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==Design== [[File:Lukaviatrans Antonov An-30.jpg|thumb|right|[[Lukiaviatrans|Lukaviatrans]] An-30A]] The Antonov An-30 is a derivative of the An-24, fitted with an entirely new fuselage forward of frame 11. The fuselage nose is extensively glazed. Housed within the new nose section are the navigator and precise navigational equipment, including an optical sight for ensuring accuracy of aerial photography.<ref name='p73' /> To enable accurate and repeatable survey flights, standard equipment for the An-30 included computer flight path control technology.<ref name=obs>{{Cite book |author= Green, W |title= The Observer's Book of Aircraft (25th ed.) |publisher= Frederick Warne & Co |year= 1976 |isbn= 978-0-7232-1553-0}}</ref> This additional equipment replaced the radar on the An-24. The positioning of the new navigational equipment required the flightdeck to be raised by 41 cm in comparison to the An-24,<ref name='p73' /> giving the aircraft its other main feature, a hump containing the cockpit. The radio operator and flight engineer sat in the first cabin aft of and below the flightdeck. The mission equipment was located further aft, in a cabin featuring five camera windows in the floor. Each camera window could be closed with covers to protect the glass panels. The covers were located in special fairings protruding from the fuselage underside. In the normal aerial photography role, four or five cameras were carried aboard. Three cameras were mounted vertically, intended for mapping purposes. The remaining two cameras were pointed at an angle of 28Β° on each side of the aircraft, for oblique photography. The same fuselage compartment contained workstations for two camera operators and a crew rest area.<ref name ='p74'>{{harvnb|Gordon|Komissarov|Komissarov|2003|p=74}}</ref> The aircraft's cameras could be used between 2,000 and 7,000 m (6,500 and 23,000 ft) and the scale of the resultant photographs was between 1:200,000 and 1:15,000,000.<ref name='p75' /> The aircraft was supplied with four or five cameras. The An-30 was powered by two [[Ivchenko AI-24]]VT turboprops with a takeoff rating of 2,820 ehp.<ref name='p75' />
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