On 4th April 1984, the well-known Soviet aircraft designer, Oleg Konstantinovich Antonov (Олег Константинович Антонов) died in Kiev (in now Ukraine), at the age of 78.
Antonov, born in 1906 in Troitsa village, the Moscow region of Russia, was the world-known aviation engineer, aircraft designer and the founder of the Antonov construction bureau (OKB-153).
During his professional career, Oleg Antonov created several popular military and civil aeroplanes, such as An-12 and An-22 heavy military airlifters, An-24/26/30/32 family of civilian and military transport aircraft, An-28 turboprop transport aeroplane and An-72/74 transport jets.
However, what made the name Antonov famous throughout the world were the biggest cargo aeroplanes in history of aviation – An-124 Ruslan and An-225 Mriya, the latter being for many years the largest flying aircraft in the world.
More information about the talented aviation engineer and designer, as well as the Antonov-designed aircraft can be found in our articles listed below:
- 7 February 1906 – Oleg Antonov is born
- 21 May 1969 – first flight of Antonov An-26,
- 21 December 1988 – maiden flight of Antonov An-225 Mriya,
- 22 March 1989 – An-225 Mriya sets 110 aviation records in a single flight,
- Antonov An-124-100 Ruslan,
- Antonov An-26 ´71386´,
- Antonov An-2TD ´Wiedeńczyk´ (Viennese) / XtremeAir XA41 / Sukhoi Su-26
