The 55th anniversary of maiden flight of the world’s largest turboprop AN-22 Antei
The 55th anniversary of maiden flight of the world’s largest turboprop AN-22 Antei
On February 27, 1965, the #AN22 Antei, the first widebody transport aircraft in the world, performed its maiden flight. AN-22 was the biggest transport at that time. Antei’s parameters were impressive: take-off weight of 225 t, the fuselage diameter -- 6 meters, the world biggest propellers with diameter of 6.2 m.
In 1965 this aircraft was displayed at Le Bourget air show. This presentation caused a world sensation. AN-22 set 41 world records.
Creation of this aircraft became an important event for the global aviation history.
The aircraft maiden flight was performed by the crew of: captain Yurii Kurlin, co-pilot Volodymyr Terskiy, navigator Petro Koshkin, flight engineer Volodymyr Vorotnikov, flight electrician Michael Rachenko, radio operator Mykola Drobyshev and chief test engineer Viktor Shatalov, engineer Oleksandr Eskin.
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