Antonov An-30

The Antonov An-30, NATO reporting name Clank and nicknamed Nastia in the USSR, is a variant of the An-24 designed for aerial cartography in the Soviet Union. It is the second member of the An-24 family, after the An-24 itself and before the An-26, An-32 and the cancelled An-132. The first survey version, the An-24FK, was designed by the Beriev bureau and flew on 21 August 1967, and after redesignation as the An-30 production began in 1971 at the Antonov factory in Kyiv. The aircraft has an entirely new, extensively glazed nose for the navigator, a raised flight deck that gives it a distinctive hump, and a cabin with five camera windows in the floor for four or five survey cameras. Between 1971 and 1980 about 115 to 123 were built, and 23 were sold abroad to countries including Afghanistan, Bulgaria, China, Cuba and Vietnam.