukrainian* I think we fucked up

    • @yattaj
      @yattaj 5 років тому +21

      Matt Pope, you made me bust out laughing at that one! Funny as hell. It’s not even 7am yet.

    • @RooRooRay
      @RooRooRay 5 років тому +7

      @@yattaj same, 6.48am here Lol

    • @maksimukropien5545
      @maksimukropien5545 5 років тому +1

      +AirAsia 9M-NEO Airbus A320neo msn 7236
      "I think we fucked up". Ты добрэ володиеш українською мовою, чи смаженых цвяхив переїла?

    • @WonderfulAircraft
      @WonderfulAircraft 5 років тому +9

      This comment is amazing 😂 bravo sir

  • @JamesMacYT
    @JamesMacYT 3 роки тому +72

    Plane designers: how much landing gear do you want?
    Pilots: yes

    • @VanceH
      @VanceH 3 роки тому

      do you need*

    • @_m33b_70
      @_m33b_70 3 роки тому

      Do u need any landing gear for ur Legs 🤣

    • @82turbo
      @82turbo 2 роки тому

      DA

  • @knight4l668
    @knight4l668 2 роки тому +25

    Rest in peace

  • @redsquirrelftw
    @redsquirrelftw 5 років тому +794

    This plane does not actually move forward, it just pushes the Earth to rotate it so it brings the next airport to itself.

    • @TommyTom21
      @TommyTom21 5 років тому +46

      @WSD333 The earth doesnt exist we live on saturn, which is a triangle.

    • @veeglover
      @veeglover 5 років тому +10

      @RedSquirrel, lol, that's a good one 🤣👍

    • @KevinP32270
      @KevinP32270 5 років тому +3

      LOLOL

    • @spock7945
      @spock7945 5 років тому +5

      *+TommyTom21* either you are unaware.. or lying!! for Saturn is trapezoid.
      If it it is 'a triangle' then it has to be 𝗨𝗿𝒂𝒏𝒖𝒔!

    • @beckylynn209
      @beckylynn209 5 років тому +3

      Lolol!!! Too funny!!! 😅💕

  • @agent_ethan
    @agent_ethan 5 років тому +1208

    Turbulence don't hit this plane.... this plane hits turbulence...

    • @thermidorlevrai65
      @thermidorlevrai65 5 років тому +22

      this plane make turbulence not place a cessna 172 behind it

    • @lightchips6164
      @lightchips6164 5 років тому +1

      Steve Jay Lol xD

    • @jamesbaker1392
      @jamesbaker1392 5 років тому +27

      All planes hit turbulence. I get your joke though lol.

    • @pugasnkr
      @pugasnkr 5 років тому +13

      buzz kill

    • @rapscallion3506
      @rapscallion3506 5 років тому +16

      This plane "makes" turbulence! RESPECT!

  • @TheTallMan50
    @TheTallMan50 4 роки тому +26

    Airbus A380: I'm the biggest.
    Antonov AN 225: I think not comrade.

    • @223wwer8
      @223wwer8 4 роки тому

      Underrated 😂

  • @SMP_Sada
    @SMP_Sada 4 роки тому +25

    "That's not a plane, that's a planet"
    -Tyrese Gibson

    • @_m33b_70
      @_m33b_70 3 роки тому

      Planet? Doesnt make sense man

    • @SMP_Sada
      @SMP_Sada 3 роки тому +1

      @@_m33b_70 its a quote from fast and furious dumbfuck

  • @TheRealLaughingGravy
    @TheRealLaughingGravy 5 років тому +229

    That plane looks like it ate another plane for breakfast.

    • @veeglover
      @veeglover 5 років тому +9

      Funny you should say that bcuz the Antonov is used to transport fuselages and parts for other planes. The front comes down like the military cargo planes. Watched some vids...it's amazing.

    • @heckyvera4989
      @heckyvera4989 5 років тому +1

      It Flew to Santiago Chile.with three Blackhawks Helos...

    • @sharlotterhine167
      @sharlotterhine167 5 років тому +1

      @@veeglover - in the documentary I saw they transported a fuselage to the U.S. there was no hanger large enough for them to pull to, so the unloading was coordinated at the end of an empty runway. It was cold and icy where they landed - seems like it was Chicago, not positive.
      Very interesting plane!
      The crew walked around the entire plane inspecting for any broken parts. They do an inspection every time they land.
      Every. Time.

  • @robertkeefer7791
    @robertkeefer7791 5 років тому +235

    The AN 225 makes the 737 look like a toy!

    • @raudiaz6245
      @raudiaz6245 5 років тому +3

      As well as the hanger behind it.

