Antonov An-30
Template:Infobox Aircraft The Antonov An-30 ( NATO Clank), is a development of the An-24 equipped for aerial cartography.
Design and development
The Antonov An-30 is a development of the An-24T fitted with a new forward fuselage with a glazed nose and a raised flight deck. It first flew in 1974, with 123 built.[1]
Operational history
As well as its principal use as a survey aircraft, it has also been used by Bulgaria, Russia and Ukraine to carry out surveillance under the Open Skies Treaty.
The An-30 has also been used as a weather control aircraft as the An-30M. Some have been fitted with frozen tanks of carbon dioxide to be ejected into the sky to form artificial rain clouds. These An-30s have also been put to use to avoid crop-damaging hailstorms and also to maintain good weather, such as at the 850th anniversary of Moscow in September 1997. [2]
Operators
Military operators
- Afghan Air Force received an An-30 in 1985.
- Czech Air Force retired their An-30 in 2003.
- Romanian Air Force - operates 2 An-30s (to be phased out in 2008).
Civil operators
In August 2006 a total of 30 Antonov An-30 aircraft remain in airline service[3]:
- Civil Aviation Administration of China operates 1 aircraft.
- MIAT Mongolian Airlines operates 1 aircraft.
- Moskovia Airlines operates 1 aircraft.
- Lukiaviatrans operates 5 aircraft.
- Myachkovo Air Services operates 4 aircraft.
- Novosibirsk Air operates 3 aircraft.
- Polet Airlines operates 3 aircraft.
- Practical Geodinamics Center operates 3 aircraft.
- ARP 410 Airlines operates 2 aircraft.
- Ukraine National Airlines operates 6 aircraft.
- Vietnam Air Service operates 1 aircraft.
Specifications (An-30)
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Data from {Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1988-89}[4]
General characteristics
- Crew: 7
Performance
Avionics
5 positions for large cameras. Other survey equipment can be fitted.
References
- ^ Gunston, Bill (1995). The Osprey Encyclopedia of Russian Aircraft from 1875 - 1995. Osprey Aerospace. ISBN 1-85532-405-9.
- ^ M J H Taylor, ed. (1999). Brassey's World Aircraft & Systems Directory 1999/2000 Edition. Brassey's. ISBN 1 85753 245 7.
- ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006
- ^ J W R Taylor, ed. (1988). Jane's All The World's Aircraft,1988-89. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 0-7106-0867-5.
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