ANTONOV

USSR/UKRAINE

First aircraft designed by Oleg Konstantinovich Antonov (1924) was OKA-1 glider, followed 1926-1929 by OKA- 3 to 7. Continued to build gliders during and after the war. In 1943 was working on Yakolev
Antonov An-2
An-2
fighters, but fame rests on An-2 "workhorse" biplane of 1946 (when present Antonov Aviation Scientific-Technical Complex organization was founded), used for passenger, freight, exploration, ambulance, and agricultural work; fitted with wheels, skis, or floats and license-built in Poland and China. Russian production of An-2 series ended in 1965 after almost 3,600 built; An-3 was originally considered
Antonov An-12
An-12
as a turboprop development of An-2, but is now offered as a midlife upgrade of the An-2 to have a turboprop engine and other improvements (first flown 1980). An-12 large four-turboprop high-wing military transport was essentially similar to the widely used and earlier An-10, but with rear loading and many other refinements (first flown December 1957;
Antonov An-22 ''Antheus''
An-22 "Antheus"
some 1,400 built up to 1972; also produced in China as Y8). An-14 was a light twin-piston-engined transport.

An-22 was the world's largest aircraft when first flown in February 1965, powered by four huge Kuznetsov turboprop engines, each driving two contrarotating coaxial propellers; a very heavy freighter for the Soviet Air Force and Aeroflot, it was
Antonov An-24
An-24
given a rear loading ramp to provide access to the 26.4m cargo hold; set many payload-to-height records before production finished in the 1970s. An-24 became an extensively used twin-turboprop commercial transport (first flown October 1959); An-26 was a development of An-24 for short-haul freighting and troop carrying (first flown May 1969). An-28 twin-turboprop light passenger
Antonov An-26
An-26
and cargo transport first flew April 1975 and went into production in Poland (still in production in 1999 by WSK "PZL-Mielec" as M28). An-30 first flown August 1967 as photogrammetric aircraft. An- 32 short/medium-range twin-turboprop transport (first flown July 1976) was development of An-26, suited to operation from hot-and-high airfields. An-38 is small 27- passenger twin-turboprop
Antonov An-28
An-28
commuter airliner (first flown June 1994). An-70 medium freighter with four advanced propfan engines was first flown December 1994 and is expected to replace remaining An-12s and also some II- 76s, with projected An-170 heavy transport derivative.

An-71 small tactical airborne early warning and control aircraft with rotating radome above tailfin, known to NATO as Madcap
Antonov An-72
An-72
(first flown July 1985 but so far without production orders) was based on An-72, the latter a light freighter or passenger transport with two turbofan engines carried ahead of the high-mounted wings (first flown August 1977); An-72P armed surveillance and maritime patrol aircraft based on An-72; An-74 is civil development of An-72, originally for Arctic
Antonov An-124 ''Ruslan''
An-124 "Ruslan"
operations but since produced in other variants. An-88 is a tactical battlefield surveillance aircraft based on An-72 (also known as An-72R). An-124 very-heavy-lift freighter, first flying December 1982 as then the world's largest aircraft, is powered by four turbofans and has a wing span of 240 ft 6 in (73.3 m) and all-up weight of
Antonov An-225 ''Mria''
An-225 "Mria"
392,000kg. An-140 short-haul regional airliner is to supersede An-24 (first flown September 1997); An-142 is proposed civil/military derivative of An-140, with rear loading ramp. An-180 is proposed 175-passenger propfan airliner, and An-218 is proposed medium/long-range airliner for 195-400 passengers. An-225 Mriya was produced as an enlarged and six-turbojet development of An-124, first flying in December 1988 but only one completed. An-102 and An-104 are projected agricultural aircraft.


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