AN-70: Portrait against the background of time
This book is not just a chronology of events, but an in-depth author's study of the history of the AN-70 transport airplane. The author, Andriy Sovenko, a leading design engineer at Antonov, was a direct participant in many key stages of the project. The book describes in detail the technical solutions, political circumstances, successes and difficulties that accompanied the creation of the aircraft.
The book examines the international context and competition that emerged during the same period, as well as the challenges of the 90s and 2000s that significantly affected the fate of the aircraft. The AN-70, as a symbol of Ukrainian aircraft manufacturing, is presented here in all the complexity of its technical and political fate.
The publication is illustrated with hundreds of color photographs, contains a chronology of events, archival documents and diagrams. It is a must-read for those interested in the history of Ukrainian aircraft manufacturing, the military-industrial complex, or simply those who love the AN-70.
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