Description
| Product ID: | 9780954889630 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Wings Above the Planet |
| Subtitle: | The History of Antonov Airlines |
| Authors: | Author: Andrii Sovenko |
| Page Count: | 304 |
| Subjects: | Military history, Military history, Air forces and warfare, Transport industries, Aircraft and aviation, Air forces & warfare, Transport industries, Aircraft: general interest |
| Description: | Fascinating insights on a part of the aviation industry not often in the spotlight, the world of international heavy lift aviation. Contains a wealth of information on the design, production & operation of the An-12, An-74, An-124 & An-225 aircraft The 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 Ruslan, laying the foundations for a new sector of the market, the transportation of oversized and super-heavy cargoes |
| Imprint Name: | Christopher Foyle Publishing |
| Publisher Name: | Christopher Foyle Publishing |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2019-05-01 |
