Wings Above the Planet: The History of Antonov Airlines

Fascinating insights on a part of the aviation industry not often in the spotlight, the world of international heavy lift aviation. Contains a wealth of information on the design, production & operation of the An-12, An-74, An-124 & An-225 aircraft The Ukraine based Antonov Company had its origins in the Soviet era Antonov Design Bureau which latterly had been working on large transport aircraft. Created in the late 1980s in the turbulent post-Soviet era, the new company began to focus on this aspect of the international aviation market. Antonov Airlines was the first to offer the services of the most capable heavy-lift aircraft in serial production, the An-124 Ruslan, laying the foundations for a new sector of the market, the transportation of oversized and super-heavy cargoes

• | Author: Andrii Sovenko
• | Publisher: Christopher Foyle Publishing
• | Publication Date: May 01, 2019
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• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-13: 9780954889630
• | ISBN-10: 0954889630