AMO 72118 Antonov An-26

New passenger aircraft Ал-24 was designed by Antonov`s Experimental Construction Bureau in 1959. The military cargo modification An-24T was designed on its base. During 1967- 1971,164 aircraft of this type were built in Irkutsk. In 1964 the designers presented the project of the new modification that differed from the previous one with the new construction of the nose and tail end. In the tail part the cargo hatch was located that was locked by a hatch-locking bar of the original design. The new aircraft could transport and drop in the air not only cargo, but also light armour. The government test flights lasted during 1968-1970. The mass production started in 1970 at Kiev aviation plant. In total 1398 aircraft of this type were built: 564 pcs were used in defense departments of USSR, 420 pcs were exported, and the rest was transferred to different ministeries.

Catalog number: AMO 72118
Scale: 1/72
Type: Cargo
Period: Cold war (1946-1991)
Weight: 620 gramm