Antonov An-30
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The Antonov An-30 ( NATO Clank), is a development of the An-24 equipped for aerial cartography. A military reconnaissance version was also produced as the An-30M.
The An-30 has also been used as a weather control aircraft. Some have been fitted with frozen tanks of carbon dioxide to be ejected into the sky to form artificial rain clouds. These An-30s have also been put to use to avoid crop-damaging hailstorms and also to maintain good weather, such as at the 850th anniversary of Moscow in September 1997.
Specifications
- First flight: 1967
- Production total: 150
- Engines: Two ZMKB Progress AI-24T turboprops
- Speed: 530 km/h
- Accommodation: 22
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Related development: An-24 - An-26Comparable aircraft:
Designation sequence: An-24 - An-26 - An-28 - An-30 - An-32 - An-38
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