Antonov Jets Usa

The company is named after Oleg Antonov - one of the most outstanding and renowed designers in the history of aviation. He held numerous awards and titles from different countries. His portrait was placed in the Hall of Fame of the International Aerospace Museum in the USA. Antonov founded his enterprise in 1946 and headed it until 1984. He started the basic traditions which his successors keep today. The first aircraft marked with AN logo took off in 1947. It was the multipurpose biplane the Antonov-2 - the only aircraft in the world in serial production for more that 60 years. Each aircraft that followed - the Antonov-8 cargo plane, the Antonov-10 passenger plane, and the Antonov-12 military-transport plane - marked a new stage in the history of Soviet and world aviation. 1959 is the year of maiden flight of the Antonov-24 - the regional passenger plane that became "a work horse" of many airlines accross the world. It became also a basis for an exclusively successful family - the Antonov-26 freighter, the Antonov-30 aerial photographer, and the Antonov-32 intended for operation from/to mountain airfields. 1965 saw the debut of the world's first wide-body cargo plane the Antonov-22 Antaeus. 1977 started the history of the "flying 4x4" family - the Antonov-72 and Antonov-74.