First 
                  Flight | 
                Model | 
                Military
                  Number | 
                Name | 
               
              
                | 1947 | 
                An-2 | 
                  | 
                Colt* | 
               
              | 
               
              
                | * NATO code name | 
               
              | 
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          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. 
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