    • @ronjay6380
      @ronjay6380 5 років тому

      Robert Keefer no it doesn't

    • @TotalRookie_LV
      @TotalRookie_LV 5 років тому +11

      An old, I suspect even Soviet era, anecdote.
      The captain of An-225 says to the crew: "Guys, someone check, what's that noise!" Turned out, they forgot to close an illuminator, and there were several boengs flying around a lightbulb in Antonov's cargo bay.

    • @MrSande
      @MrSande 5 років тому +2

      Ikr and the 737 is preaty big

    • @KevinP32270
      @KevinP32270 5 років тому +1

      I saw that LOL

  • @bcvmarta
    @bcvmarta 2 роки тому +11

    So sad. One of the most beautiful airplanes ever made.

  • @brettpatetto6847
    @brettpatetto6847 4 роки тому +35

    I am 91 now a retired TWA capt. I got your email thank you. I never thought I would live this long to see such a remarkable machine. I flew the 747 in 1969 then my true love the Tri-star. At that time in 73 when she rolled in to service I thought I would never see a plane as sophisticated as the Tri Jet. Is it my imagination or am I hearing a buzz saw aft lab noise that could be heard with her center mounted duct air inlet that she had embedded in the tail ? my hearing is not that good and it may be a auditory hallucination to me. I here that sound with this plane.

    • @huswsimonbla
      @huswsimonbla 4 роки тому +2

      Hi Brett it is awesome to hear such personal accounts. Hope you have written some of it down somewhere it would be a shame if it was lost in the future.

    • @genedrakes686
      @genedrakes686 4 роки тому +5

      Cool! Was a few months old when you flying! Spent 25 years working near Pearson and never got tired of watching 747's come and go! Got to see Concorde twice and the 1st Landing of the A380. Got real lucky to see the 225 take off!

    • @ladasmarda2424
      @ladasmarda2424 3 роки тому

      @@genedrakes686 hyy

    • @pinecity3234
      @pinecity3234 3 роки тому

      Good job figuring out youtube

    • @mohittiwari1640
      @mohittiwari1640 2 роки тому

      @@pinecity3234 He had figured out how to fly a plane in 60s you loser, good job trying to pretend as if you are cool 🤡🤡🤡

  • @OhHeyItsShan
    @OhHeyItsShan 5 років тому +216

    Wow amazing video! Probably the best filming I've ever seen on the An 225! Smooth and steady. Great zooms. Really got to appreciate it a lot more with the excellent camera work! Thanks for the awesome job Mr camera man!

  • @Steve197201
    @Steve197201 5 років тому +33

    At 5:00, that plane makes the Southwest 737 look like a Cessna 172.

  • @MaguireMedia
    @MaguireMedia 2 роки тому +13

    Dimitry Antonov, the pilot of this beast, must feel like a boss when he lands, all the other commercial pilots looking on in envy :)

  • @fredhoffman6658
    @fredhoffman6658 5 років тому +39

    I doubt if that plane could carry Rosie O'Donnell and Oprah Winfrey at the same time.

    • @aggabus
      @aggabus 5 років тому +2

      Their mouth less so

    • @tukamote6185
      @tukamote6185 5 років тому +4

      Dump them in a volcano will be nice

    • @paperthin2
      @paperthin2 5 років тому +2

      They couldn't stand the Stink!

    • @carlalyles
      @carlalyles 5 років тому +1

      Fred Hoffman
      LMAO!!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @28704joe
      @28704joe 3 роки тому

      They would have to move out to let Trump in.

  • @toib.7143
    @toib.7143 5 років тому +224

    so that's what that aircraft was! I feel honored to have witnessed this, it was beyond HUGE, everyone on the BART platform just stopped and watched. a breathtaking sight. I kept wondering how could it possibly land at Oakland, and was amazed when it did. I only wish I could have gotten even closer. Thank you for this

    • @OMGWTFLOLSMH
      @OMGWTFLOLSMH 5 років тому +1

      Who's Hugh?

    • @toib.7143
      @toib.7143 5 років тому +8

      @@OMGWTFLOLSMH oops, good looking out, see how excited I was, thanks😊

    • @veeglover
      @veeglover 5 років тому +4

      I'm jealous you got to witness that in person. 😋

    • @spock7945
      @spock7945 5 років тому

      envious (i think)
      not a native English speaker this side!

    • @PierceyeG
      @PierceyeG 5 років тому +2

      That's one of the most extraordinary things about this plane. Fully loaded, I think it can land on a runway just a hair over 3,000 feet.

  • @reigels
    @reigels 5 років тому +73

    Excellent video. I happened to be driving over the Golden Gate Bridge on Monday morning when she flew over, outbound for Hawaii. What a great surprise to see in the air!

  • @tarmac245
    @tarmac245 4 роки тому +19

    Great camera work captured this incredible plane. Dont usually bother watching planes but this is worth watching.

