Antonov AN - 22 Antei Heavy Transport Aircraft
The A 22 Antei (NATO assignment Cock) is a substantial vehicle airplane. During the 1960s the Soviet air ship industry got a request from the Soviet government to build up a freight airplane, equipped for shipping intercontinental ballistic rockets. Advancement of new plane was given to Ukrainian Antonov structure department, which spent significant time being developed of load planes.
Improvement chips away at new flying machine, which would turn into the A 22, started in 1961. The fundamental necessity for the new air ship was an ability to take-off and arrive on delicate ground. Subsequently, designers mounted 12 wheels (6 on each side) amidst the fuselage. Such landing rigging has a few favorable circumstances, anyway it is hard to control flying machine on the ground, as the weight is unevenly appropriated. Each wheel of the body can be controlled independently. Accordingly the A 22 can work from ill-equipped landing strips.
Lady battle of the primary model of the A 22 occurred in 1965. This plane got the name Antei (Antaeus). Around the same time the plane was exhibited a the Paris le Bourget flying demonstration. At the time the A 22 was the world's biggest air ship,heavy transporters so it established an immense connection of the group of spectators and got most elevated imprints from appraisers. Indeed, even today the Antei is the biggest turboprop air ship on the planet.
Following a year, during experimental drills, the A 22 broke 12 world records. his plane has a sum of 41 world records, from which 20 is the value of the celebrated lady pilot Marina Popovich's group.
Generation of this military freight plane was propelled in 1969. Other than military burdens it was additionally used to convey agrarian gear and helpful burdens to Peru and India. The A 22 was effectively utilized in Afghanistan for transportation of the troops, battle vehicles and supplies, just as during other military clashes.
An aggregate of 68 air ship were worked during 1965-1975, from which 2 have never flew, 19 have been saved, 33 expelled from administration due to support issues as it has hard to keep the maturing planes airworthy, 7 planes have been lost in different mishaps. Presently just 7 A 22 planes are in administration. Six of them are utilized by the Russian Air Force and one has a place with Antonov structure department and is utilized for common needs. It has been supplanted with the A 124 Ruslan vital airlifter.
Improvement chips away at new flying machine, which would turn into the A 22, started in 1961. The fundamental necessity for the new air ship was an ability to take-off and arrive on delicate ground. Subsequently, designers mounted 12 wheels (6 on each side) amidst the fuselage. Such landing rigging has a few favorable circumstances, anyway it is hard to control flying machine on the ground, as the weight is unevenly appropriated. Each wheel of the body can be controlled independently. Accordingly the A 22 can work from ill-equipped landing strips.
Lady battle of the primary model of the A 22 occurred in 1965. This plane got the name Antei (Antaeus). Around the same time the plane was exhibited a the Paris le Bourget flying demonstration. At the time the A 22 was the world's biggest air ship,heavy transporters so it established an immense connection of the group of spectators and got most elevated imprints from appraisers. Indeed, even today the Antei is the biggest turboprop air ship on the planet.
Following a year, during experimental drills, the A 22 broke 12 world records. his plane has a sum of 41 world records, from which 20 is the value of the celebrated lady pilot Marina Popovich's group.
Generation of this military freight plane was propelled in 1969. Other than military burdens it was additionally used to convey agrarian gear and helpful burdens to Peru and India. The A 22 was effectively utilized in Afghanistan for transportation of the troops, battle vehicles and supplies, just as during other military clashes.
An aggregate of 68 air ship were worked during 1965-1975, from which 2 have never flew, 19 have been saved, 33 expelled from administration due to support issues as it has hard to keep the maturing planes airworthy, 7 planes have been lost in different mishaps. Presently just 7 A 22 planes are in administration. Six of them are utilized by the Russian Air Force and one has a place with Antonov structure department and is utilized for common needs. It has been supplanted with the A 124 Ruslan vital airlifter.
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