I liked the fact it had 6 engines. That’s two more than 4. Hope they build another. 
The AN 225 destroyed?
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I kinda have a soft spot for these big and rare planes, antonovs and ilyushins....
I think the cost of repowering while simultaneously rebuilding and/or finishing the airframe may be too tall a task.
I could be repowered, but why would they?
On existing airframes that is a major undertaking. The load paths in and through the wings are already designed and built. You'd essentially be redesigning the entire aircraft. Plus there is wiring and the entire fuel system would have to be reconfigured.
Note that they had the same potential with the B-52 but went with eight engines again, just as before.
and going from 8 to 4 on the B-52 would likely be simpler, doesn't change the load paths
It most certainly does, that was one of the reasons the Air Force gave in ultimately decided against four engines. The pylons would require redesign and it also affected the attachment point loading in the wing.
I was going to mention "besides the pylons" but figured that would be obvious. In any event much less change than going from 6 to 4 on the AN225
Fog of war. Here's an overhead photo of the hanger it was in.
Edit: another photo showing it on fire:
It landed in Calgary, Alberta almost 10 years ago. March 13, 2012.
KCFM!!! what a super smart display of marksmanship... the Commies can't hit the broadside of a barn but they can hit the biggest air freighter available anywhere in Russia and the world...
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I would imagine a GE CF6-80C Boeing/Airbus spec(still made for the 767 and A330ceo), PW4062 or the Rolls-Royce RB211-524(or even the Trent series) could be adapted along with Western(GE/Honeywell/Rockwell Collins/Thales/Safran) avionics if the An-224 was to be remade.
Real shame, and likely meant to be both a blow to morale as well as strategic capability. Fortunately the airbus belugas can probably help with any heavy lift needed in the short-medium term, but just another tally to the list of awful things to blame on Putin.
Questionable now exactly how extensive the damage is...
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Satellite Photos Give Hope AN-225 Might Have Survived - AVweb
Some satellite imagery sleuthing by an expert in the field suggests there might be something, maybe even quite a lot, left of the AN-225 Mriya cargo aircraft reportedly destroyed in Ukraine last week. Paul Byrne, an associate professor of Earth and Planetary Science at Washington University in...
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Did you not see the pic I posted above with the tail on fire and the smoke coming out of the hangar? Just want to make sure if my posts are visible.
There are several varieties of those Russian mammoths - not sure if I've seen the Antonov 225, but have two huge beasts of that sort, both around 2006. Out with buddies for our lunchtime walk at work and saw this huge aircraft in profile, heading N toward the airport. It looked somewhat like the Space Shuttle from the side, with it unusual aspect ratio. Looked incredibly slow, but that was because it was so huge it seemed to take a long time to travel its own length.
Second sighting was a few months later - saw a bunch of cars stopped N of the airport, and people with binoculars and cameras at the ready. Of course I had to stop. The Antonov took off and passed right over us. Spectacular.
The one flight was written up in the Free Press, and as you said, it was here to pick up ag equipment (possibly from the Russian-owned Buhler Industries). May well have been a 124 rather than a 225. Can't remember if it had four engines, or six.
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