The Antonov An-225 | An-225, world's largest aircraft, also used by cargo airline.

Men like Chizhevskij and Antonov also came into the spotlight of the communist party by designing aircraft such as the tail-less BOK-5 ( Chizhevskij ) and OKA-33 ( the first ever built by Antonov ) which were designated as " motorized gliders " due to their similarity to popular gliders of the time.

The radio call sign of the spacecraft was, referring to the Greek hero Antaeus, but more important, at the time of the flight, however, it was also the name of the largest practicable aircraft, the Soviet Antonov 22, made in Ukraine.

The LPLAAF thus lost two of its 29 T-28s ; four UH-34 copters, a C-47, a T-41, and an Antonov AN-2 also made the trip south, with the latter being returned.

That period of music also saw individual pop stars such as Valery Leontiev, Sofia Rotaru, Alla Pugacheva, Yuri Antonov.

Air Foyle HeavyLift and Volga-Dnepr are also occasional users of Prestwick with Antonov An-124 aircraft.

Aerosvit also began operating the newest Ukrainian jet aircraft, the Antonov 148 and prolongated its IOSA certificate up to October 2011

Air Foyle Heavylift was not only responsible for the sales and marketing of charters and leases of Antonov's fleet of Antonov An-124-100, Antonov An-225 and Antonov An-22 heavylift cargo aircraft, but also for their complete commercial and operational management.

* KT for Krylatyj Tank, the Antonov A-40 tank, also nickamed the " flying tank " or " winged tank "

In November 1960, the USSR also delivered a single Antonov An-12 to Ghana Airways.

On 25 November 1985, the same " Recce " team had also shot down an “ Aeroflot ” Antonov AN-12, cargo airplane.

Antonov also managed to disarm the Czechoslovak legions causing havoc on the local population.

* Antonov was also decorated with three Orders of Lenin, the Order of the October Revolution, the Order of the Patriotic War 1st class, the Order of the Red Banner of Labour and the Medal " Partisan of the Patriotic War " 1st class

The and runways are long enough to support NASA's Space Shuttle and also the Antonov An-225.

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According to other sources, the airline has also operated Boeing 757-200 and 727-200 aircraft — with Ilyushin Il-76 and Antonov An-12 aircraft for cargo operations.

The airline also operated an Antonov An-24, and it was this aircraft which crashed on 7 April 1992 near Ma ' tan as-Sarra in Libya.

AZAL was also operating ten smaller Yakovlev Yak-40 tri-jets, an Ilyushin Il-76 freighter, and several Antonov turboprops.

The airline has also leased out 2 Antonov An-12B aircraft to SRX Group in Florida.

The airline also announced that beginning in 2011, they will begin to retire their Yakolev aircraft in favour of new Antonov An-148 or Boeing 737-700 aircraft.

The new engine eventually generated about 15, 000 horsepower ( 11. 2 megawatts ), far more than any Western turboprop engine of its time, and it was also used in the large Antonov An-22 Soviet Air Force transport.

The Antonov company lacks facilities for full construction of some aircraft, a result of Soviet industrial strategy that split military production between different regions of the USSR.

This combined with a large apron allows it to handle some of the world's biggest aircraft such as the Antonov An-124 or Boeing 747 Large Cargo Freighter, both types being frequent visitors.

However, some names were appropriate, such as " Condor " for the Antonov An-124.

In some cases for cargo, Hamilton may receive a Antonov An-124 or a Boeing 747.

Later for some time Tandem Aero switched to its Antonov 24RV.

* 1997 – A Russian Antonov An-124 cargo plane crashes into an apartment complex near Irkutsk, Siberia, killing 67.

Types include Italian-made C-27A Spartans and Russian Antonov An-32 transport aircraft as well as Mi-17 troop-carrying helicopters and Mi-35 attack helicopters.

* 1997 – The tail of a Russian Antonov An-24 charter plane breaks off while en-route to Turkey causing the plane to crash and killing all 50 on board and leading to the grounding of all An-24s.

* Mikhail Semevsky, Ivan VI Antonov ’ ich ( in Russian ) ( Saint Petersburg, 1866 )

The joint operation of the Ukrainian and Russian fleets allow to maximize the utilization of the combined An-124-100 commercial fleet ( seven freighters belong to Antonov Airlines and ten are owned by Volga-Dnepr Airlines ) and the only existing Antonov An-225 — the largest cargo aircraft in the world.

Antonov terminated the joint venture on 30 June 2006 to allow it to pursue a joint marketing venture with its erstwhile Russian competitor Volga-Dnepr under the name Ruslan International, in which it has a 50 % stake.

Aleksandr Antonov, a radical member of the Left Socialist-Revolutionaries, had sided with the Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution in 1917, but he became disenchanted with them after the Bolshevik's requisition of grain policy was implemented in 1918.

* " Cub ": NATO reporting name for the Antonov An-12 Russian Turboprop transport

A Russian Antonov freighter aircraft lands at Lajes.

There are more sacrifices when the Antonov cannot make the necessary altitude with the weight of cargo, passengers, and fuel: even after jettisoning everything, fifty Russian volunteers must sacrifice themselves by jumping from the plane's hatch, led by the co-pilot.

On 1 June 2011, Convers Sports Initiatives owned by Russian Vladimir Antonov completed its takeover of the club.

* January 22 – Its ice protection system rendered ineffective by a closed valve, an Aeroflot Antonov An-12 crashes on approach to Surgut International Airport in Surgut in the Soviet Unions Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic due to icing, killing all 13 people on board.

Nyagan Airport, which opened in 1993, handles the Russian Antonov An-24, Yakovlev Yak-40, and Tupolev Tu-134 aircraft.

Oleg Konstantinovich Antonov (,, 7 February 1906, Troitsy, Moscow province, Russian Empire – 4 April 1984, Kiev, Ukrainian SSR ) was a Soviet aircraft designer, the founder of Antonov ASTC, a world-famous aircraft company in Ukraine, later named in his honour.

Born in Grodno, the son of a Tsarist artillery officer, Antonov graduated from Frunze Military Academy in 1921 and joined the Red Army during the Russian Civil War.

* Vladimir Aleksandrovich Antonov Russian Business man

* Antonov An-124, a Russian / Soviet transport aircraft ( NATO reporting name " Condor ")