Design Office Prefixes
- An (Ан): Antonov
- Ar (Ар): Archangelskii
- BI (БИ): Berezniak-Isaev
- BICh (БИЧ): Boris Ivanovich Cheranovsky
- Be (Бе): Beriev
- Che (Че): Chetverikov
- Gu (Гу): Gudkov
- Il (Ил): Ilyushin
- Ka (Ка): Kamov
- La (Ла): Lavochkin
- LaG (ЛаГ): Lavochkin-Gorbunov
- LaGG (ЛаГГ): Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov
- Li (Ли): Lisunov
- M (М): Myasishchev
- Mi (Ми): Mil
- MiG (МиГ): Mikoyan-Gurevich, until the death of Artem Mikoyan in 1970, then just Mikoyan
- Pe (Пе): Petlyakov
- Po (По): Polikarpov
- Su (Су): Sukhoi
- Shche (Ще): Shcherbakov
- Ta (Та): Tairov
- Tu (Ту): Tupolev (earlier: ANT (for A.N.Tupolev, the number sequence is still in use))
- Yak (Як): Yakovlev (earlier: AIR (for A.I.Rykov, one of communist leaders))
- Yer (Ер): Yermolayev
Read more about this topic: Soviet Union Military Aircraft Designation Systems
Famous quotes containing the words design and/or office:
“Delay always breeds danger; and to protract a great design is often to ruin it.”
—Miguel De Cervantes (1547–1616)
“We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for the limelight.”
—Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933)
Related Phrases
Related Words