Antonov An-24T Phoenix Avia 1/72 Scale Plastic Model Kit Amodel 72160-01

An-24T (An-34) Military transport aircraft based on An-24B (V). It had a large cargo door on the starboard side in front of the fuselage and a door on the left side in the tail section, a cargo hatch in the tail. Developed in 1961-1965. First flight November 16, 1965. In 1967-1971, 164 aircraft were manufactured at the Irkutsk Aviation Plant.

An-24 (according to NATO codification: Coke - "Koks" or "Cola") - turboprop passenger aircraft of the 3rd class for lines of short and medium length. It is equipped with two turboprop engines AI-24 of the 2nd series, AI-24T (Ivchenko) with a variable pitch propeller AV-72, AV-72T.

The aircraft was produced from 1959 to 1979, 1367 units were produced.

The development of a new twin-engine passenger aircraft An-24, intended for operation on local airlines, began at GSOKB-473 named after O.K. Antonov in 1958 in accordance with the Decree of the Council of Ministers of the USSR No. 1417-656 of December 18, 1957. According to the assignment, the aircraft was supposed to carry passengers with an equivalent load of 4000 kg for a distance of up to 2600 km with a cruising speed of 450 km/h. The use of AI-24 engines was envisaged.

The first flight of the An-24 was made on October 20, 1959, at the helm was the crew of test pilot G. I. Lysenko. In 1961, factory and state tests were carried out. Serial production of the aircraft began in early 1962 at plant number 473 in Kyiv. In September 1962, the first technical flight with passengers took place. On October 31, 1962, the operation of the aircraft began on the Kyiv-Kherson route.

The average estimated technical resource for one machine at the stage of putting the aircraft into operation was estimated by O.K. Antonov at 30 thousand flight hours, accordingly, the life of the aircraft in peacetime conditions was estimated by him at 10-15 years of operation.

In Soviet times, the An-24 was one of the most popular aircraft and provided a third of the passenger traffic in the country. The reason for the high demand for the liner was its ability to land on small unprepared airfields and soil.

Aircraft production continued until 1979. From 1962 to 1979, more than 1200 aircraft were produced, of which 1028 were produced by the Kyiv Aviation Plant "Aviant". The An-24 was also produced in China under the name Xian Y-7.