Antonov An-2R (c/n 1G190-04/1980, OK-RYA), landing at Roudnice nad Labem airfield during the 2019 edition of the Memorial Air Show, Roudnice, June 2019. At the end of August 2026, it has already been 79 years […]
On 27 February 1965, prototype of the Antonov An-22 Antey, a heavy turboprop strategic transport aircraft (NATO reporting name: “Cock”), performed its maiden flight from Kyiv to Uzyn. The An-22 was intended as the third […]
The An-26 is one of the most recognisable aircraft designed by the Antonov design bureau and remains one of the best-known Soviet-era transport aeroplanes. Although smaller than aircraft such as the An-124 or An-225, the […]
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 […]
During its nearly seventy years of existence, the Soviet Union developed several exceptionally large aircraft. Only a few entered serial production, such as the Tupolev TB-3, the Antonov An-124 and the Tupolev Tu-160. Others were […]
On 7th February 1906, Oleg Konstantinovich Antonov (Олег Константинович Антонов), the world-known aviation engineer, aviation designer and the founder of the Antonov construction bureau (OKB-153), was born in Troitsa village, in the Moscow region of […]
On 22nd March 1989, Antonov An-225 Mriya performed a test-flight with 156,3 tons of cargo on board. During the flight that lasted 3 hours and 45 minutes, the aeroplane set 110 aviation records in speed, […]
On 21 May 1969, the Antonov An-26, a twin-engine, turboprop transport aircraft, performed its maiden flight. The Antonov An-26 is one of the most-known aircraft designed by the Antonov construction bureau and, at the same […]
Who hasn´t heard about Antonov An-2? An aeroplane that earned a worldwide recognition as icon of Soviet civil aviation, and even the Soviet Union era. Antonov An-2 is also the second biggest serial-manufactured single-engine biplane […]
Maiden flight of Antonov An-225 Mriya. Initially developed for the purposes of Soviet space programme ´Buran´ and intended to transport the Buran space-shuttle, Mriya is today the heaviest aircraft ever built, with the maximum take-off […]
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