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Antonov An-22
Sign in to saveAlso known as AN22, Antonov An-22 Antheus, Antonov An-22 Cock, Antei, Cock, Antaeus
1965 airlifter family
Key facts
- Type
- Strategic airlifter
- National origin
- Soviet Union
- Manufacturer
- Antonov
- Status
- Retired
- Primary users
- Russian Aerospace Forces Aeroflot , Antonov Airlines
- Manufactured
- 1966–1976
- First flight
- 27 February 1965
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- cargo aircraft
- Named after
- Antaeus
- Operator
- Antonov Airlines
- Country of origin
- Soviet Union
- Developer
- Antonov
- Mass
- 551160
- Manufacturer
- Tashkent Mechanical Plant
- Image
- Antonov An-22 2.jpg
- Height
- 173
- Length
- 2275
- Speed
- 399
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- Commons category
- Antonov An-22
- NATO reporting name
- Cock
- first flight
- 1965-02-27
- Commons gallery
- Antonov An-22
- total produced
- 68
- service entry
- 1969-01-00
- wingspan
- 2536
- payload mass
- 176350
- vehicle range
- 5905
- maximum capacity
- 29
- wing configuration
- shoulder wing
- service retirement
- 2024-00-00
- maximum operating altitude
- 9100
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Encyclopedic overview
The Antonov An-22 "Antei" (Russian: Ан-22 Антей, romanized: An-22 Antey; lit. 'Antaeus'; NATO reporting name: "Cock") is a retired 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, its 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 remained in service with the Russian Aerospace Forces until December 2025, when the last operational aircraft crashed during a test flight.
Design and development
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Antonov An-22” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.