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It's a shame it got destroyed, a beautiful piece of machinery. I don't think the company will ever rebuilt it, they already were hesitant on building another AN
by freudian123 5y ago
It's a shame it got destroyed, a beautiful piece of machinery.
I don't think the company will ever rebuilt it, they already were hesitant on building another AN-225 due to cost concerns.
- ushakov 5y agocouldn’t they license the designs to other companies to manufacture them?
- freudian123 5y agoThey could but I don't think it will be financially practical for an Aerospace company to set up a manufacturing line to just to manufacture 1 or 2 of the 225's.
- WesolyKubeczek 5y agoIt would also require quite a revamp, I guess, if anyone wanted to build it anew, those designs are quite dated (I mean, everything inside it)
- p_l 5y agoThe design is also very unique due to requirements that were put for it. Pretty much no one put similar equipment, and it's a wonder that it was "un-mothballed" at all and put itself on map again. It was crucial for both commercial and humanitarian efforts, but no bean counter would approve building such design normally.
- baybal2 5y ago> they already were hesitant on building another AN-225 due to cost concerns. Very astutely note. EU was trying to block Ukrainian defence industry for decades. They had a cargo plane design which beaten Airbus 400 on 33 out 34 tender points on EU defence tender, and still lost.
- dogma1138 5y agoA Chinese company has a 70% complete AN 225 hopefully Antonov Airlines can buy it back and finish it.
- jacquesm 5y agoThat's also sitting in a hangar in Ukraine.