Red Star 18: Antonov's Heavy Transports: The An-22, An-124/225 and An-70: v. 18 - Softcover

Komissarov, Dmitriy; Gordon, Yefim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1857801822 ISBN 13: 9781857801828

Verlag: Aerofax, 2004

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The An-22 created a veritable sensation when it entered flight test in 1965. The aircraft soon made its mark in several major airlift operations, as well as in the Afghan War. It was also used for develoing remote regions of the Soviet Union and relief operations. The Soviet answer to the C-5 Galaxy came in 1982 with the all-new An-124, named Ruslan after a Russian epic hero. With its 392-ton take-off weight and 120-ton playload, the An-124 overshadowed everything that had existed before. Originally a military freighter, it soon found itself a stable niche on the civil market due to its ability to haul outsize and ultra-heavy loads. The Antonov OKB astounded the world again in 1989 with the 600-ton An-255 Mriya designed to carry components of the Energiya/Buran space transport system piggy-back.

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The design bureau founded by Oleg K. Antonov established itself as a maker of transport and passenger aircraft back in 1947. The An-2 Utility biplane, along with the An-8 transport and the highly successful An-12, provided the OKB with valuable experience when it came to the design of the An-22 'big lifter'. The need for its development originated with advent of intercontinental ballistic missiles and factical missile systems which required a heavy-lift transport aircraft to enable them to be rapidly deployed. This dictated the huge size of the An-22. Utilising the high-wing layout which had by then become an Antonov trademark, the new freighter had twin fins positioned ahead of the tailplane leading edge to act as antiflutter weights; it was powered by four mighty 15,000-ehp Kuznetsov NK-12 turboprops driving eight-bladed contraprops. The An-22 created a veritable sensation when it entered fight testing in 1965. The aircraft soon made its mark in several major airlift operations staged by the Soviet Air Force around the world, as well as in the Afghan War. It was also actively used for developing the remote regions of the Soviet Union and for disaster relief operations. All the same, the small An-22 fleet could not satisfy the needs of the SovAF, added to which, the USAF boasted impressive airlift capability provided by the Lockheed C-5. The Soviet answer to the Galaxy came in 1982 when the all-new An-124, named Ruslan after a Russian epic hero, came on the scene. With its 392-ton take-off weight and 120-ton payload, the An-124 overshadowed everything that had existed before. Originally a military freighter, it soon found itself a stable niche on the civil market due to its ability to haul outsize and ultra-heavy loads. The Antonov OKB astounded the world again in 1989 with the 600-ton An-225 Mriya designed to carry components of the Energiya/Buran space transport system.

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• Verlag: Aerofax
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1857801822
• ISBN 13: 9781857801828
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 128