Antonov An-148

The Antonov An-148 is a twin- regional transport aircraft that was developed by the Ukrainian aircraft manufacturer Antonov.

History

The development of the type began in 2001 with the aim of a modern and economical regional aircraft as a replacement for the outdated, still originating from the Soviet Union aircraft Tupolev Tu- 134 and Yakovlev Yak-42 to develop. The basis of the design was the Antonov An-74 TK -300. The original development was identification Antonov An-74 -400 was later to Antonov An -174 before they decided on the final name An-148. The first flight of the prototype took place on 17 December 2004. The approval by the Ukrainian authorities and the Interstate Aviation Committee of the CIS took place on 26 February 2007. A first MoU was signed in October 2002 by the Volga -Dnepr Airlines. There followed orders, among others, Aerosvit.

The series was supposed to begin production in 2007, but was continually delayed until mid-2009. In March 2009, AeroSvit, who ordered 10 copies of the type, one of the two pre-production prototypes took over. On 28 July 2009, the demonstration of the first production aircraft to potential customers was held in Voronezh. Meanwhile, the series production at VASO in Voronezh has started. On 21 December 2009, the launch customer Rossiya took the line service on the pattern. Since the beginning of 2012 is the one Rossiya An-148 on the line St. Petersburg- Vienna.

On April 28, 2010, the extended version of An- 158 had its maiden flight. Are for this machine so far (November 2013) 20 orders ago. As the only airline Cubana is a this type.

After the November 21, 2013 Height tests with the An- 158 at the airports of Latakunga (2800 m) in Ecuador and La Paz ( 4000 m) were completed in Bolivia, a type-certificate is prepared.

Structural design and technology

The Antonov An-148 has a shoulder wing design; under the wings are in two gondolas turbofan engines of the type Ivchenko Progress D- 436. The tail unit is designed as a T-tail. This robust design allows the aircraft can also operate from unpaved airports or airports with poor equipment without problems. The machine has an APU and an air-conditioned pressurized cabin. This world per row up to five passengers place a maximum of 80 passengers so can be transported. The design and structure of the wings and the fuselage take loans to the transport aircraft Antonov An -72. The An-148 has a glass cockpit and fly-by -wire controls.

Versions

The On - 148A is the basic version for 80 passengers with a range of up to 2,200 km. With the larger seat pitch for a total of 75 passengers as well as the additional fuel tanks of the An-148 -100B, the range increases to up to 3,600 km; this can be increased by the versions E, E1 and E2 again. A cargo version called An- 148T is also planned as a business jet with the name An- 148VIP designed to fly up to 8,500 kilometers. An extended version for up to 100 passengers was under the name An-148 -200 planning. In April 2010, she was presented after its maiden flight on 28 April 2010 as the Antonov An -158. Visually, it is not just the dimensions 2.5 m longer cabin, but also by the " wingtips " (comparable Airbus A320 ) distinguishable from the An-148. The aerodynamically revise wings to reduce fuel consumption compared to the An-148 at nine percent. An imaginary for the military transport military variant is to be built as the An- 178. This should have a payload of 15 tons at 1,200 km range and a large cargo door for loading.

Iran plans to An-148 using a license agreement in their own country to produce; This was announced in May 2009.

Specifications

Orders

Incidents

On 5 March 2011, an An-148 took off for a test flight in Voronezh with six people aboard, two of them members of the Air Force of Myanmar, for which the machine was designed. They crashed through the Belgorod Oblast, and all six occupants were killed.

On February 25, 2012 a machine of the Russian airline Rossiya lost ( Registration RA- 61701 ) when starting at Schoenefeld airport a wheel of the 37 passengers and 7 crew members, no one was hurt. The plane landed as planned in St. Petersburg.