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There is a sim; https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Antonov_An-225_flight_simulator.jpeg https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Antonov_An-225_fli...
by Stevvo 5y ago
There is a sim; https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Antonov_An-225_flight_simulator.jpeg https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Antonov_An-225_fli...
Not sure if all of the cockpit is in that sim; there are 6 seats!
I expect the pilots all started out flying other types, so will go back to doing that.
- masklinn 5y ago> Not sure if all of the cockpit is in that sim; there are 6 seats! That would be correct, like the AN-124 the An-225 has a crew of 6 (plus 2 loadmasters I think?). While the planes were retrofit and modernised they kept a pretty heavy crew scheme, nominal crew is 2 pilots, 2 FE, and 2 comms. Might be that they didn’t see the need to change the crew scheme, or might be the origins in strategic military transportation (the C5 also has a hefty crew with FEs).
- p_l 5y agoIt also had space for extra people (not many), whether for transit or as second/third crew
- masklinn 5y agoYes there’s a crew compartment, pretty large one really. It’s also for ground crew as there’s load-mastering, a lot of specific knowledge, plus probably the ability to do some maintenance even far from home base. The 124 also has a passenger cabin which can hold 80 but I don’t think they’d kept that in the 225.