CHRIS PINN COLLECTION
No. 9380. Antonov An-28 "Cash" (YL-KAF c/n 1AJ009-09) Rigas Aero Clubs
Photographed at Riga, Latvia, August 2008, by Chris Pinn

Antonov An-28

10/31/2009. An enlarged turboprop version of the piston-engined An-14 light general-purpose aircraft was designated An-14M and the prototype, fitted with two 810 shp Isotov TVD-850 turboprop engines, was first flown in the USSR in September 1969, registered CCCP-1968. Initial flight testing was completed in 1972 and for production the type was redesignated An-28 in 1973.

The first pre-production An-28 (CCCP-19723) retained the original TVD-850 engines, but to improve performance, and climb in particular, it was decided to fit two 960 shp Glushenkov TVD-10 turboprop engines to CCCP-19723, and reregistered CCCP-19753, it flew for the first time in April 1975. It won a subsequent competitive evaluation against the Be-30, in which the emphasis was placed by the evaluators on concept rather than detail design.

In February 1978, it was decided that series production of the twenty-seat An-28 would be undertaken by PZL Mielec in Poland, and the power plant would be two 960 shp PZL Rzészow TVD-10S turboprop engines.

A temporary USSR Type Certificate was issued to the second Soviet built pre-production aircraft CCCP19754 (later reregistered CCCP-48105) on October 4, 1978. The first Polish production aircraft was first flown in Poland on July 22, 1984, registered in the USSR as CCCP-28800. It received the Soviet Type Certificate on February 7, 1986.

Reportedly the pictured aircraft has previously been registered as
CCCP-28943, RA-28943 and YL-KAC.

Created October 31, 2009