Antonov An-28

The Antonov An-28, NATO reporting name Cash, is a twin-engined light turboprop transport aircraft developed from the Antonov An-14M. It won a competition against the Beriev Be-30 for use by Aeroflot as a short-range airliner and first flew in 1969, although the next pre-production model did not fly until 1975. It keeps the An-14 wing structure and twin rudders but has an expanded fuselage that seats up to 15 people besides the two-man crew, and turboprop engines in place of pistons. After a short pre-production series built by Antonov, production moved to PZL-Mielec in Poland in 1978, the first Polish-built aircraft flew in 1984 and the type received its Soviet type certificate in 1986. A total of 191 were built, 16 remained in airline service in 2015, and PZL-Mielec later developed the improved PZL M28 Skytruck.