The AN-218: Ukraine’s Boeing 777 Competitor That Never Was
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- Boeing’s twinjet widebody 777 airliners have been gracing the world’s skies since the mid-1990s. Its main competitors have always been the A330 and A340 models produced by European manufacturer Airbus. However, it nearly ended up also seeing competition from a Ukrainian design, namely the proposed Antonov An-218. But what exactly is the story of the 777 competitor that never was?
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Greetings from Kyiv, Ukraine! Good to know people don't forget about Antonov planes!
I've flown on An-12, AN-26, An124. Was always an adventure...
How do you feel about Soviet passenger planes? Are they comfortable? My country's national airline used to use a lot Soviet planes but they pulled them out of service a long time ago :(( Now I can only watch those beautiful birds in the distance
I thought AN was Russian
@@jovanholland36 Ukrainian.
This plane is a hybrid between the a330 and the 767, made in Ukrain
Solid video.... Wonder how it would be if they made huge passenger Jets
The airline market would probably be very different.
Forget it. Soviet/Russian built will never get EASA & FAA certified.
So, even if it get built, it can only operate within the former Soviet blocks and the remaining few communist holdouts with an occasional trips to the Free Zone.
@@kennycheung1743 the sokhoi superjet is aproved. It is from russia 😀
@@kennycheung1743 because the easa and FAA don't like competition
I have seen the an-225 at FAI last year
Looking at the pilots' windows up front, I wonder if there would have been a sight advantage versus Airbus and Boeing designs.
I've flown on 148 LGW to LED, pretty cool experience
Actually some might say this would be a competitor to the 767/A330. But in reality, the 777-200/ER had the same capacity as the 333, which was the bridge between the then 767,747 or 332/343.
The 77W came later by a decade and some airlines configure it in a premium configuration that it's closer to the 787s and 339s.
Thus the 777 was initially designed as a medium capacity medium range which then was developed into a high capacity long range and ultra long range with it's 777-200LR
Please make a video about AN-180. That aircraft seemed amazing. Engines mounted on the tail wing!!
I have seen the An124, what a graceful beast. It was at Liverpool Airport collecting shoe boxes of toys for underprivileged children as part of Operation Christmas Child.
Back in the 70's when I was in Rumania I flew on a brand new Il-62. As I remember it was a nice plane.
I've flow in an An-2...yeah, look it up, it's wild
Answering the last question, yes, Antonov 32s are fairly common in Colombia as cargo and military planes. Fascinating aircraft, very impressive engines and propeller, an ambicious design, interesting as many Soviet planes.
Check out Ukraines new Antonov An-178
this was a pretty good video.
I have seen Antonov An-124 4 times in my life
I’ve seen AN124’s and the AN224 at Doncaster airport on a number of occasions. There’s definitely no missing the 224 when it flies in or out (even louder). Vulcan XH-558 is based there and that used to make a fantastic noise taking off. I grew up on the Flightpath of what was RAF Finningley when it was an active Vulcan base. Great sights and sounds.
Why does it looks like some random default plane from one of a unity simulators
Can you please make a video about the plane- maker Antonov for Long-Houl by Simple Flying
on what are they doing now
I saw the an225 land at Kuala Lumpur International Airport. That's the only time the airplane landed there.
i hope the company makes a new plane like that
The 178 is their new cargo plane
Dang, I'm so sad. The wooden model looked awesome
Wouldn't it be more of a A330 rival?
A330-300 is around 777-200/ER sized so it would be both
This channel is kind of Boeing-biased, if you haven't noticed yet.
@@litamtondy not true. Watch their videos of the A220, I've never heard so many compliments about a plane
@@litamtondy They praised many Airbuses like A321 xlr too tho?
@@osasunaitor Praising a plane that everybody praises doesn't mean they aren't biased towards Boeing, it just mean the 220 and 321XLR are great. For the same reason, the tons of B747 videos they make might just be because a lot of people love that model.
