An Antonov An-22A of Antonov Airlines in flight over Gostomel Airport (UKKM) on September 27th, 2008.
The Antonov An-22 "Antei" (Ukrainian: Ан-22 Антей; English: Antaeus) is a heavy military transport aircraft designed by the Antonov Design Bureau in Ukraine. 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 at the 1965 Paris Air Show. Since then, the model has seen extensive use in major military and humanitarian airlifts.
Variants[]
- An-22: Three original were prototypes built at the Antonov facility in Kyiv, Ukraine, with glass nose.
- An-22: Initial production variant with external start system, thirty-seven built at Tashkent.
- An-22A: Improved variant with air-start capability, modified electrical system, and updated radio and navigation equipment, twenty-eight built at Tashkent.
- An-22PZ: Conversion of two An-22s to carry wing center sections or outer wings of Antonov An-124 or An-225 externally above fuselage. Fitted with third centreline fin.
Operators[]
Soviet Union
Ukraine
- Antonov Airlines
See Also[]
Related Development[]
Comparable Aircraft[]
CAMCO Y-20- Ilyushin Il-76
- Long Beach AF C-17/91
- Santa Monica AF C-133/56
- Short Belfast
