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Role Military transport aircraft Manufacturer Antonov[1] First flight 11 February 1956 Retired 2004 (2010 de-facto)[1] Status Airworthiness certificate/support withdrawn.[1] Primary users Soviet Air Force[1] Aeroflot[1] Number built Approx 151[1]
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Antonov An-22 "Antei"
The Antonov An-8 (NATO reporting name: Camp) is a Soviet-designed twin-turboprop, high-wing light military transport aircraft.
IIn December 1951, OKB-153 initiated the design of a twin-engined assault transport aircraft, designated DT-5/8 (Desahntno-Trahnsportnyy [samolyot] – assault transport aircraft), to be powered by two Kuznetsov TV-2 turboprop engines, and fitted with a large rear cargo door to allow vehicles to be driven straight into the hold On 11 December 1953, the Soviet Council of Ministers issued directive No.2922-1251 to the Antonov OKB, requiring them to build a twin-turboprop transport aircraft derived from the DT-5/8. Bearing the in-house designation Izdeliye P the resulting aircraft had a high wing carrying two turboprop engines, atop a rectangular-section fuselage which could carry 60 troops or 40 passengers. Alternatively. the aircraft could carry a range of vehicles (including ASU-57 assault guns, BTR-40 or BTR-152 armoured personnel carriers) or artillery pieces. The aircraft was fitted with a tricycle undercarriage with main gear units housed in pods on either side of the fuselage, and an upswept rear fuselage providing clearance of the tail unit for loading and unloading..
Variants
- Izdeliye P
- Antonov OKB in-house designation for the first prototype.
- Izdeliye N
- Antonov OKB in-house designation for a projected airliner version with a pressurised circular section cabin accommodating up to 57 passengers.
- An-8
- The initial production version.
- An-8M
- (Morskoy – marine) Projected Anti-Submarine Warfare variant.
- An-8T
- (Toplivovoz – fuel tanker/carrier) A fuel transporter used for all kinds of automotive fuels, as well as aircraft and rocket fuels, including two 5,300 litre (1,100 imp gal) tanks for petroleum products, or a single 5,000 litre tank for rocket oxidizers like red fuming nitric acid (RFNA), nitric acid, or a liquid oxygen flask.
- An-8RU
- (Raketnymi Ooskoritelyami – with rocket boosters) One aircraft fitted in 1964 with two rocket boosters to increase the single engined MTOW to 42 tonnes (93,000 lb). This project was abandoned after the crash of the first prototype during trials.
- An-8Sh
- (Shtoormanskiy – for navigators) A projected Navigator trainer.
- An-8PS
- (Poiskovo-Spasahtel'nyy – search and rescue) A projected maritime search and rescue aircraft.
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General Info
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- Crew: 6 (pilot, copilot, navigator, flight engineer, tail gunner, wireless operator)
- Capacity: 48 persons / 11,000 kg (24,000 lb) max payload
- Length: 26 m (85 ft 4 in)
- Wingspan: 30 m (98 ft 5 in)
- Height: 9.7 m (31 ft 10 in)
- Wing area: 117.2 m2 (1,262 sq ft)
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- Empty weight: 21,250 kg (46,848 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 40,000 kg (88,185 lb)
- Powerplant: 2 × Ivchenko AI-20D turboprop engines, 3,860 kW (5,180 shp) each
- Propellers: 4-bladed constant-speed propellers
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Performance
- Maximum speed: 610 km/h (380 mph
- Cruise speed: 480 km/h (300 mph
- Range: 2,780 km (1,730 mi, 1,500 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 9,600 m (31,500 ft)
- Rate of climb: 7.12 m/s (1,402 ft/min)
Related development
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- Antonov An-10
- Antonov An-12
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On 24 February 2022, at the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion in Ukraine, the first attacks were launched at Kyiv-Antonov-2 airfield, the site of Antonov's test flights and home base of the planes of Antonov Airlines.
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