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On
May 7, 2015, the AN-178 new transport aircraft, created by Antonov in
cooperation with partners from 15 countries, performed maiden flight,
Antonov announced Thursday, May 7. First revealed in February 2010, the
twin-jet An-178 is intended to replace the An-12 'Cub', the An-26 'Curl',
and An-32 'Cline' airlifters. |
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 Antonov's new An-178 transport aircraft (right) performing its maiden flight |
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The first 1 hour
duration flight performed a crew of ANTONOV test pilots, composed of:
Andrii Spasibo, test pilot of the 1st class – the crew captain,
Sergii Troshyn, test pilot of the 1st class, Hero of Ukraine –
the 2nd pilot, Mykola Sydorenko, leading test engineer. After landing
in Kyiv-Antonov airport (Gostomel) the crew reported on a successful
flight task realization to Dmytro Kiva, President – General Designer.
An-178 is a high-wing
transport aircraft with moderately swept wing, winglets and a T-tail.
The airframe is made of aluminium alloys and composite materials. The
fuselage is semi-monocoque with a circular cross-section. The retractable
landing gear consists of two main wheel bogies and a single nose wheel.
The flight control system is dual duplex fly-by-wire system, consisting
of two parts: FCS-A and FCS-B, each of which is responsible for two
control channels. |
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