Russian aircraft Archives - aviospace.org https://aviospace.org/tag/russian-aircraft/ Tue, 15 Sep 2026 17:20:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://aviospace.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/463575282_2477404082464408_3209599391009761950_n-150x150.jpg Russian aircraft Archives - aviospace.org https://aviospace.org/tag/russian-aircraft/ 32 32 The Antonov An-22: The Largest Turboprop Aircraft In The World https://aviospace.org/antonov-an-22-largest-turboprop-guide/ https://aviospace.org/antonov-an-22-largest-turboprop-guide/#respond Sun, 03 Aug 2025 10:35:12 +0000 https://aviospace.org/?p=9554 Only 67 units of the world’s largest turboprop aircraft, the Antonov An-22 “Antei” were made. 60 of these are operated by Russia’s Military Transport. Six An-22s have been lost to catastrophes, a handful are in storage, and only three are flying. So when it was announced last year that the aircraft would be retired from […]

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]]> https://aviospace.org/antonov-an-22-largest-turboprop-guide/feed/ 0 Tupolev TU-104: Stepping stone in the USSR aviation history https://aviospace.org/tupolev-tu-104-stepping-stone-in-ussr-aviation-history/ https://aviospace.org/tupolev-tu-104-stepping-stone-in-ussr-aviation-history/#respond Thu, 31 Jul 2025 08:58:51 +0000 https://aviospace.org/?p=9525 The story of the Tupolev Tu-104, USSR’s first jetliner, goes hand in hand with its arch, or should we say, its only rival (albeit, only initially), the deHavilland Comet. In May 1952, Britain had introduced the de Havilland DH106 Comet – the world’s first jetliner – into passenger service. Amidst the elan, tragedy followed. A […]

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]]> https://aviospace.org/tupolev-tu-104-stepping-stone-in-ussr-aviation-history/feed/ 0 Ilyushin Il 76 – The versatile Soviet strategic transport aircraft https://aviospace.org/ilyushin-il-76-the-versatile-soviet-strategic-transport-aircraft/ https://aviospace.org/ilyushin-il-76-the-versatile-soviet-strategic-transport-aircraft/#respond Wed, 30 Jul 2025 17:14:10 +0000 https://aviospace.org/?p=9513 After the former Syrian leader was ousted from the government, he chose to fly to Russia on the Ilyushin Il-76. In addition to aiding a flailing ex-president, the this versatile Soviet strategic transport aircraft has c6.5 tons of supplies for constructing a new winter complex at the Vostok station near Russia’s Novolazarevskaya outpost in Antarctica, […]

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]]> https://aviospace.org/ilyushin-il-76-the-versatile-soviet-strategic-transport-aircraft/feed/ 0 Tupolev Tu-144 – The Soviet Concorde: Why the Supersonic Jet Failed? https://aviospace.org/tupolev-tu-144-soviet-concorde-failure-story/ https://aviospace.org/tupolev-tu-144-soviet-concorde-failure-story/#comments Sat, 26 Jul 2025 12:37:47 +0000 https://aviospace.org/?p=9446 The name is Tupolev Tu-144. In Russian, you’d call it Туполев Ту-144. The NATO reporting name for the Tu-144 is “Charger”. You might have other labels thrown at it: Concordski or the communist Concorde. For NASA, it was “a supersonic flying laboratory”. Given that the Tupolev Tu-144 was the first supersonic airliner to take to […]

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]]> https://aviospace.org/tupolev-tu-144-soviet-concorde-failure-story/feed/ 1 Antonov An-225 Mriya Rebuild: What’s The Latest? https://aviospace.org/antonov-an-225-mriya-rebuild-latest/ https://aviospace.org/antonov-an-225-mriya-rebuild-latest/#comments Mon, 07 Jul 2025 09:37:47 +0000 https://aviospace.org/?p=9189 When the Antonov An-225 was destroyed in 2022 amidst the first flush of the Ukraine-Russia War, it was a devastating blow to many avgeeks around the world. After all, the An-225 with the multitude of aviation records it had set, was an iconic aircraft. It has been photographed various times, but one of its more […]

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]]> https://aviospace.org/antonov-an-225-mriya-rebuild-latest/feed/ 3 In Pictures: 10 Most Produced Planes in The World https://aviospace.org/in-picture-10-most-produced-planes-in-the-world/ https://aviospace.org/in-picture-10-most-produced-planes-in-the-world/#comments Wed, 05 Feb 2025 13:32:26 +0000 https://aviospace.org/?p=6815 It is unsurprising that the most produced planes in the world aren’t the giant passenger planes such as the Airbus A380. A handful of these aircraft took part in the numerous battles of the world war, and were highly revered in nations such as the USSR, and a few of these are extremely popular with […]

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]]> https://aviospace.org/in-picture-10-most-produced-planes-in-the-world/feed/ 1 The Caspian Sea Monster: The Soviet 8-Engine Giant That Flew Just Above the Water https://aviospace.org/caspian-sea-monster-soviet-8-engine-ekranoplan/ https://aviospace.org/caspian-sea-monster-soviet-8-engine-ekranoplan/#comments Mon, 26 Feb 2024 12:38:30 +0000 https://aviospace.org/?p=1966 A length of 92 meters. A wingspan of 37.6 meters. As many as eight engines in its bilaterally symmetrical body. A wingship. A flarecraft. Something as bulky as 240,000 kilograms when empty. Something that was quietly perched above the surface of the waters but not as much as your typical aircraft. As the largest aircraft […]

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]]> https://aviospace.org/caspian-sea-monster-soviet-8-engine-ekranoplan/feed/ 4 Concorde Flew at Mach 2.04. Are Supersonic Airliners Finally Coming Back? https://aviospace.org/concorde-mach-2-supersonic-airliners-comeback/ https://aviospace.org/concorde-mach-2-supersonic-airliners-comeback/#respond Fri, 23 Feb 2024 02:37:55 +0000 https://aviospace.org/?p=1750 Concorde was one aircraft whose sleek, luxury, and speed have not yet found a worthy replacement. Aviation lovers are nostalgic about the times it just glided through the skies at twice the speed of sound. Much like many beauties, it had its rival- the Tupolev Tu-144, which debuted two months before the Concorde and was […]

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]]> https://aviospace.org/concorde-mach-2-supersonic-airliners-comeback/feed/ 0 Kalinin K-7: The Soviet Union Built This Giant 7-Engine Plane in the 1930s https://aviospace.org/kalinin-k-7-soviet-7-engine-plane/ https://aviospace.org/kalinin-k-7-soviet-7-engine-plane/#respond Wed, 21 Feb 2024 08:26:00 +0000 https://aviospace.org/?p=1516 Apart from having a visual distinction of being a metal monster, the Russian aircraft Kalinin K-7 is a brilliant example of a creative flying machine. Developed in the early 1930s, Kalinin K-7 was designed with a unique form consisting of booms, sizable underwing pods, fixed landing gear, and machine gun turrets inside the pods. It […]

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