The record load for the An-124 stands at 171 tonnes……..
The record in the photo was for a SINGLE ITEM OF CARGO – not total uplift.
Ken
Don’t remember what the 171tonnes was, any details??? but Antonov Airlines (ADB) state as below
London – September – UK: Confirmation has been received from the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) for the Antonov 225 record breaking test flight, that took place during September 2001. Carrying a record load of 253.82 tonnes of cargo, the AN225 flew at an altitude of two kilometers (1.243 miles) over a closed circuit of 1000 km at a speed of 763.2 km/h (474.23mph). The certificate confirms 124 separate FAI world records were broken during the flight.
An application has been submitted to the Guinness Book of Records but this is not the first time that Antonov Airlines has broken a world record. Both Air Foyle and the Antonov Design Bureau jointly hold two `world records` in the Guinness Book, one in 1993 for the heaviest single load ever transported by air (135.2 tonnes), and the other in 1991 acknowledging the heaviest shipment ever moved by air on one flight (142 tonnes).
The latter was broken (June 9, 1994) when an Air Foyle/Antonov-operated AN124 – 100 freighter airlifted a total weight of 146 tonnes, comprising a 109 tonne locomotive plus 37 tonnes of metal bridging equipment between London – Ontario Canada and Dublin, Ireland.
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