In article <c3uslbpdfton9smehn37mhhpbrme9d6fhv@4ax.com>, not my real pseudonym
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>I'm surprised any air actually makes it through those props.
According to Wikipedia, only two were built...no more were made for the same
reason I don't buy a new car...lack of money.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-70
"To make matters worse, shortly after losing its bid, the second An-70 prototype
made a crash landing on its belly in January 2001 after losing power in two
engines on take-off during cold weather testing in Omsk, and was severely
damaged. It looked as though the A400M was now going to have the market all to
itself. But Antonov recovered the crashed aircraft and repaired it in record
time, but the project still lacked funding."
"In March 2015 Russia Defence ministry declared that they are ruling out the
An-70 for state procurement. They also declared that, as in their opinion,
Ukraine has withdrawn from the military and defence agreements signed before the
crisis between them by completing the plane without Russian involvement, they
would request return of 2.95 billion rubles that Russian government had spent on
An-70 project
go Warriors!
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