Antonov An-22

The Antonov An-22 Antei (Ukrainian and Russian: Антей Antaeus) (NATO reporting name "Cock") was the world's heaviest aircraft, until the advent of the American C-5 Galaxy and later the Soviet An-124. Powered by four turboprops and four respective pairs of contra-rotating propellers, the design remains the world's largest turboprop-powered aircraft. It first appeared outside the Soviet Union at the 1965 Paris Air Show. In the late 1950s the Soviet... More

The Antonov An-22 Antei (Ukrainian and Russian: Антей Antaeus) (NATO reporting name "Cock") was the world's heaviest aircraft, until the advent of the American C-5 Galaxy and later the Soviet An-124. Powered by four turboprops and four respective pairs of contra-rotating propellers, the design remains the world's largest turboprop-powered aircraft. It first appeared outside the Soviet Union at the 1965 Paris Air Show. In the late 1950s the Soviet Union had a requirement for a large military transport aircraft to supplement the Antonov An-8 and An-12s then entering service. Originally known as the An-20 it was a conventional multi-engined high-wing design. In the early 1960s the company produced a wooden mock up at the company workshops at Kiev of what was designated the Model 100. The prototype now designated the An-22 was rolled out 18 August 1964 and first flew on 27 February 1965. The prototype was given the name Antheus and after four-months of test flying was displayed at the...

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