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Antonov’s Airlifter Heritage

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Dec 10, 2015

Graham Warwick | Aviation Week & Space Technology

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  Antonov’s first and most enduring design was the An-2 light utility transport, a rugged biplane powered by a 1,000-hp Shvetsov Ash-61 radial engine and with tailwheel landing gear. The An-2, given the NATO reporting name Colt, first flew from Novosibirsk on Aug. 31, 1947. Overall, 17,000 An-2s were produced in the Soviet Union, Poland and China (as the Y-5). Reengined with a 1,375-shp Glushenkov TVD-20 turboprop, the An-3T was certified in 2000.

  
  

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  By Sergey Ryabtsev [GFDL 1.2 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.html) or GFDL 1.2 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/ol

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A storied producer of transport aircraft, Ukraine’s Antonov has struggled since the collapse of the Soviet Union and suffered from the recent schism with its biggest customer, Russia, over the crisis of eastern Ukraine. But the manufacturer is making a comeback with new designs and upgrades. We take a look back over the company’s history.