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State Enterprise "Antonov" presented on Tuesday the fuselage of the first instance of a new medium transport aircraft An-178. As CEO told journalists "Antonov" Dmitry Kiva, from that moment the company begin work on the final assembly of the machine, 40 ft container the installation of aircraft systems and other work on the assembly. Kiva said that the An-178 is a further development of the An-148 and An-158. AN-178 should come to replace 40 ft container the outdated transport aircraft An-12 is operated in the Ukraine, as well as in several other countries. The new machine will carry up to 18 tons of cargo and work at the same aerodrome, 40 ft container and that the An-12, including unpaved runways. On the main characteristics and transport capabilities will exceed the AN-12. Compared to its predecessor, the An-178 will have a large in size, including height, fully sealed cargo compartment, which can be transported offshore containers and IATA; two jet engines 40 ft container instead of four turboprops; higher (at 225 km / h) maximum cruising speed and greater range (800 km) with a load of 10 tons. ceiling AN-178 - 3000 m above. In general, it will have significantly 40 ft container better economic performance. In addition, the company's CEO said that the production and assembly of aircraft, as well as its distribution does not provide for co-operation with the Russian Federation. "We used to be Russian, and today we have Russia ... We will no longer be built in Ukraine, in Russia we do not plan to build it," - said Kiva. He also stressed that the An-178 will effectively 40 ft container perform all the basic tasks of a military transport plane, and it will cost considerably less expensive than the average, the market of this type of aircraft. Kiva hopes that mass production will begin no later than May 2015. Prototype, according to the plans of the enterprise, should take to the air by the end of this year.
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