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the Antonov An-990 is a fictional or commonly misidentified concept aircraft (often confused with the An-225 Mriya or futuristic heavy-lift concepts in flight simulators like X-Plane), I have treated it as a "Lost Giant" of Soviet engineering lore—a hypothetical next-generation heavy lifter.

• Takeoff: Requires a 6km runway, four tugboats, and a priest. Rotates at 180 knots, but only after burning 15 tons of fuel just to get the tires to unstick.
• Cruise: Once aloft (barely), it consumes Jet-A at a rate that would bankrupt a small nation. Cruise speed is Mach 0.55, but ground speed is sometimes negative if there's a headwind.
• Landing: Approaches at 160 knots with a descent rate of "please, God, no." Reverse thrust sounds like ten 18-wheelers Jake-braking at once. Uses parachutes. And a net.

: The concept has a maximum takeoff weight of 6,000 tonnes (13.2 million lbs), making it roughly 120 times heavier than a standard Boeing 737-100. Propulsion antonov an990 best

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