Apr 4 1984
From The Space Library
The Washington Post reported the death of April 4 of Oleg Antonov, 78, one of the Soviet Union's leading aircraft designers. Antonov, whose obituary was signed by Communist Party leader Konstantin Chernenko and other dignitaries, became the head of that country's aircraft design office in 1946. One of his first creations was the AN-2 transport and agricultural biplane, which soon became the national airline's (Aeroflot) workhorse and still was in use. Under his leadership, the office also designed a range of Antonov aircraft, including passenger planes and the long-range AN-22 heavy-transport aircraft. (W Post, Apr 6/84, B-6)
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