The Soviet Plane Built With A WWII Bomber's Tail Turret & Glazed Nose That The West Forgot
The Antonov An-12 took its first flight on December 16, 1957, from 'Irkutsk-2' aerodrome, with Captain Yakov Vernikov and Co-pilot Georgii Lysenko in the cockpit. The aircraft entered Soviet service in 1959, arriving just a few years after the …