On October 29, 1959, the Antonov An-24 made its maiden flight. Aboard the aircraft were Captain Georgii Lysenko, co-pilot Yurii Kurlin, navigator Volodymyr Popov, radio operator Petro Melnichenko, flight engineer Afanasii Kruts and leading test engineer Yakov Ryzhik.
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