Friday, November 13, 2009

A Technology Stretch

Okay, explain this to me one more time.

The Russian Antonov 225, nicknamed by NATO as "Cossack," is the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built. You tell me it weighs 650 tons and can carry another 275 tons in its cargo hold or 220 tons on top of its fuselage.

Okay, I've got that.

But I still don't understand --

How does the doggone thing get up in the air, let alone stay there!