Editing Antonov An-24 (section)

==Design and development==
[[File:Polet Antonov An-24 Misko-1.jpg|thumb|[[Polet Flight]] An-24RV.]]
[[File:Antonow an-24.jpg|thumb|An-24 at Uzhhorod, Ukraine, on 21 May 2005.]]
[[File:Antonov AN24 Interior - 1994.jpg|thumb|Interior of a Kampuchea Airlines Antonov An-24 from 1994.]]
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First flown in 1959, the An-24 was produced in some 1,000 units of various versions; in 2023 there are 93 still in service worldwide, mostly in the [[Commonwealth of Independent States]] and Africa.<ref>{{Cite web |title=AeroTransport Data Bank |url=https://aerotransport.org/php/go.php?cprotect=1}}</ref>

It was designed to replace the veteran piston [[Ilyushin Il-14]] transport on short to medium haul trips, optimised for operating from rough strips and unprepared airports in remote locations.<ref name="stroud p78-9">{{harvnb|Stroud|1968|pp=78–79}}</ref> The high-wing layout protects engines and blades from debris, the [[power-to-weight ratio]] is higher than that of many comparable aircraft and the machine is rugged, requiring minimal ground support equipment.

Due to its rugged airframe and good performance, the An-24 was adapted to perform many secondary missions such as ice reconnaissance and engine/propeller test-bed, as well as further development to produce the An-26 tactical transport, An-30 photo-mapping/survey aircraft and An-32 tactical transport with more powerful engines. Various projects were envisaged such as a four jet short/medium haul airliner and various iterations of powerplant.

The main production line was at the [[Sviatoshyn Airfield|Kyiv-Svyatoshino]] (later renamed "[[Aviant]]") aircraft production plant which built 985, with 180 built at [[Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant|Ulan Ude]] and a further 197 An-24T tactical transport/freighters at [[Irkut Corporation|Irkutsk]]. Production in the USSR was shut down by 1978.

Production continues at China's [[Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation]] which makes licensed, reverse-engineered and redesigned aircraft as the [[Xian Y-7]], and its derivatives. Manufacture of the Y-7, in civil form, has now been supplanted by the [[MA60]] derivative with western engines and avionics, to improve performance and economy, and widen the export appeal.

The aircraft introduced in Mongolia was initially planned to be used by the air force, but was eventually handed over to a private airline company for use, and some were later used in research facilities. Since then, as the aircraft has deteriorated, it has been stored in Ulaanbaatar.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/antonov-an-24 | title=Antonov An-24 }}</ref>

===Total production===
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!Total Production (Not including Chinese Y-7)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Антонов Ан-24 |url=http://russianplanes.net/planelist/Antonov/An-24 |access-date=2019-08-22 |website=russianplanes.net}}</ref>!! 1979 !! 1978 !! 1977 !! 1976 !! 1975 !! 1974 !! 1973 !! 1972 !! 1971 !! 1970 !! 1969 !! 1968 !! 1967 !! 1966 !! 1965 !! 1964 !! 1963 !! 1962 !! 1961 !! 1960 !! 1959 
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