  • @glenlawrance5570
    @glenlawrance5570 2 роки тому +17

    RIP Antonov-225 Mriya

  • @samuelspade2202
    @samuelspade2202 5 років тому +243

    If the Wright brothers seen that they be amazed

    • @humbleevidenceaccepter7712
      @humbleevidenceaccepter7712 5 років тому +52

      The _length of that Aeroflot_ is longer than the Wright Brothers' first _flight._

    • @PrintScreen.
      @PrintScreen. 5 років тому +7

      dont understand why people think the wright brothers were the first to fly

    • @sanddabz5635
      @sanddabz5635 5 років тому +23

      it's not so much that, but the Wright brothers really brought already existing flight & knowledge to the forefront of aviation and built on the successes and failures of those early aviation pioneers .

    • @uncleogee604
      @uncleogee604 5 років тому +1

      A bit of an understatement

    • @rbagel55
      @rbagel55 5 років тому +15

      Chad Walker The Wright brothers flew the first POWERED flight,, but people have been flying gliders before them

  • @debo8514
    @debo8514 5 років тому +22

    No nitpicking at all. Great video! Any time someone can catch this rare bird in the air should go buy a lottery ticket ASAP. Thanks for posting.

    • @wcolby
      @wcolby  5 років тому +1

      Denny Belbot thank you for the kind words... I’m arguing with a nit picker a couple of comments down...

  • @BallisticBBQ
    @BallisticBBQ 3 роки тому +57

    The air-pressure looks a little low in tire #16.

    • @davidgarris2513
      @davidgarris2513 3 роки тому +3

      Lol

    • @redthurs
      @redthurs 3 роки тому +3

      **intense sniff**

    • @Blurr1d0.
      @Blurr1d0. 3 роки тому +3

      @@redthurs tires smell bad

    • @dc10fomin65
      @dc10fomin65 2 роки тому +1

      Must be made in USA, no , wait, we don't make anything anymore, blame China!

    • @THEJPR
      @THEJPR 2 роки тому +1

      @@dc10fomin65 How is it chinas fault?

  • @ephapax1
    @ephapax1 4 роки тому +16

    What a beautiful sight. Absolute monstrosity yet lands so gracefully. Can’t get over the number of wheels!

  • @carenbarnet378
    @carenbarnet378 5 років тому +176

    Excellent Camera work. I k ew the Antonov was big, seeing it tower over the passenger jets, puts it into perspective.

    • @tut08
      @tut08 5 років тому +6

      No kidding. It made that 787 look small!

    • @MrIaninuk
      @MrIaninuk 5 років тому

      Too much zoom on the camera...It didn't look like it was moving

    • @wcolby
      @wcolby  5 років тому +14

      I welcome you to use your telephone to take a video the next time it comes to your town.

    • @zhang4610
      @zhang4610 5 років тому +1

      @@wcolby 👍

    • @MusingMageofDisney
      @MusingMageofDisney 5 років тому

      Dammmn. The Russians know how to build 'em BIG.

  • @morningstar8809
    @morningstar8809 5 років тому +107

    Antonov, Oakland Tower, runway 30 number two, cleared to land following Cessna 172 on short final. Caution, wake turbulence.

    • @APowayCA
      @APowayCA 5 років тому +5

      hehehe

    • @funnyrabbitflyer6855
      @funnyrabbitflyer6855 5 років тому +3

      You got to watch those damn 4-seaters, they leave the airborne equivalent of a banana peel. Especially if you’re an in-conceivably large space shuttle carrier

    • @50mustangdrew
      @50mustangdrew 5 років тому

      172 =lmao

    • @hotmojoe2483
      @hotmojoe2483 5 років тому +1

      that thing could crush a Cessna with just one of its gears 😂

    • @zealman79
      @zealman79 5 років тому

      Da spacibo control tower, comrades in back strap in - ve are vollowink cessna 172, ve hev turbulence comink

  • @mrigazio
    @mrigazio 3 роки тому +10

    Holy moly! You really get the full perspective when it taxied by the Southwest plane at the end. That plane is HUGE!

    • @wcolby
      @wcolby  3 роки тому +4

      And realize that the Antonov is behind the terminal that is behind the southwest aircraft

    • @DonnieDin
      @DonnieDin 3 роки тому +1

      Yup. I didn’t appreciate how big it was until that clip

  • @ChakkyCharizard
    @ChakkyCharizard 4 роки тому +60

    "And if you look out to your left, passengers, you'll see a big boi"

  • @12345fowler
    @12345fowler 5 років тому +65

    So cool from the tower controller to advise taxiing aircraft about incoming "biggest aircraft of the world". At least it shows he's interested in aviation, which is cool.

    • @sanddabz5635
      @sanddabz5635 5 років тому +19

      I would go as far as to suggest that all individuals working professionally in the aviation industry are interested in aviation~

    • @josephleicht5305
      @josephleicht5305 5 років тому +13

      Unfortunately not all of us are here because of the love and passion for everything aviation. Some are just here to chase the money and it shows.... Pissy attitudes at work.

