Antonov

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Coordinates: 50 ° 27 ′ 46.1 ″  N , 30 ° 23 ′ 37.2 ″  E

Antonov

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legal form Public company
founding 1946
Seat Kiev , UkraineUkraineUkraine 
Branch Aircraft construction
Website www.antonov.com

The scientific and technical complex for aviation OK Antonov ( Ukrainian Авіаційний науково-технічний комплекс імені Антонова Awiazijnyj Na ukowo-Technitschnyj Kompleks imeni Antonova , shortly ім АНТК. О. К. Антонова ANTK in. OK Antonova , English ANTONOV Aeronautical Scientific / Technical Complex ) is a Ukrainian , formerly Soviet , manufacturer of aircraft and buses from Kiev , named after Oleg Konstantinovich Antonov .

Antonov has been developing various types of aircraft since 1946. The company is now integrated into the Ukrainian KSAMC (Kharkov State Aircraft Manufacturing Company). The An-2 biplane , which was built under license from 1947 to 1959 in the aircraft plant No. 473 in Kiev-Swiatoschino and built under license until 1992, as well as the largest transport aircraft in the world, the An-124 and the An-225 , are particularly well-known .

history

On May 31, 1946, by decree of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union, the design office No. 153 was established at the Novosibirsk aircraft factory and Antonov was appointed director. In the same decree, the office was commissioned to develop an aircraft for agriculture, the later Antonov An-2 . At the same time, the A-9 and A-10 gliders were developed and produced in small numbers.

In the summer of 1952 the design office moved to Kiev . At the end of 1953, the office was commissioned to develop and build a military transport aircraft with two turboprop engines. Since at that time there was a shortage of specialists to carry out this task, numerous graduates of the Kharkov Aviation Institute and specialists from Kiev, Leningrad and Moscow were hired in early 1954 . Yelisaveta Shachatuni was the head of strength calculations . This enabled the task to be completed, and the Antonov An-8 completed its maiden flight on February 11, 1956.

Over the next 30 years, civil and military aircraft were developed; including types for use under extreme conditions such as the Antonow An-74 for use in the Far North and the Antonow An-32 for use on high-altitude airfields. A complex of factories was built that can be described as being on a par with the western aviation industry.

Antonov died on April 4, 1984. In his honor the design office was named after his name. On May 15 of the same year, Pyotr Vasilyevich Balabuyev was appointed chief designer. He headed the company until his death in 2007. Dmytro Kiwa has held this position since 2010 .

With the development of a multi-purpose transport aircraft for very heavy and bulky loads up to 250 tons, the An-225 Mrija , the largest aircraft currently in use in the world was created. Based on the An-124, this aircraft was developed and built in the relatively short time of three years, so that the maiden flight could be carried out in December 1988. In May 1989, a piggyback flight was carried out on the Buran space shuttle in Baikonur ; In June 1989 the machine was demonstrated at the Paris Air Show in Le Bourget . The machine belongs to the company's transport division , Antonov Airlines . This company was founded in 1989 after obtaining government permission to operate international transportation contracts. It currently has the status of National Aviation Carrier of Ukraine.

For some years now, not only aircraft have been developed and built, but also land vehicles as well as low-floor trams, trolley buses and racing bikes.

In December 2009, in accordance with a decree of the Ukrainian Council of Ministers, the Aviant aircraft plant in Kiev became a subsidiary of the Antonov Company . Since then it has operated as the Antonov series . This gave Antonov the opportunity to mass-produce aircraft himself. Previously, like all former Soviet design offices, Antonov was purely a developer of aircraft, while series production took place in companies not affiliated with the design office.

A joint venture entered into in 2010 with the Russian manufacturer United Aircraft Corporation was terminated in September 2015 due to the war and the Crimean crisis . Since then, Antonov has lacked the relevant components; no aircraft were manufactured in 2016, but according to an expert, between twelve and 15 aircraft would have to be manufactured per year for profitable production.

In May 2015, all parts of Antonov's company were integrated into the Ukrainian state defense company Ukroboronprom .

