PaulHolmes
October 12, 2012 at 8:35 pm

AN24s at Phnom Penh

Hi,

passing through Phnom Penh earlier this year and spotted a couple of An24s with winglets. Are or were these in service? just curious… Link to the photo below.

http://airfieldsandairports.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/phnom-penh.html

Thanks.

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By: PaulHolmes - 13th October 2012 at 15:36

Thanks for the info. Certainly most likely to be Y7’s but I could only get those hazy photos.

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By: MSR777 - 12th October 2012 at 23:12

The Y7 had several civilian operators. An interesting aircraft.

Maybe this is what you saw

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lao_Aviation_Xian_Y-7-100C_Bor.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xian_Y-7

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By: tenthije - 12th October 2012 at 21:48

There are no An-24s with winglets. You’ve seen a bunch of Chinese made Y-7K, a further development of the An-24. If I am not mistaken the winglet’ed versions are only used by the Chinese military. I don’t believe the civilian Y-7 has winglets.