You actually need to look at the other videos, like this one. Why did it have to be the B777? And just look at the last video, that they posted one hour ago: why are they asking if the B777 will be the last jumbo? Does the 350 don't exist to them?
This channel is so biased towards Boeing, I'm really starting to believe they are sponsored.
I have once flown in an Antonov An-2, biggest production biplane I believe.
Looks like an A330 without winglets
So a 767
yeah i have seen the massive Antonov AN-225 mriya in hyderabad airport,india ig in 2016 it was massive the only word i can say about it
Shame the plane never came to be
It's better that they stopped at the wooden mockup. They had no chance of completing a project of that scale during the chaos in the former USSR in the 90s. More effort would just be more waste.
@@alexandernorman5337 On the other hand it could've been a base for a potential industrial boost and specialization in passenger aircrafts.
@@PTB_BE - It never would have went anywhere. Other (at the time new) aviation programs from the former USSR like the Il-96 and Il-114 were many years farther along and yet practically stillborn. There wasn't any additional resource base to devote to a new Antonov project. I'm pretty sure they came to recognize that fact and that is why it was abandoned.
I was lucky enough that back in 2013 I watched the 225 takeoff from manchester airport
if her departure hadn't been delayed by a day, there was a good chance i would have missed it
So Antonov was going to launch an A350 20 years before Airbus.
more like Antonov wished they could do that
No, it was an concurrent to the A-330 and 777 .
wait? where's the AN-318 "MD-11 kicker"?
I hope no one will copy the design of this plane...just like the md12 of McDonnell Douglas.
Seriously ? Antonov Make A Plan To Make A Big / Huge Aircraft As Big As 777 !? Can They Make A Huge Aircraft !? (I Think They Only Can Make An-2 Sized Aircraft)
You are completely ignorant and it is sad!
is a350 also a 777 compeditor?
Do the Tupolev's low-wing rear-engined exprimental aircraft
I can’t consider it a failure as it never got beyond a wooden mock up, yes it had technological problems but it I’m sure they could have been resolved. I just don’t think the money was there to progress with the project as Ukraine was still dealing with it’s independence from Russia.
Antonov An-178 is a modern beauty
Wasn’t the MD11 also a competitor to the 777?
It was but it was quickly killed by the 777
I'm actually in the process of creating a 3D model (in Blender) of this plane for the purpose of 3d Printing
An-124 lands on a frequent basis at KIAD.. ..
i see one every week.
Interesting concept but this video didn't really explain why the AN-218 never came to fruition. No funding? Poor design? Lack of customer interest? Some sort of explanation would have made this a lot more interesting.
I would have liked some competition to AB and Boeing! It’s a shame it didn’t fly.
I flew the Antonov 158 from Cubana Airlines. Uncomfortable and noisy...
You lie!! Or otherwise you are biased!
They never had any chance to completing such projects after the USSR went down for the count.
The 777 competitor is the A350 not A330
Yeeet
An - 148 & 158 are certified for take off and landing on unpaved runways . . . I can think of a few Canadian airlines with ancient 737-200s whose ears might just prick up when they hear that 😅😅
This is a 767 competitor not a 777...
why they only make cargo planes they should make passenger planes again
Modern avionics. No valves.
A350 is the direct rival of the 777
Airliner not airline
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2:37 I sea Antonov An-225 in the tv ,pictures and videos in youtube + Antonov An- 124 but not sea this aircrat un the tv in pictures and videos in youtube
An-2 😂😂😂😂 and overloaded.
If USSR remained maybe this plane would be a reality
1st comment to this awesome video
Unfortunately, Antonov is near bankruptcy and dying
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I just burst out laughing everytime I read "Russian etc competitor against US & French manufacturer".
what's funny. The MC-21 for example, is a great competitor to the 737 and A320??????????????
Its looks like a Chinese ripoff of A330 xD
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It looks extremely ugly tho