Pays homage to real Antonov history by carrying a Soviet Buran Space Shuttle and launching it like a massive missile.
The fictional An-990 is sometimes described as a "stretched An-124 with six engines"—ironically, that is exactly what the real An-225 was. antonov an 990
According to aviation lore, the An-990 performed high-speed taxi tests in 1983. The propfan engines, however, proved problematic. The acoustic resonance generated by the experimental blades caused severe structural vibration, threatening to tear the airframe apart. Pays homage to real Antonov history by carrying