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The Antonov An-70 (Ukrainian: Антонов Ан-70) is a four-engine medium-range transport aircraft, and the first aircraft to take flight powered only by propfan engines. It was developed in the late 1980s by the Antonov Design Bureau to replace the obsolete An-12 military transport aircraft.
Pages in category "Antonov aircraft" The following 38 pages are in this category, out of 38 total. ... Antonov An-70; Antonov An-71; Antonov An-72; Antonov An-74;
NATO reporting name/ASCC names for transport aircraft and their Soviet, Russian and Chinese ... Tupolev Tu-70: Cash: Antonov An-28: Cat: Antonov An-10: Chan: Harbin Y ...
Antonov's aeroplanes (design office prefix An) range from the rugged An-2 biplane through the An-28 reconnaissance aircraft to the massive An-124 Ruslan and An-225 Mriya strategic airlifters (the latter being the world's heaviest aircraft and was the only one in service).
The D-27 engine was designed to power more-efficient passenger aircraft such as the abandoned Yakovlev Yak-46 project, and it was chosen for the Antonov An-70 military transport aircraft. As of 2019, the D-27 is the only contra-rotating propfan engine to enter service.
The Antonov An-178 is a high-wing transport aircraft with moderately swept wing, winglets and a T-tail. It was derived from the 99-seat An-158 regional airliner and was fitted with the commonized F1 fuselage nose section with the identical flight deck, wing panels, empennage and most of the onboard systems. [ 8 ]
On 27 January 2001, an Antonov An-70 prototype crashed close to Omsk Tsentralny Airport, Russia during testing of the aircraft. All 33 passengers and crew on board the aircraft survived. The accident involved the sole surviving An-70 prototype, as the first prototype had been destroyed in a mid-air collision six years previously. This placed ...
This category is for aircraft whose wings are mounted above the fuselage. ... Antonov An-38; Antonov An-50; Antonov An-70; Antonov An-72; Antonov An-124 Ruslan;