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Chinese company to restart An-225 production, allegedly
« on: September 11, 2016, 06:29:36 PM »
Hah, I'll eat a model of the An-225 if this ever comes true.

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The new agreement begins discussions to allow Airspace Corporation of China and Antonov to resume assembly of the second An-225 in phase one. A follow-on second phase would restart series production of the heavy airlifter in China under license, Antonov says. Both phases would be initiated after the signing of separate contracts.

https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/an-225-revival-proposed-in-new-antonov-china-pact-428949/

Didn't take long for sellers on Ali Express to catch on ;)



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Re: Chinese company to restart An-225 production, allegedly
« Reply #1 on: September 11, 2016, 09:55:42 PM »
I saw something about this on the Yahoo homepage,but didn`t read on as Yahoo are known for their "Jackanory" style articles.  ;)

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Re: Chinese company to restart An-225 production, allegedly
« Reply #2 on: September 12, 2016, 07:08:07 PM »
I'd always assumed that there were several of these planes in service when in fact there is only one.

Given that she's been practically all over the world I wonder what the mileage currently is?  :)
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Re: Chinese company to restart An-225 production, allegedly
« Reply #3 on: September 12, 2016, 08:21:35 PM »
I am not sure why, but this sounded more like a wild boast from Kim Jong Un when I read it.
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