Single achievement

Mriya and the Record Breaking Cargo

Official achievement authored by Bobby Allen.

Mriya was the only ever Antonov AN-255 built and was a strategic airlift cargo aircraft designed in the 1980s by the Antonov Design Bureau in the Soviet Union. It was originally developed as an enlargement of the Antonov An-124 to transport Buran-class orbiters (space craft).

With a maximum takeoff weight of 640 tonnes (705 short tons), the An-225 held several records, including heaviest aircraft ever built and largest wingspan of any aircraft in operational service. The Mriya attracted a high degree of public interest, attaining a global following due to its size and its uniqueness and people would frequently visit airports to see its scheduled arrivals and departures.

On 11 August 2009, the heaviest single cargo item ever sent by air freight was loaded onto the An-225. At 16.23 m (53 ft 3 in) long and 4.27 m (14 ft 0 in) wide, its consignment, a generator for a gas power plant in Armenia along with its loading frame, weighed in at a record 189 tonnes (417,000 lb). Mriya flew the XX nm journey departing Frankfurt in Germany to the international airport of Zvartnots in Yerevan, Armenia.

Although the aircraft was sadly destroyed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, you will recreate this historic and world recording breaking flight in an aircraft of your choice taking a much smaller payload (maybe a smaller variant of the generator to the same gas power plant).

Armenia is also, for many of us simmers probably not a country that we would think to normally fly to that often and therefore, whilst celebrating the service and numerous awards that Mriya achieved during her service this is additionally a great opportunity to obtain yet another "flag" for your pilot's profile.

This is precious cargo so be sure that your landing is no greater than -160 fpm in order to recieve this achievement!

Criteria

Depart from EDDF, fly to and land at UDYZ (1,613 NM). Your landing rate must not exceed 160 f/m.
Date Departure Arrival Pilot Aircraft Landing rate Distance Flight time
28APR25 1512Z EDDF UDYZ ZandPilooT Airbus A320 (A320) -146 ft/m 1626 nm 01:12 View
22APR25 1737Z EDDF UDYZ XxGuI2eNxX Airbus A350-900 (A359) -114 ft/m 1739 nm 03:37 View
14APR25 1815Z EDDF UDYZ IrishVirtual 01 Gulfstream Aerospace Gulfstream G650 (GLF6) -93 ft/m 1650 nm 02:58 View
14APR25 1729Z EDDF UDYZ J.A. Eurofighter EF 2000 / Typhoon (EUFI) -144 ft/m 1746 nm 02:36 View
17MAR25 2320Z EDDF UDYZ Ernest Maillet Socata TBM-9X0 (TBM9) -90 ft/m 1628 nm 07:59 View
12MAR25 1455Z EDDF UDYZ Staghound Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor (F22) -7 ft/m 1627 nm 01:39 View
06MAR25 1708Z EDDF UDYZ Udon Solo Airbus A321 (A321) -47 ft/m 1743 nm 04:11 View
07FEB25 1955Z EDDF UDYZ Artem Airbus A320 (A320) -139 ft/m 1670 nm 03:36 View
04FEB25 1704Z EDDF UDYZ Roger Abram Cirrus Vision SF-50 (SF50) -15 ft/m 1614 nm 05:03 View
18DEC24 1612Z EDDF UDYZ Mike Papa Airbus A300-600R (A306) -157 ft/m 1675 nm 03:32 View
21NOV24 2009Z EDDF UDYZ Scotty Clifford Antonov An-225 Mriya (A225) -108 ft/m 1676 nm 03:17 View
02NOV24 0111Z EDDF UDYZ Jeph 775 Heavy Cessna 700 Citation Longitude (C700) -42 ft/m 1645 nm 03:25 View
27OCT24 2010Z EDDF UDYZ Felix Bruecklmeier Airbus A320 (A320) -151 ft/m 1651 nm 03:43 View
16OCT24 1651Z EDDF UDYZ VAF343 Sandro Boeing 737-700 (B737) -151 ft/m 1885 nm 05:02 View
19AUG24 0115Z EDDF UDYZ Grigory Cooper Antonov An-225 Mriya (A225) -96 ft/m 1765 nm 01:53 View
29JUL24 2032Z EDDF UDYZ Aaron Priest Cessna 700 Citation Longitude (C700) -52 ft/m 1675 nm 01:25 View
19JUL24 1952Z EDDF UDYZ Krupke77 General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon (F16) -18 ft/m 1683 nm 02:30 View
18JUL24 0942Z EDDF UDYZ David Airbus A350-900 (A359) -6 ft/m 1676 nm 03:27 View
09JUL24 0954Z EDDF UDYZ Niels1501 Boeing 777-300ER (B77W) -108 ft/m 1673 nm 03:26 View
08JUL24 1046Z EDDF UDYZ Alpha_One McDonnell Douglas MD-11 (MD11) -66 ft/m 1777 nm 03:41 View