Planes

The list according to type designation is not that easy; up to the An-10 type, there are sometimes contradicting and dubious type designations. This is due to the slightly chaotic procedure in the design office. Each project had its type number. As soon as the project was completed and especially if it remained in the project stage and no production or even series production followed, the project was shelved and the same type number was used for another project, if necessary, without giving much thought to it. The extent to which questions of secrecy or concealment from third parties also played a role can hardly be assessed today.

Multipurpose aircraft An-2
A-15 glider
STOL - An-72 cargo plane
An-124-100 cargo plane
An-225: largest cargo plane in the world
  • A-2 glider
  • RF-4 glider
  • RF-7 glider
  • A-7 / RF-8 cargo glider
  • A-9 glider
  • A-11 glider for aerobatics
  • A-13 glider for aerobatics
  • A-15 glider
  • A-40 winged T-60 tank
  • An-2 : Large multi-purpose double-decker with over 15,000 units built (largest single-engine double-decker in the world)
  • An-3 : An-2 equipped with a turboprop engine
  • An-4 : float version of the An-2
  • An-6 : Weather reconnaissance version of the An-2
  • An-8 : medium-range turboprop military transporter
  • An-10 Ukraina : Medium-haul turbo-prop passenger aircraft
  • An-12 : Medium-range turboprop military transporter
  • An-14 : short take-off passenger aircraft
  • An-22 Antäus : Largest turboprop-powered cargo aircraft in the world.
  • An-24 : multipurpose medium -haul aircraft
  • An-26 : multipurpose medium -haul aircraft
  • An-28 : enlarged turboprop further development of the An-14
  • An-30 : Variant of the An-24 for aerial photography
  • An-32 : modernized cargo variant of the An-26
  • An-38 : enlarged An-28 with modern electrics & new engines
  • An-50 : An-26 equipped with four jet engines (project, development discontinued)
  • An-70 : four-engine freighter
  • An-71 : reconnaissance variant of the An-72
  • An-72 : military short take-off freighter
  • An-74 : civil variant of the An-72
  • An-88 : Project of a reconnaissance version of the An-72, never built
  • An-124 Ruslan : wide-body transport aircraft
  • An-132 transport aircraft developed from the An-32, first flight on March 31, 2017
  • An-140 short-haul passenger aircraft, intended as an An-24 replacement
  • An-148 (formerly: An-174); an enlarged and modernized An-74 with engines under the wings
  • An-158 extended and modernized version of the An-148
  • An-178 military transport aircraft based on the An-158
  • An-180 medium-range passenger aircraft (project, development discontinued)
  • An-181 Channelwing experimental aircraft (1 aircraft built)
  • An-218 wide-body airliner (project, development discontinued)
  • An-225 Mrija : wide-body transport aircraft (so far only one copy has been completed)
  • An-325 planned large-capacity transport aircraft, enlarged version of the Mrija

See also

literature

Web links

Commons : Antonov  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information on the engl. KSAMC company website http://www.ksamc.com/eng/ksamc/index.php?page=facts.htm  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Link not available)@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.ksamc.com  
  2. ↑ Company history on antonov.com (English / Russian), accessed on November 14, 2013 ( Memento from November 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Matthias Benz: A Ukrainian aircraft legend - Antonov has to start again In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung from June 3, 2017.
  4. ↑ Antonov can no longer build aircraft , accessed on December 2, 2016.
  5. ^ Aircraft manufacturer Antonow is fighting for its future , at www.mdr.de , accessed on August 26, 2018
  6. ↑ Antonov's planes: Giants of the skies Photo gallery on: Neue Zürcher Zeitung from June 3, 2017.
List of aircraft types made by Antonov
Passenger aircraft:

An-10 • An-24 • An-28 • An-74 • An-140 • An-148 • An-158 • An-174 • An-180 • An-218 • An-318

Transport aircraft:

An-2 • An-3 • An-4 • An-8 • An-12 • An-14 • An-20 • An-22 • An-26 • An-32 • An-38 • An-50 • arrival 70 • An-72 • An-74 • An-112 • An-124 • An-132 • An-178 • An-204 • An-225 • An-325

Reconnaissance and surveillance aircraft:

An-6 • An-30 • An-71 • An-88

Test aircraft:

OKA-38 • An-181

Gliders:

A-1 • A-2 • RF-7 • A-7 / RF-8 • A-9 • A-10 • A-11 • A-13 • A-15 • A-40