Crécy Publishing has released a new book Wings above the Planet - The History of Antonov Airlines written by Andrii Sovenko

”NEW BOOK: 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 Russian, laying the foundations for a new sector of that market, the transportation of oversized and super-heavy cargoes.
Since its formation, the enormous variety and types of cargoes that have been carried by the airline is extraordinary ranging from live chickens, tanks, railway locomotives, satellites, ostriches, generators, transformers and pressure vessels to boats and other aircraft. The list is almost endless and without the mighty An-124 Russian, many of these cargoes could never have travelled by air.”
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Aircraft covered in this book by Andrii Sovenko includes: An-12, An-74, An-124 and An-225. The book provides fascinating insights on the heavy lift sector of the aviation industry. It contains a wealth of information on the design and operation of some of the world’s largest aircraft. Fully illustrated throughout.

Binding: Hardback
Dimensions: 297mm x 210mm
Pages: 304
Photos/Illustrations: Over 450 Images

ISBN: 9780954889630 - Wings above the Planet - The History of Antonov Airlines - Andrii Sovenko

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