Beriev Be-30

The Beriev Be-30, with the NATO reporting name Cuff, is a regional airliner and utility transport aircraft designed by the Beriev design bureau for Aeroflot local routes using short grass airstrips. It was also meant for light transport, aerial survey and air ambulance work, and competed against the Antonov An-28 and the Czechoslovak Let L-410 Turbolet. The twin-engine aircraft was designed for a crew of two and seated 14 passengers in the Be-30 and up to 17 in the Be-32, two abreast. The first prototype flew on 3 March 1967 with Shvetsov piston engines, and a production prototype flew in July 1968 with Glushenkov TVD-10 turboprops. Only three Be-30s and five Be-32s were built before the programme ended, though a Be-32K demonstrator with Pratt and Whitney Canada turboprops appeared at the 1993 Paris air show.