Antonov Serial Production Plant

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Antonov Serial Production Plant
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The Antonov Serial Production Plant (Ukrainian: Серійний завод «Антонов»), formerly AVIANT (Ukrainian: АВІАНТ), is an aircraft manufacturing company in Kyiv, Ukraine, the serial manufacturing division of the Antonov. “Antonov” serial production plant's office and industrial premises are located at the Sviatoshyn Airfield in Kyiv, between the districts of Nyvky, Sviatoshyn and Bilychi.

History

The production plant was established by decision of the War Industry Council on 9 September 1920, under the name of "State Aircraft Plant 12" (GAZ-12). It consisted of small uncoordinated workshops and until the war was located on Garmatna Street.

The plant performed overhaul of foreign aircraft models used by the military. It had no aerodrome of its own, and aircraft were tested at Post-Volynsky

TSAGI. The same year, production of the first domestic high-speed 6-seater aircraft began, the KHAI-1. It had a speed of 324 km/h, a ceiling of 7000 m and a range of over 1,000 km with a payload of up to 1,000 kg. It was the first European airplane with retractable landing gear[citation needed]. The maiden flight was on 8 October 1932. A total of 43 KHAI-1 were manufactured. In 1937 the works manufactured the OKO-1
.

In 1939-1941 the facilities began assembly of

Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev
.

After

Yak-9 fighters from parts manufactured elsewhere. In 1944 the plant was renamed "Plant 473", or "Organization Mailbox 11". After the end of the war the plant was moved to the present location in Sviatoshin
, which it had started to develop before 1941.

In 1947-1948 the plant manufactured a pilot batch of five helicopters Mi-1 designed by Mikhail Mil, but the series production was transferred to another enterprise.

In 1948 the works started production of the

water bomber
for fighting forest fires, a version for fish shoals exploration, a version for scientific and rescue operations in Arctic conditions, etc. The “Aviant” plant manufactured 3,320 An-2s.

Between 1954 and 1956 the Aviant produced the prototype of the military transport aircraft

An-24
(1,028 airplanes produced). It is in 1967 that the plant was renamed “Kyiv Aircraft Plant”, or “Organization Mailbox M-5249”.

From 1969 to 1985 the plant manufactured the transport

An-30
(123 airplanes produced). On April 30, 1974, the plant was renamed once again to be baptised “Kyiv Aviation Production Association”.

Between 1976 and 1979 the plant manufactured a pilot batch of the

An-225 "Mriya", designed to carry the shuttle Buran
. Yet, as the space program was suspended, only one An-225 "Mriya" was produced.

On 5 August 1992, the plant was yet again renamed “National Enterprise Kyiv Aviation Plant” before being renamed on 27 August 1995, to “Kyiv Aviation Plant Aviant” and in 2010 to its present name “Antonov Serial Production Plant”.

On 14 March 2022, it was severely damaged by the Russian military airforce.[1]

See also

References

  1. Independent.co.uk
    . 14 March 2022.

External links

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