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Igor Sikorsky’s record-breaking 1,200 km-long flight on ‘Ilya Muromets’ plane from Petrograd to Kyiv...

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"There was one more important test flight as well as demonstration left to be accomplished, namely a long journey across the country. Until then...

Igor Sikorsky set a world speed record of 113 km/h on his plane in...

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In the autobiography "The Story of the Winged-S", Igor Sikorsky recalled: "For my future work, I had to use experimental data obtained from the...

SpaceX turns to Ukrainian AN-124 plane for emergency delivery of oversized rocket parts to...

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"Jan 3, 2018 Subject: Request for Antonov Support SpaceX requests An-124 to transport rocket hardware (payload fairing halves) to expedite processing of the coming missions.. US Domestic...

Antonov’s An-178 Shows Off Its Maneuverability at Farnborough Airshow

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_DAva950LI

World’s Strongest Plane – Ukrainian AN-124 Ruslan | Mega Machines

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"The world's largest production cargo plane must carry a record-breaking load in a race against the clock. The Antonov 124 is an air...

The largest pre-WW1 plane – Sikorsky’s S-22 ‘Ilya Muromets’ – made its maiden flight...

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Igor Sikorsky flew "Ilya Muromets" plane personally from Petersburg to his native Kyiv setting several world records. As it turns out though, the true...

Guinness record setter Antonov An-2 plane

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"Although not the largest biplanes ever, the biggest double-wing aircraft currently in common use is the Antonov An-2 / An-3, which has a wingspan of 18.8...

How Australia Welcomed ‘Sky Monster’ – AN-225 Mriya

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX_W_rR5J6w&t=219s

Igor Sikorsky with his ‘Ilya Muromets’ plane in Kyiv in 1914

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"Very few people had come to the field because our plane was not expected on that rainy morning. The Secretary of the Aeronautical Society...

Ukrainian who created the best jet engines in the world: Arkhyp Lyulka was born...

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In 1926, a young man from the Kyiv region entered Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. The man's first name was Arkhyp, and his last name was...