Engineers and designers
Oleh Antonov
February 7, 1906 — April 4, 1984
- Aircraft designer
Chief aircraft designer whose bureau was based in Kyiv from 1952, creating the An-10, An-12, An-22 Antei, An-24 and An-124 Ruslan.
Biography
Oleh (Oleg) Antonov was born on 7 February 1906 in Troitsa near Moscow. He began with gliders and in 1946 took charge of a design bureau in Novosibirsk, where the legendary An-2 biplane first flew in 1947. In 1952 the bureau moved to Kyiv, and the rest of his career belonged to the Ukrainian capital; from 1962 to 1984 he was its general designer.
The Kyiv bureau in Sviatoshyn produced the An-10 and An-12 turboprops, the An-24 airliner, the giant An-22 Antei, the An-26, An-72 and An-124 Ruslan. After his death it built the An-225 Mriya, the world’s largest aircraft, destroyed at Hostomel in 2022. The company today bears the name Antonov.
Antonov lived at 1 Oleksandra Oksanchenka Street (formerly Ogarieva), which carries a memorial plaque. He died on 4 April 1984 and is buried at Baikove Cemetery. A Kyiv street and the State Aviation Museum of Ukraine are named after him.
Life timeline
- 1947 An-2 The An-2 first flies in Novosibirsk.
- 1952 Bureau moves to Kyiv The design bureau relocates to Kyiv.
- 1965 An-22 Antei First flight of the then-largest transport aircraft.
- 1984 Death Died in Kyiv on 4 April.
Kyiv in their life
- Antonov design bureau in Sviatoshyn — home of every “An” aircraft from 1952.
- 1 Oleksandra Oksanchenka St — his home; memorial plaque.
- O. K. Antonov State Aviation Museum at Zhuliany.
- Baikove Cemetery — his resting place.
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