ANTONOV'S TURBOPROP TWINS – An24 / An-26 / An-30 / An-32

Häftad bok. Midland Publishing. 2003. 128 sidor.

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The An-24 was designed in the late 1950s as the Soviet counterpart of the Fokker F.27 in both appearance and capabilities. The twin-turboprop An-24 was produced by three Soviet aircraft factories; many remain in operation.
• The Soviet Air Force needed a modern turboprop tactical transport with paradropping capability. Thus the airliner evolved first into the 'quick-fix' An-24T and then into the An-26, which introduced a unique sliding cargo ramp developed by Antonov and protected by many international patents. This paved the way for the 'hot-and-high' An-32 and the 'big-head' An-30, a specialized aerial photography machine.
• Antonov's twin-turboprop family has seen civil and military service in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, North, Central and South America, making it a best-seller among Soviet commercial designs.
• This book lists all known operators on a country-by-country basis and is richly illustrated with photos in the collections of assorted civil and military operators.

" Solid overview of these prolific Soviet light transports but not the authors' best. – The book covers the Antonov light twin engined turboprop transports, namely the An-24, -26, -30 and -32 families with all their variants. As is common for the authors and the Red Star series, you get lots of information in a compact volume, combined with a raft of pictures, drawings and other material.
• The book starts with an introduction on the needs of air transport in the Soviet Union in the 1950s and with how the An-26 (first use of the designation, not the later, much better known model) was partially designed to deal with those. It then jumps straight into the development of the An-24 proper and the subtypes in operation. This is standard Gordon / Komissarov fare, where you will get to know every sub-model, including the serial numbers (where known), air crashes, flight test details, etc.
• Following this comes the section on the main development version, namely the An-26 - likewise with all the sub-varieties covered. The CHinese copies are covered for both the An-24 and An-26, these sections are much briefer than in the volume on the An-12 (Antonov An-12 the Soviet Hercules (Red Star)), however, as the types have been much less prolific in Chinese service. After the two main (from a numbers point of view) types the authors go through the 'in detail' section, describing all the design and construction details of these two versions of the family.
• In the following sections the last two types - the aerial mapping / reconnaissance An-30 and the hot and high An-32 - are described, with details on the versions, development histories and operators but without a separate 'in detail' section. …"

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