From the Memphis Commercial Appeal, Thur Jun 28:

Memphis to Kuwait

No emergency is too big for world's largest plane.

"This Russian-made Antonov 225, the largest plane in the world, took off from Memphis International Airport late Wednesday on its second trip in a week from Memphis to Kuwait. The six-engine plane, built as part of the Soviet space program in the 1980s, is the only one of its kind. It is being used to fly four turbines from Duke Energy in Southaven to the Kuwaiti government in an emergency order. Each turbine weighs 133 metric tons. The plane will be back Monday to pick up its third turbine, said Bertling, the freight forwarder based in Hamburg, Germany, that is managing the transfer. Wednesday afternoon, Barnhart Crane and Rigging moved the turbine in the belly of the plane. A load this large would normally go by ocean liner, Bertling said."

FJ