USSR Archives - aviospace.org https://aviospace.org/tag/ussr/ Sat, 12 Sep 2026 10:39:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://aviospace.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/463575282_2477404082464408_3209599391009761950_n-150x150.jpg USSR Archives - aviospace.org https://aviospace.org/tag/ussr/ 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 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 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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