    • @geosync9742
      @geosync9742 5 років тому +3

      And sad that the SWA pilot was like. "uh...what is it??". Comon' bro, know your industry.

    • @maxlisska
      @maxlisska 5 років тому

      If you listen closely in the beginning, one of the people speaking says that they'll "drag their feet" to possibly keep that plane in view longer.

    • @josephleicht5305
      @josephleicht5305 5 років тому +1

      @@maxlisska it was the southwest pilot that had just landed and was taxing in.

  • @jeffs.2752
    @jeffs.2752 5 років тому +53

    Great video and camera work. Love the ATC in one ear and the outdoor sound in the other.

    • @wcolby
      @wcolby  5 років тому +8

      Jeff Stiger Thank you for noticing. I did that so you can listen to either ATC or natural sound and mix it yourself.

  • @joeykitty2892
    @joeykitty2892 2 роки тому +7

    The ending is priceless! Shows just how big that Antonov really is.

  • @floridaproductions
    @floridaproductions 5 років тому +18

    I just heard that jet say (get in my belly) to the 737.

  • @devanshkamdar8244
    @devanshkamdar8244 5 років тому +58

    I'm amazed they can even fly this building.

    • @venturatheace1
      @venturatheace1 5 років тому

      Nicoĺas Garćia and what was the point of bringing race into this?

    • @ousarlxsfjsbvbg8588
      @ousarlxsfjsbvbg8588 5 років тому

      Ventura the Ace to cause a debate?

    • @tedbrooks949
      @tedbrooks949 5 років тому

      @Nicoĺas Garćia So?

  • @nepalidude
    @nepalidude 5 років тому +129

    That Southwest Boeing 737 looked like a baby against Antonov.

    • @J1I9M7M4Y
      @J1I9M7M4Y 5 років тому +1

      Yeah. Even if it stands much closer to the camera it looks tiny..

    • @fatboyzracing3178
      @fatboyzracing3178 5 років тому +4

      It went behind him and I started laughing because of how far away it was and still so much bigger from our POV then it went behind the building and I just lost it hahahahaha, That is one hell of a machine.

    • @J1I9M7M4Y
      @J1I9M7M4Y 5 років тому

      Yeah, it is one big bird!! lol

    • @dR1Ugz
      @dR1Ugz 5 років тому +1

      lol it made the 737 look like it was the size of a private jet!

    • @banditorules9163
      @banditorules9163 5 років тому

      Yeah it’s big

  • @DiegoAGualterosC
    @DiegoAGualterosC Рік тому +5

    The AN-225 was beautiful, let's hope its twin flies again.

  • @manifestgtr
    @manifestgtr 4 роки тому +5

    I love that ATC is filling in all the “local” traffic. You can tell he’s really excited to have this plane coming to his field...and rightfully so. Long live the AN-225 ✌️

  • @davemcddd
    @davemcddd 5 років тому +65

    Excellent video! High quality video combined with good photography skills.

  • @ThePLAsterz
    @ThePLAsterz 5 років тому +171

    This is the plane that is the source of inspiration for all those fake clickbait thumbnail videos

    • @deerkiller6666
      @deerkiller6666 5 років тому

      Exogenous gay....

    • @ThePLAsterz
      @ThePLAsterz 5 років тому +6

      @@deerkiller6666 Perhaps you should discuss with your personal counsellor about your sexual orientation instead of someone commenting on an an 225 video

    • @drillbitz
      @drillbitz 5 років тому +4

      I thought this one was fake too. 😂😂

    • @main1411
      @main1411 5 років тому

      what?

    • @cdjurfitbghynkmv7787
      @cdjurfitbghynkmv7787 5 років тому

      On the contrary sir

  • @flaminglaughter
    @flaminglaughter 5 років тому +7

    When it taxis past that hanger and 727 sitting there you can really see how big that sucker is!! It’s so awesome as it taxis it almost feels like watching the arrival of something huge from space.

    • @wcolby
      @wcolby  5 років тому +1

      The airplane in front is a 737, but you get the idea.. The Antonov is behind the building that is behind the 737!

  • @brettpatetto6847
    @brettpatetto6847 4 роки тому +9

    I turned 91 and The Tri Star was my girl. She and I went places you could not get to. I started my career with TWA in 1958 and had a life time of memories with the Tri Jet as she flew her self and me when I napped. In 1991 I was forced in to retirement and wanted to stay with her so I engineered her and let in 93. I had a life time of memories with my wife who passed away and my kids and grand kids. I was a lucky man. I lived for her. The 747 I flew from 1969 to 1975 took me all over but I fell in love with the Lockheed legend and I was forced into retirement and took the engineer spot on the 1011 in 92 , it was not the same. I still take trips American is nice to let me on, I can still fly as a PAX all though my doctor told me to slow down. I lost Rita she passed away on me in 2003 - Flying on a 74 and Tri Star also brings me close to her but they do not operate any longer. I take rides out to the AC grave yard to spend time with the the love I lost a while back,as so be it - the planes sit dismantled and I sit and keep her company hoping for one more run in the left seat.

