You can now fly the largest aircraft ever built in 'Microsoft Flight Simulator'<p>One year ago today, the largest aircraft ever built was <a data-i13n="cpos:1;pos:1" href="
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destroyed[/url] during the early days of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Now, the Antonov An-225 Mriya is once again taking to the skies — albeit in <a data-i13n="cpos:2;pos:1" href="
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Microsoft Flight Simulator[/url]. What's more, if you buy the add-on, you could help restore the only real-life Mriya that was ever completed.</p><p>The Ukraine-built Mriya was an ultra-heavy lift jet transport aircraft with six engines. It was the heaviest aircraft ever built and it had the largest wingspan of any plane at 290 feet. The Mriya, which had its first flight in 1988, was used to transport things like Soviet space shuttles, tanks, diesel locomotives and dozens of cars at a time.</p><span id="end-legacy-contents"></span><figure><img src="
https://s.yimg.com/os/creatr-uploaded-images/2023-02/02dd24d0-b6d5-11ed-8b7b-3ddac8fc6809" style="height:3951;width:5939;" alt="An Antonov An-225 Mriya cargo plane, the world's biggest aircraft, destroyed by Russian troops amid Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, is seen at an airfield in the settlement of Hostomel, in Kyiv region, Ukraine August 10, 2022. REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi" data-uuid="fec16971-6281-356c-801b-5a3230b0caf0"><figcaption></figcaption><div class="photo-credit">Stringer . / reuters</div></figure><p>A second Mriya was in the works, but it was never finished. There are plans to reconstruct the plane by using parts of the destroyed Mriya and pieces from the unfinished airframe. The project is expected to <a data-i13n="cpos:3;pos:1" href="
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cost over $500 million[/url].</p><p>The
Microsoft Flight Simulator version of the Antonov An-225 Mriya is available in six liveries, including an Xbox Aviators Club one. It's in the in-game marketplace on PC today and will be available for the <a data-i13n="cpos:4;pos:1" href="
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Xbox Series X/S[/url] and <a data-i13n="cpos:5;pos:1" href="
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cloud versions[/url] later this month. The Mriya costs $20, with all proceeds going to the Antonov Corporation's Mryia reconstruction efforts. Meanwhile, iniBuilds, the team behind the virtual Mriya, has <a data-i13n="cpos:6;pos:1" href="
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released[/url] a manual and other details about the plane on <a data-i13n="cpos:7;pos:1" href="
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its forums[/url].</p><div id="5fcecf83ba6b48c2815584d07dddecdb"><div style="left:0;width:100%;height:0;position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;"><iframe src="
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You can now fly the largest aircraft ever built in 'Microsoft Flight Simulator'
