A little excitement here at McCarran Airport, Las Vegas, as the world's largest aircraft rolls out after touchdown.  It is the Russian Antonov 225.  It was here to deliver a very large power transformer to the Nevada Power Company.  The transformer was built in Turkey and flown by this aircraft to this location.

Some of the aircraft specs follow.  Note the wingspan is 10ft short of the length of a football field:

Wingspan = 290Ft

Height = 89.4Ft

Length = 276Ft

Number of wheels = 24

Max Takeoff Weight = 1,322,750Lbs (that's a little over 660 tons!)

Useful Load is over 275 tons!

Engines = 6 Lotarev D-18T Turbofan

Max Speed at altitude = 530Mph

Cruise = 495Mph

Range = 8310 miles