    • @ginawiggles918
      @ginawiggles918 4 роки тому

      Bless you Brett. You've been "lucky in love," as they say. Thank you for sharing your story with us.

    • @OlgaDrebas
      @OlgaDrebas 3 роки тому

      Thank you for your story.

  • @A3Kr0n
    @A3Kr0n 5 років тому +143

    Someone actually took the time for some decent editing. Well done!

    • @wcolby
      @wcolby  5 років тому +3

      A3Kr0n I put the video on the local news so I did not have time to add music and red arrows pointing to the interesting parts.

    • @duckyvader3727
      @duckyvader3727 5 років тому +1

      DOOD, RESEARCH ON THE AN 225 urself

    • @contendhay647
      @contendhay647 5 років тому

      uhh, nobody talked incorrect facts about the an 225 in this comment's reply section, so.. i don't know what to say.

  • @pilotdane1
    @pilotdane1 5 років тому +78

    Watching it roll past the Southwest 737 gives a great perspective of its size. Referring to comments below - Can you imagine a Cessna 172 coming in after that..."CAUTION - HURRICANE FLORENCE"...

    • @tetraphobie
      @tetraphobie 5 років тому +3

      While everyone makes that's no moon jokes in the comments, Obi Wan is the only person who doesn't. Mind blown.

    • @pilotdane1
      @pilotdane1 5 років тому

      "undercat" - did I just get my ass chewed, or was that a compliment ???? Either way, no worries... No offense taken either way :-)
      FYI - FAA Licensed Private Pilot :-)

    • @vidaarone
      @vidaarone 5 років тому

      OBI- WAN fyi dont put the persons name that you are typing to in quotes, some times they won't be able to receive the message.

    • @pilotdane1
      @pilotdane1 5 років тому

      Thanks HyperWASP - my bad, and learn something new every day. I (apparently mistakenly) thought when you hit the reply button directly below it would automatically go back to them.
      Again, thanks man !

    • @pilotdane1
      @pilotdane1 5 років тому

      undercat - did I just get my ass chewed, or was that a compliment ???? Either way, no worries... No offense taken either way :-)
      FYI - FAA Licensed Private Pilot :-)

  • @bumpyjason
    @bumpyjason 2 роки тому +6

    “This is antonov 225 Requesting permission to land on your planet”

  • @siddokis2945
    @siddokis2945 5 років тому +8

    I saw it coming in to land at Toronto in early 2007. It looked like it was levitating due to its massiveness, and the landing gear was incredible.

  • @nogod7184
    @nogod7184 5 років тому +14

    The Boeing 737 was like: "Please, don't eat me, Mr Antonov."

  • @boeing737d
    @boeing737d 5 років тому +36

    It’s HUGE!! It’s making 737 looks like a matchbox toy.

  • @deathvalley006
    @deathvalley006 2 роки тому +10

    The Antonov An-225 is now destroyed.

  • @bigislander72
    @bigislander72 4 роки тому +16

    That must be a super camera! The distance of the camera and plane is so great that it's speed is barely perceptible yet close up detail is great!

  • @a432511
    @a432511 5 років тому +134

    Caution wake turbulence.

    • @bigdukem69
      @bigdukem69 5 років тому +23

      Attention Earth: Caution Wake Turbulence.

    • @TheJSmithBA
      @TheJSmithBA 5 років тому +2

      lol

    • @wecsam
      @wecsam 5 років тому +8

      Caution: wake hurricane

    • @leatherwoodjay
      @leatherwoodjay 5 років тому

      on roids!

    • @mattpope1746
      @mattpope1746 5 років тому +14

      Antonov 286 Foxtrot: Oakland Tower, FYI, we just took a bird-strike to the number six engine. No emergency to declare at this time.
      ATC: Umm, Antonov 286 Foxtrot, can you confirm that was a bird, because Skyhawk November 743 Whiskey Tango just disappeared from RADAR...

  • @EaglesWind1
    @EaglesWind1 5 років тому +87

    4:57 when it taxis behind the southwest plane. That size comparison. Wow

    • @azharp9391
      @azharp9391 5 років тому +2

      Then we gotta keep the perspective of the shot in mind too, i mean, even from behind the view it still looks bigger. Truly amazing

    • @jaclyntamura5347
      @jaclyntamura5347 5 років тому +4

      Look at it compared to the building.

