On this day in aviation history, 68 years ago (December 16, 1957), the first flight of the Antonov An-12 occurred. Known by NATO as the Cub, the An-12 is a Russian turboprop transport aircraft. The ...
Investigators probing the fatal loss of an Antonov An-12 freighter in Greece last July have disclosed that the aircraft sustained wing damage during a ground collision with a lighting mast less than a ...