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The Antonov An-22 Antei's wingspan, against things you already know the size of.
The numbers
| Length | 57.92 m |
|---|---|
| Wingspan | 64.40 m |
| Height | 12.53 m |
| MTOW | 250,000 kg |
| Max payload | 60,000 kg |
| Engines | 4 × Kuznetsov NK-12MA (contra-rotating) |
| First flight | 27 February 1965 |
| Built | 68 |
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What makes it different
When the An-22 appeared at the 1965 Paris Air Show, unannounced, the West was stunned: a 250-tonne aircraft — on propellers. Four NK-12 engines, the most powerful turboprops ever made, each spinning two contra-rotating propellers, dragged 60-tonne payloads out of dirt strips no jet could use.
Named Antei after the giant of Greek myth, it set more than forty world records, carried tanks, missiles and drilling rigs across the Soviet Union, and pioneered the twin-tail, ramp-loading formula the An-124 and An-225 later perfected.
Sixty-eight were built. Antonov Airlines flew the world's last one commercially into the 2020s before retiring it — the end of the giant turboprop era.
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Who flies the Antonov An-22 Antei
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