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                | First Flight
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                  Number | Name |  
                | 1947 | An-2 |  | Colt* |  |  
                | * NATO code name |  |  | Oleg Antonov
            was a designer within the Yakovlev design bureau before establishing
            his own design bureau shortly after the Great Patriotic
            War.  The Antonov bureau specializes in transport
            aircraft including the An-225 Mriya.  With a maximum takeoff
            weight of 1,322,000 lbs (600,000 kg) the Mriya is the world's largest
            aircraft. Antonov has been a Ukrainian company since 1991. |