Thanks for the tip. I somehow didn't think of the simple one: try opening in a different browser. The video opens correctly there
It's a problem in my Google Chrome.Hopefully the company will find a buyer. It's always a shame when cool companies leave the market, or when their creators leave....
arb12 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 17, 2025 12:51 am(3) Maestro Luigi Colani belonged to the elite minority who didn't think "I'll design a car called "X" to earn the intended "Y" amount of money at any cost (damn the customers, I only want the money)", but thought "I'll create a passionate Masterpiece called "X prime", I'll project that with sheer Joy & Mind energy, and my valued Customers will be happy every second (the "Y prime" money followed this project as a natural consequence of the Customers' joy, so the following laws appeared: "X prime" in terms of the intangible hidden value of the Product, created by the Genius is much greater than "X" as well as the "Y prime" is >> than "Y").
You have very accurately described how Luji Kolani created: he created a works of art. Geniuses like that come along every 100 years.
arb12 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 17, 2025 12:51 am(4) And speaking of industrial design and supreme tech, I hope one day that fantastic Jewel will be fully restored (now destroyed by limited-minded barbarians) and is it even possible to redesign and build a new generation model (let's say, named "Мрiя-2ndGen"?) to replace this one? I mean that Jewel, capable of transporting a Shuttle:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqGvGSeLm_U
By the time the ussr collapsed, the second AN-225 Mriya was about 60% complete, and after the collapse there was a prolonged and severe economic crisis, but the body simply remained unfinished and was in the Antonov Company hangar, with no plans for completion.
A month before the war, the commander of the AN-225 requested from the management (CEO Bychkov) a flight from Gostomel (Ukraine) to Leipzig (Germany) and, as part of the partnership with NATO, it was proposed to pay all costs, including evacuation, and the request of Antonov Logistics Director Hrytsenko to CEO Bychkov was rejected with threats to fire him, and Hrytsenko was later fired.
Two weeks before the war, the AN-225 arrived for repairs. The commander of the AN-225 continued to request that the aircraft be evacuated. At that time, 1 of the 6 engines was removed from the AN-225, but the aircraft could take off with 5 engines. But CEO Bychkov refused to allow the plane to take off. Two hours before the start of the war, they managed to put the 6th engine on the aircraft, but Bychkov continued to reject the requests. And 12 hours later, the russian fascist into Gostomel in helicopters, took the staff hostage, and destroyed the AN-225 Mriya in the hangar.
Director General Bychkov was arrested for corruption, ties to russia and high treason, and criminal omission.
After the russian fascist destroyed the AN-225 in the hangar, the question arose of completing the second copy. There are no precise estimates, but there were rough estimates from $500 million to $1 billion (I don't know if this is an estimate for the completion or a completely new aircraft (in my opinion, it is better to pre-order a new aircraft, because it is still obsolete, there are new technologies, materials and aerodynamics have advanced somewhat)). A few million dollars were contributed to the fund by Antov at the very beginning, but it was not enough, and the Mriya Restoration Fund was established with an appeal to the international community: https://an225fund.org
From the website:
"To ensure the transparent and effective operation of the Fund, a Supervisory Board will be formed in the near future, with well-known and influential personalities invited to join it.
The aircraft's crew commander, Dmytro Antonov, has already given his consent to join the Supervisory Board of the Fund.
Negotiations on joining the Supervisory Board of the Foundation have now begun with Richard Branson and Arnold Schwarzenegger."
At the moment, there is no accurate information in the public domain, but the restoration of the AN-225 has been suspended and postponed until the end of the war, as Ukraine has more pressing problems due to the war. According to various estimates, after the war, it will take 2 to 4 years to restore Mriya.
Therefore, there is a chance for the restoration of the AN-225 Mriya, albeit a small one.
