GOOD-BYE ANSCA REPORT AND PHOTOGR APHY BY IST VÁN KELECSÉNYI
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n June 21, 2020, an era in the history of the Hungarian Air Force ended. The last type designed and manufactured in the Soviet Union, the Antonov AN-26 (nickname: Ancsa) medium transport aircraft type, had its last press public flight and withdrawal ceremony at the Vitéz Szentgyörgyi Dezső Air Base in Kecskemét. The aircraft is not a product of a Russian but of Oleg Konstantinovich Antonon OKB, a Ukrainian
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design office and factory. The first of three prototypes had its maiden flight on 31 May 1969. It was presented that year at Le Bourget as part of the Paris Aviation Salon. The type was launched until September 1970. However, series production strated in 1969 and on 29 August, the first series-produced AN-26 left the Kiev aircraft factory. Production proceeded at a rapid pace, with