    • @seigelstifftung5077
      @seigelstifftung5077 5 років тому

      Brian as fast as Usain Bolt! I hear he is not all human and the Jamaicans Africans and Germans are in on it

  • @Mhel2023
    @Mhel2023 4 роки тому +6

    ...the Antonov pilot sounding casually blase' and cool over the air while everyone else is in awe

  • @charleschauffe4350
    @charleschauffe4350 4 роки тому +8

    They made that landing look so easy! I am still amazed by the sheer size of that beast!

  • @douglas260395
    @douglas260395 5 років тому +28

    I was there at night taking pictures with it!!! I can’t believe I had the opportunity to see it and touch it!!!! It is huge!!!

    • @ferrariguy6389
      @ferrariguy6389 5 років тому +7

      I was there too. I work at OAK.

    • @jackapc4727
      @jackapc4727 5 років тому +10

      This comment would sound way different out of context. Just sayin'.

    • @LOUCABRASI
      @LOUCABRASI 5 років тому +2

      Thats what she said

    • @fatimahrabah9201
      @fatimahrabah9201 5 років тому

      Why you lucky devil. I would have given anything to be there too.

  • @alarmgoesding
    @alarmgoesding 5 років тому +143

    A landing worth clapping for

    • @maryryanroman2399
      @maryryanroman2399 5 років тому +1

      AlarmGoesDing yes, so smooth.

    • @tomrat2586
      @tomrat2586 5 років тому

      That's ridiculous to applied to a machine, the Pilots can't hear you, nobody on the airplane can hear you, so it's really applauding for yourself!

    • @eugengurau5092
      @eugengurau5092 5 років тому

      Impresionant ce pot spune, tehnica a avansat la gradul maxim. !?

  • @douglasredd2227
    @douglasredd2227 8 місяців тому +7

    That plane was unfortunately destroyed during the attack of Russia

  • @solsdadio
    @solsdadio 2 роки тому +6

    What a beautiful, graceful aeroplane.

  • @oliverseeler1018
    @oliverseeler1018 5 років тому +21

    Oh, Drat!! Had I known, I might have made the 3 1/2 hour drive to see "Mriya," in Oakland, the one -of-a kind Antonov AN-225, literally resurrected from a weedpatch, and not only the biggest real airplane ever, but one of the most beautiful. Great video!

    • @BruceHoult
      @BruceHoult 5 років тому

      I saw it announced by @flightradar24 on twitter about 24 hours in advance and alerted someone who went to watch it.

  • @Steve197201
    @Steve197201 5 років тому +21

    That plane literally has twice as many wheels as an 18 wheeler.

  • @romeoadrianoalfonsowestra2681
    @romeoadrianoalfonsowestra2681 4 роки тому +11

    That is not a plane.. THATS A DAMN PLANET

  • @washingtonajode
    @washingtonajode 4 роки тому +16

    Imagining how our ancestors would react if they see this, "the sky is falling!"

  • @richiet6381
    @richiet6381 5 років тому +70

    AWESOME CAMERA WORK!!!! KUDOS

    • @veeglover
      @veeglover 5 років тому

      Yeah, right! Awesome video 👍

  • @nickmolloy7492
    @nickmolloy7492 5 років тому +55

    That particular AN225 airframe was built to carry the Soviet Buran space shuttle, hence the twin vertical stabilisers and six engines (notice front mount nodes on top of fuselage).

    • @mitchellroberts7954
      @mitchellroberts7954 5 років тому +6

      Well yeah, there's only one of them in service..

    • @zoidburg2975
      @zoidburg2975 5 років тому +6

      There was only ever one, lol.

    • @murrmiaow
      @murrmiaow 5 років тому +15

      It was not "modified", smartass, it was built initially exactly for that single purpose. The capability to carry cargoes inside has always been viewed ad a 'bonus ', but now it's her main job.

    • @DieyoungDiefast
      @DieyoungDiefast 5 років тому +3

      Plus they're working on a streamlined pod that'll make use of the Buran mountings so that it can carry stuff that won't fit inside.

    • @turbotprobed4373
      @turbotprobed4373 5 років тому +4

      Zoid there is a second one, but they never finished it

  • @djackman4229
    @djackman4229 5 років тому +8

    That Captain has balls of steel! Reducing payload - should do something about it.

    • @douglasbuck2359
      @douglasbuck2359 5 років тому

      It is actually easier to fly that than a cessna

  • @zaptor1514
    @zaptor1514 5 років тому +8

    Excellent video, well done. I’m amazed at how well the focus was maintained etc. Thank you.

  • @jonsherwood3114
    @jonsherwood3114 4 роки тому +7

    I’m still in awe every time I see this plane.Shows ingenuity of man.

  • @stingraybeach9710
    @stingraybeach9710 5 років тому +7

    I love the millipede landing gear. Need it when your tummy is that long!

  • @easygoing2479
    @easygoing2479 4 роки тому +7

    I love how the airports have to do sweeps when this thing arrives/departs, just in case the outboard engines blow pedestrians onto the runway.

