I think five T-90 was for show.

One T-90 weighs 46 Tons fully loaded, which is 92,000 lbs. Space shuttle
external tank weigh 77,000 lbs. It is about one T-90 weight capacity.

http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/...ewsref/et.html

Shuttle Orbiter Landing Weight is 198,909 lbs. That is little over two T-90
weight capacity.

http://www.shuttlepresskit.com/STS-98/

Emilio.

"Ken Duffey" wrote in message
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When they (Antonov) were making a heap of FAI records with the Mriya,
they wanted to have some heavy steel blocks that they could load on
board - so that they could get the records at different all-up weights.

But these steel blocks were a pain to load and offload - so they hit
upon the simple expedient of using T-90 tanks - simple drive-on
drive-off steel loads.

I have a pic somewhere of an An-225 with an open nose door and five
T-90's parked in front!

Ken

gary pearson wrote:

It wasnt a brand new aircraft design, it was a modified (heavily) An124.
Gary
"Emilio" wrote in message
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Ya I found the pic with Buran on top.

Funny, I thought Russians were lot more practical than design a brand
new

6

engine aircraft to carry Buran. We do it simply with 747.

Emilio.

"Goran Larsson" wrote in message
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In article , Emilio

wrote:

This Antonov, do anyone know what they were thinking of as a cargo?

Buran.

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