12 July 1985. DRLO An-71 airplane made its first flight

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An-71 is a long-range radar detection and control aircraft. Designed by OKB Antonov Design Bureau to replace the Tu-126 aircraft. Both experimental flying specimens are not currently in operation - one is located at the airport of OKB Antonov Design Bureau in Kiev, the other was transferred to the Kiev Museum on October 16, 2010 Aviation.













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  1. svp67 Rank
    svp67
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    14 July 2017 17: 19
    On the basis of this aircraft they wanted to make a ship version for the new Soviet aircraft carriers. It is a pity that these cars remained abroad. The work done could help our industry to create a ship plane ...
    1. tezey Rank
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      19 July 2017 23: 15
      An-71K advance project was prepared by the fall of 1984. As a result of the consideration of the advance project, it turned out that the geometrical dimensions and take-off weight of the An-71K do not allow it to be placed on the ship, and the further development of the An-71K radar ship was discontinued. Subsequently, the development of the Yak-44E DRLO deck aircraft was carried out, but perestroika put an end to us.
      1. svp67 Rank
        svp67
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        20 July 2017 02: 35
        Quote: Theseus
        As a result of the preliminary project consideration, it turned out that the geometrical dimensions and the take-off mass of the An-71K do not allow it to be placed on the ship, and the further development of the An-71K radar ship was discontinued

        With one clarification. It was not possible to place this aircraft on a ship of the Ulyanovsk class, but it is not a fact that it will not be possible to do this on the Storm
        1. Walanin Rank
          Walanin
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          26 July 2017 15: 51
          First, the Storm itself needs to be done. And this is even more not a fact than an airplane.
  2. region58 Rank
    region58
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    7 August 2017 22: 17
    Interested in - what is it he "Aeroflot", and even the EU ATC. As a result, I dug up a few details:
    In mid-June 1985, the first An-71, which received the registration designation USSR-780151, was fully equipped with aircraft systems and partly with a RTK prototype. June 23, 1985 at 11.30 a ceremonial rolling out of the assembly shop took place.

    On June 25, the car was refueled and calibrated. On July 3, an act was signed on the transfer of the aircraft to the Kirov State Aviation Safety Institute for flight tests, and on July 5 the first high-speed runs were completed. On the same day, they issued acts on the readiness of the aircraft and crew for the first flight.

    On July 11, the methodical council, consisting of representatives of KMZ, the customer, and LII, signed a permit for the first flight.

    July 12, 1985 at 14.30 the crew consisting of A.V. Tkachenko (commander), S.A. Gorbik (assistant commander), V.A. Petrenko (test flight engineer) and I.I. Radautsan (experimental engineer) lifted the An-71 into the air from the runway of the Kiev aircraft factory.

    A successful flight to the Gostomel airdrome was the result of an almost three-year marathon to create an airplane. Until the end of 1985, the An-71 completed 75 flights with a total flight time of 117 hours. Of these, 50 - according to the program of the general designer, and 25 - for research and development. Flight tests of this machine with an experimental model of the RTK began in May 1986.

    When KMP was visited in 1985 by General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU M.S. Gorbachev, the keel An-71 with the "radar" of the radar fell into the lens of one of the RATAU photographers and subsequently, in 1987, was published in the book "Aeroflot", adding work intelligence services of the West and the Soviet authorities opposing them.

    from here: http://airwar.ru/enc/spy/an71.html