  • @kuehnel16
    @kuehnel16 5 років тому +8

    Amazing how something so huge can fly.

    • @TC-tm3nq
      @TC-tm3nq 5 років тому +1

      For sure. And then the taking off fully loaded.

  • @Yosoy1an
    @Yosoy1an 5 років тому +50

    That ain’t no plane, that an entire planet!

    • @thawk1435
      @thawk1435 5 років тому +3

      I believe you meant... "that's no moon it's a space station". 🙃 🙃 🙃

    • @dclpgh
      @dclpgh 5 років тому +2

      I saw smaller planes orbiting around it lol!

  • @Pilot_Dad_Adventures
    @Pilot_Dad_Adventures 5 років тому +32

    I was in the cockpit of the C5(M) Super Galaxy at Oshkosh this year (and thought that was large) but this one is definitely much bigger! Whoa!

    • @TiernanWilkinson
      @TiernanWilkinson 5 років тому +8

      Phil S I saw the C5 as well, awesome aircraft and only second in size after the Antonov. Both fail to surpass the Spruce Goose's enormous wingspan, but outclass it in general size and capacity. If successful, the vast Stratolaunch will surpass both by a considerable margin, but until it does the AN225 is the largest object currently in flight, the largest to take to the skies since the days of the Zeppelin.

    • @carl-ok9gn
      @carl-ok9gn 5 років тому +2

      Tiernan, the term, "largest object in flight" is not quite accurate.

    • @thawk1435
      @thawk1435 5 років тому +1

      @@carl-ok9gn are you counting Jupiter? 🙃🙃🙃

    • @carl-ok9gn
      @carl-ok9gn 5 років тому +3

      + T Hawk no, the international space station.

    • @betoen
      @betoen 5 років тому +1

      grr ummmpee
      The I.S.S. is not flying, is falling with style.

  • @dickiedollop
    @dickiedollop 3 роки тому +7

    The inner child in me always gets really excited when I see creations such this 😁

  • @Immashift
    @Immashift 3 роки тому +17

    How many wheels would you like on the landing gear?
    "Yes"

  • @Booga04Minecraft
    @Booga04Minecraft 5 років тому +11

    Seeing next to the normal sized Southwest plane was such a drastic difference in size! Wow.

    • @wcolby
      @wcolby  5 років тому +3

      Booga04 Minecraft And add to that that the Antonov is behind the terminal that is behind the Southwest ✈️

  • @jimterryh1983
    @jimterryh1983 5 років тому +14

    wcolby :THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR GREAT VIDEO OF THE ANTONOV! BEAUTIFUL AIRCRAFT! 🇺🇸

    • @CybeRin
      @CybeRin 5 років тому

      ANTONOV An-225

  • @mercator79
    @mercator79 4 роки тому +3

    I had the privilege of landing after an An-124 at KMWH (Moses Lake, WA). I still recall the tower telling me to land long, very long after the Antonov's turn off. I can only imagine the turbulence 6 of those engines make! Amazing feat of engineering... Thanks for the video

  • @gggggggg3542
    @gggggggg3542 4 роки тому +10

    Seen it only once, parked in an airport......... until you see it close up parked next to another aircraft, you really cannot appreciate the sheer size of this thing. My first thought when I saw it, how the hell can something that size move, let alone fly.
    Makes a 757 look like a kid's toy

  • @aliensporebomb
    @aliensporebomb 5 років тому +16

    Sure wish they'd complete the second one. Beautiful large beast!

    • @sergeybebenin
      @sergeybebenin 5 років тому

      @wraqi
      Yea? Got proof?

    • @sergeybebenin
      @sergeybebenin 5 років тому

      @wraqi
      Oh I have. There zero infiltration about China building them, as in, present tense as you said. Just some agreements that don't really mean much in the end.

  • @my3dviews
    @my3dviews 5 років тому +88

    4:08 That plane is red in the face after seeing that huge plane land.

    • @hayward5025
      @hayward5025 5 років тому

      Was that an anime reference?

    • @RaelgunXIII
      @RaelgunXIII 5 років тому +6

      bill hayward not everything is an anime reference, you fvcking weeaboo

    • @davidaaa6427
      @davidaaa6427 5 років тому

      My3dviews that's funny.

  • @jackier3046
    @jackier3046 2 роки тому +3

    4:54 imagine being in that southwest plane and seeing that GIGANTIC BEAST casually driving past you. I would lose my mind!

