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In September 2020, SFO had a special visit from an unusual airplane, a Volga-Dnepr Airlines Antonov AN-124 Ruslan! With a wingspan of 73.30 meters and a length of 69.10 meters, it is the world’s largest production military cargo aircraft and the second largest transport aircraft after the Antonov An-225 Mriya. Check out how low it sits to the ground! Have you ever seen an Antonov AN-124?
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