The largest pre-WW1 plane – Sikorsky’s S-22 ‘Ilya Muromets’ – made its maiden flight...

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Igor Sikorsky flew "Ilya Muromets" plane personally from Petersburg to his native Kyiv setting several world records. As it turns out though, the true...

Ukraine Prepares To Snub China In Aerospace Deal With U.S. Help – Forbes

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https://www.forbes.com/sites/katyagorchinskaya/2020/02/17/ukraine-prepares-to-snub-china-in-aerospace-deal-with-us-help/

New ANTONOV Airlines Houston office works with Orbital ATK aerospace giant

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" ANTONOV Airlines, which recently established a USA base in Houston, Texas as part of ongoing global expansion, has transported an outsized communications satellite for...

Unique antique AN-70 creates sensation at Saudi Arabia airshow

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The unique Antonov AN-70 short takeoff and landing (STOL) multipurpose cargo aircraft flew from Gostomel air terminal near Kiev to UAE for its international debut at the...

Igor Sikorsky’s ‘Ilya Muromets Kyivsky’ WW1 plane was World’s First Strategic Bomber

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"I want to recommend urgently the speedy construction of the new type of huge bomber.” "I have no question in my mind that you are...

Ivan Kozhedub, a Ukrainian, was the highest scoring Allied and Soviet fighter pilot of...

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Unfortunately, after World War II, he remained in the military and went on to command the 324th Fighter Aviation Division during Soviet operations in...

SpaceX turns to Ukrainian AN-124 plane for emergency delivery of oversized rocket parts to...

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"Jan 3, 2018 Subject: Request for Antonov Support SpaceX requests An-124 to transport rocket hardware (payload fairing halves) to expedite processing of the coming missions.. US Domestic...

Igor Sikorsky’s First Trial Helicopter Assembled in Kyiv in 1909

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"As time went on, I became well acquainted with the various aeronautical engines, having spent much time in a few factories, and finally made...

Ukrainian Chief Scientist of the U.S. Air Force credited for initiation of GPS: Michael...

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But Yarymovych knew the idea of space-based navigation was beautiful; it just wasn’t being sold right. He went to his boss, Air Force...

Guinness record setter Antonov An-2 plane

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"Although not the largest biplanes ever, the biggest double-wing aircraft currently in common use is the Antonov An-2 / An-3, which has a wingspan of 18.8...