  • @forcanadaru
    @forcanadaru 3 роки тому +9

    It carries all spare parts it may need inside including wheels and a crew of mechanics permanently lives and works on board (their apartments are located near the giant tail at the end of fuselage). There is a joke about this plane: Pilots suddenly hear unusual noise and the 12th pilot gets on a motorcycle to go and check where this noise comes from. He comes back in 3 days and reports: don't worry, it is cessna got inside via opened air conditioner vent, flying around one of lamps and making this noise. But, in fact, this airplane blew smaller planes out of their parking lots with its engines several times, for which owner payed charges:) Now, its rout is carefully checked and prepared before each arrival and departure

    • @wcolby
      @wcolby  3 роки тому +1

      Even when the AN-124 lands at Moffett field in california... engines 1 & 4 are over the dirt.

  • @kevlar6836
    @kevlar6836 5 років тому +9

    30 minutes later all the wheels were stolen and it was on cinder blocks?

  • @compteck7
    @compteck7 5 років тому +12

    Thks for a great video of it coming in..was hoping someone would catch it. 🙂

  • @mabelyourmama9029
    @mabelyourmama9029 3 роки тому +5

    Glorious landing! What a beautiful bird.

  • @TheGabby70
    @TheGabby70 2 роки тому +10

    That monster probably makes a small earthquake when it lands

  • @wp8795
    @wp8795 5 років тому +6

    Paris Hiltons baggage has arrived 😄
    Amazing to get your head around it.
    Thanks for sharing ❤️

  • @jimmcdowell657
    @jimmcdowell657 5 років тому +8

    I’ve been inside it’s like a barn it left with a locomotive from Ontario Canada to Ireland.

  • @hermanduke9051
    @hermanduke9051 4 роки тому +6

    The Anthonov is in a class all by itself.....holding no less than 30. World records.......in It's more than 3 decades History.......a most impressive airplane.....

    • @EmmetFord
      @EmmetFord 4 роки тому

      C-5M Galaxy Max takeoff weight: 920,000 lb (417,305 kg)
      An-225 Mriya Max takeoff weight: 1,410,958 lb (640,000 kg)
      But the US has 52 C-5M's in its inventory. Russia has zero Antanov 225's, because the only one completed belongs to Ukraine.

  • @dnlmk_1638
    @dnlmk_1638 3 роки тому +7

    Antonov really do know how to make big fucking cargo planes

  • @wranther
    @wranther 5 років тому +50

    What a beautiful landing. That is huge compared to the 124 too! And the 124 is no small tater.

  • @rodkirk5172
    @rodkirk5172 5 років тому +11

    I hear there is an onboard fire dept, police dept, sanitation department, civil court, convenience store, and stadium.

    • @dukegotpowers
      @dukegotpowers 5 років тому +3

      Rod Kirk you forgot the Olympic size swimming pool........................!!!

    • @LeoWhalen1933
      @LeoWhalen1933 5 років тому +1

      Haha!

    • @Stratubery
      @Stratubery 5 років тому +1

      Captain?!?

    • @dukegotpowers
      @dukegotpowers 5 років тому +1

      Rod Kirk you forgot the wedding Chapel swimming pool and vodka specialties....in the skies!!!.........

    • @usa7530
      @usa7530 4 роки тому +1

      Ha ha ha

  • @Pork-Chopper
    @Pork-Chopper Рік тому +4

    That's over 250 Tons of aircraft!!!
    Unbelievable! 😳

    • @DS-lk3tx
      @DS-lk3tx 9 місяців тому

      I thought this was the weight of its payload alone? 😂

  • @fractode
    @fractode 5 років тому +4

    Also interesting would be a tour of the hangar that can accommodate such a beast! Thanks for posting.

    • @wcolby
      @wcolby  5 років тому

      I don't think it has a hangar... I'm pretty sure it sits outside.

  • @thewildblueyonder5414
    @thewildblueyonder5414 5 років тому +7

    Saw it in August 1989 during one of its first appearances outside the USSR at the Abbotsford Airshow near Vancouver Canada, then the 3rd largest airshow in the world. It came head-on to the 100,000+ audience numerous times alternately dipping each wing like a giant flying whale. Taking off empty it has so much lift it practically goes up like a blimp. The Soviet delegation, which included several jet fighters, helicopters and civilian aerobatic planes, was very well received and it was a significant moment during the cultural exchanges of the 'detente' period (easing of tensions) between East and West. If you enter " AN-225 Abbotsford Airshow 1986" (it really was in '89) in YT's S.E. there is an excellent early flying video, also Farnborough Airshow 1990 in England and Oklahoma City Airshow 1990 has some good early flying video too.

  • @alleycatvietnam
    @alleycatvietnam 5 років тому +18

    " Bloody Well Done " Walt!!!

  • @DelusionalReality1914
    @DelusionalReality1914 4 роки тому +15

    4:10 the 787 rednose looks like a cessna compared to it. Damn

  • @DarthKanye
    @DarthKanye 2 роки тому +12

    that must be insanely hard to fly, let alone take off & land

    • @zephyre2847
      @zephyre2847 2 роки тому +2

      From what i've heard bigger the plane, easier it is to fly, land and take off