10 of the world's biggest cargo planes

Pic 1: The one operational An-225 at RAF Brize Norton in 2007. Photo: RAF.
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ArabianSupplyChain.com has taken a few moments to compile a list of some of the biggest and most interesting cargo planes that have ever taken to the skies.

Ranked nominally by maximum take-off weight (MTOW), the list includes production aircraft, along with some bespoke creations and mixes converted airliners with aircraft built specifically for cargo roles.

ArabianSupplyChain.com has avoided the inclusion of multiple variations of the same aircraft, but we welcome any tips from card-carrying plane spotters for cargo carriers we should have included. Enjoy these amazing aircraft:
 

1. Antonov An-225
2. Airbus A380F
3. Antonov An-124
4. Boeing 747 Large Cargo Freighter
5. McDonnell Douglas MD-11F
6. Ilyushin IL-96T
7. Antonov  An-22
8. Ilyushin IL-76 MF/TF
9. Airbus A300-600 Super Transporter
10. Antonov An-70
11. … and an 11th that was too interesting to ignore, the B-377-SG/SGT Super Guppy.

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FEATURED COMMENT the antonov is awesome but i think i prefer the airbus a300 super transporter   3 Comments Read more comments »

1. Antonov An-225
MTOW: 600,000 kg
Top of the list is the Russian Antonov An-225. Looking like something out of an episode of the Thunderbirds, this massive beast of an aircraft was originally designed to piggyback parts of the Soviet space programme. The aircraft is powered by six Ivchenko Progress D-18T turbofan engines and features seven pairs of wheels on each set of landing gear.