Beriev Be-30

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Aeroflot Beriev Be-32
Role Airliner
Manufacturer Beriev
First flight3 March 1967
Primary user Aeroflot
Produced1968-1976
Number built8

The Beriev Be-30 (NATO reporting name "Cuff" [1] ) is a Russian regional airliner and utility transport aircraft designed by the Beriev Design Bureau. It was developed specifically for Aeroflot local service routes using short, grass airstrips. It was also designed to be used in the light transport, aerial survey and air ambulance roles. It competed against the Antonov An-28 and the Czechoslovakian LET-410.

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Design and development

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Be-32 cabin

The original design featured interconnected engines, so that in case of one engine failing, the remaining engine could drive both propellers. This feature was not implemented in the production version.

The first prototype flew on 3 March 1967, fitted with Shvetsov ASh-21 piston engines, while the first production prototype flew on 18 July 1968, using more powerful Glushenkov TVD-10 turboprop engines. The first deliveries to Aeroflot were in mid-1969. [2]

The Be-30 was designed for a flight crew of two with passenger arrangements for 14 (in the Be-30) to a maximum of 17 (in the Be-32) seated two abreast. Corporate shuttle configuration seated seven. The air ambulance configuration could accommodate nine stretcher patients, six seated patients and one medical attendant.

Three Be-30s and five Be-32s were built in the late 1960s before the program was terminated. In the early 1990s one of the original Be-32s was converted to a Be-32K demonstrator and presented at the 1993 Paris and Dubai air shows. It was painted in the colors of the now defunct Moscow Airways which had ordered 50 aircraft but ceased operations before any could be built or delivered.

Variants

Operators

Operators of the Beriev Be-30 (in order by country)

Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Democratic Republic of the Congo
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
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Specifications (Be-30)

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General characteristics

Performance

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