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Antonov An-32

Antonov An-32
Antonov An-32

Antonov An-32

The Antonov An-32 (NATO reporting name: Cline) is a twin-engined turboprop military transport aircraft.

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Design and development

The An-32 is basically a re-engined An-26. The launch customer was the Indian Air Force, which ordered this aircraft partly due to good relations between then USSR leader Leonid Brezhnev and then India leader Indira Gandhi. The An-32 is designed to withstand adverse weather conditions better than the standard An-26. The high placement of the engine nacelles above the wing allowed for larger diameter airscrews, which are driven by 5100 hp rated AI-20 turboprop engines, almost twice the power of the An-26's AI-24 powerplants. The An-32 therefore enjoys excellent take-off characteristics under tropical and mountainous (high-altitude) conditions, where hot or thin air hampers the powerplants tractive effort. The price for a newly built An-32 was quoted as being 6-9 million dollars in 2000. [1]

Variants

  • An-32 : Twin-engined transport aircraft
  • An-32B : Improved version
  • An-32B-100 : Modernised version of the An32B. MTOW increased to 28.5 tons, payload increased to 7.5 tons[2]
  • An-32B-110 : New avionics allowing aircraft to be operated by 2 crew members. Metric (Russian) avionics variant[3]
  • An-32B-120 : Imperial (Non-Russian) avionics variant of An32B-110[3]
  • An-32B-200
  • An-32B-300 : Version fitted with Allison AE2100D turboprop engines, providing 4600hp each[4]
  • An-32MP : Marine Patrol version[5]
  • An-32P Firekiller : Aerial Firefighting version. Special category type certificate granted on 10 March 1995. 8 Tons of liquid can be discharged from the two internal tanks simultaneously or one after the other. Drops are conducted at 40-50m above ground level and 240 to 260km/h. Can be used as a cargo aircraft when not fighting fires[6]

Operators

An-32 operators (countries with only airline operators are in green)
An-32 operators (countries with only airline operators are in green)
An Antonov An-32 cargo plane of the Afghan Air Force
An Antonov An-32 cargo plane of the Afghan Air Force
An An-32 of Peruvian Air Force
An An-32 of Peruvian Air Force

Military operators

At present more than 240 An-32 aircraft are being operated in the countries around the world.

Civil operators

In August 2006 a total of 56 Antonov An-32 aircraft remain in airline service. Major operators include: Air Pass (4), Alada (3), Libyan Arab Air Cargo (4), Million Air Charter (3), AERCARIBE LTDA (2), Trans-Charter (3) and Selva (4). Some 29 other airlines operate smaller numbers of the type.[9]

Specifications (An-32)

Orthographic projection of the Antonov An-32.
Orthographic projection of the Antonov An-32.

See also

References

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