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Antonov An-22 Antej "Cock"
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AN-22 Antej "Cock"
Role Strategic airlifter
National origin Soviet Union
Manufacturer Antonov
First flight 27 February 1965
Introduction 1967
Status In limited service
Primary users Russian Aerospace Forces
Aeroflot
Antonov Airlines
Produced 1966–1976
Number built 68
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Antonov An-22 "Antei"
The Antonov An-22 "Antei" (Russian: Ан-22 Антей, An-22 Antej; English Antaeus) (NATO reporting name "Cock") is a heavy military transport aircraft designed by the Antonov Design Bureau in the Soviet Union. Powered by four turboprop engines each driving a pair of contra-rotating propellers, the design was the first wide-body transport aircraft and remains the world's largest turboprop-powered aircraft to date. The An-22 first appeared publicly outside the Soviet Union at the 1965 Paris Air Show. Thereafter, the model saw extensive use in major military and humanitarian airlifts for the Soviet Union, and is still in service with the Russian Aerospace Forces.
In the late 1950s, the Soviet Union required a large military transport aircraft to supplement the Antonov An-8 and An-12s then entering service. Originally known as the An-20, the model is a conventional multi-engined high-wing design. In the early 1960s, the Antonov bureau produced a wooden mock up at its Kyiv, Ukraine, workshops of what was designated the Model 100. The prototype, now designated the An-22, was rolled out on 18 August 1964 and first flew on 27 February 1965. The prototype was given the name Antaeus (sometimes misspelled Antheus) and, after four-months of test flying, was displayed at the 1965 Paris Air Show. All aircraft were built at the Tashkent State Aircraft Factory and the first military delivery was made to the Air Transport Wing at Ivanovo Airbase in 1969..
Design and development
In the late 1950s, the Soviet Union required a large military transport aircraft to supplement the Antonov An-8 and An-12s then entering service. Originally known as the An-20, the model is a conventional multi-engined high-wing design. In the early 1960s, the Antonov bureau produced a wooden mock up at its Kyiv, Ukraine, workshops of what was designated the Model 100. The prototype, now designated the An-22, was rolled out on 18 August 1964 and first flew on 27 February 1965. The prototype was given the name Antaeus (sometimes misspelled Antheus) and, after four-months of test flying, was displayed at the 1965 Paris Air Show. All aircraft were built at the Tashkent State Aircraft Factory and the first military delivery was made to the Air Transport Wing at Ivanovo Airbase in 1969.
The aircraft was designed as a strategic airlifter, designed specifically to expand the Soviet Airborne Forces' capability to land with their then-new BMD-1 armoured vehicles. The An-22 cargo hold can accommodate four BMD-1s compared to only one in the An-12.
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General Info
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- Crew: 5–6
- Capacity: 28–29 pax / 80,000 kg (176,370 lb) maximum payload
- Length: 57.92 m (190 ft 0 in) approx (dependent on nose config.)
- Wingspan: 64.4 m (211 ft 3 in)
- Height: 12.53 m (41 ft 1 in)
- Wing area: 345 m2 (3,710 sq ft)
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- Empty weight: 114,000 kg
- Max takeoff weight: 250,000 kg
- Fuel capacity: 43,000 kg maximum
- Powerplant: 4 × Kuznetsov NK-12MA turboprop engines, 11,000 kW (15,000 shp) each (equivalent)
- Propellers: 8-bladed contra-rotating constant-speed reversible-pitch propeller
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Performance
- Maximum speed: 740 km/h (460 mph,
- Range: 5,000 km (3,100 mi, 2,700 nmi) with maximum payload
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- 10,950 km (6,800 mi; 5,910 nmi) with maximum fuel and 45,000 kg payload
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- Wing loading: 724.6 kg/m2
- Power/mass: 0.1789 kW/kg max
- Take-off run: 1,300 m (4,265 ft)
- Landing run: 800 m (2,625 ft)
Related development
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- Douglas C-133 Cargomaster – US heavy lift four engine turboprop military aircraft, 1956
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- Ilyushin Il-76 – Russian heavy military transport aircraft
- Xi'an Y-20 – Chinese military transport aircraft
- Airbus A400M Atlas – Multi-national four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft
- Short Belfast-British military transport aircraft
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