Antonov Airlines / Design Bureau Antonov An-22PZ CCCP-64459

Photographer's remark
(27.2.2015, 16:55 CET)
It was FIFTY years ago today: the first prototype of the giant An-22 (this particular pictured aircraft) accomplished its maiden flight on February 27, 1965 at Svyatoshino airfield in Kiev. This aircraft was presented to western public for the first time at Le Bourget five months after. By the moment the picture was taken in 1991 this aircraft existed in a modified version with the central additional fin (An-22PZ) for transportation of An-124 wing parts on its back.

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