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Vasily Kuptsov, Maxim Gorky ANT-20 (1934), Russian Museum, St. Petersburg. On 18 May 1935, the Maxim Gorky (with pilots I. V. Mikheyev and I. S. Zhurov) and three more aircraft (a Tupolev ANT-14, R-5 and I-5) took off for a demonstration flight over Moscow. The main purpose of the other three aircraft flying so close was to make evident the ...
The Tupolev ANT-9 (Russian: Туполев АНТ-9) was a Soviet passenger aircraft of the 1930s. It was developed as a reaction to the demand for a domestic airliner. At this time Deruluft, one of the forerunners of Aeroflot, flew only with foreign models, which were mainly German or Dutch.
ANT-10/R-7: Reconnaissance/light bomber aircraft prototype, 1930. ANT-11/MTBT: Twin-hulled flying boat project, 1929. ANT-12/I-5: Biplane fighter prototype, 1930. Later built as Polikarpov I-5. ANT-13/I-8: Fighter/interceptor prototype, developed from ANT-12, 1930. ANT-14 Pravda: Large five-engined propaganda monoplane developed from the ANT-9 ...
The ANT-25 was designed as the result of a recommendation by Kliment Voroshilov to the Revolutionary Military Council Revvoyensovyet on 7 December 1931, to build an aircraft for long-range flights. The aircraft was designed by the brigade of the Experimental Aircraft Design Department of TsAGI led by Pavel Sukhoi under the overall supervision ...
The Tupolev ANT-37 (or DB-2) was a Soviet twin-engined long-range bomber designed and built by the Tupolev design bureau, [1] the design team operating under the guidance of Pavel Sukhoi. [2] The aircraft did not enter production, but three examples of the type were used for research and record breaking flights.
The Tupolev ANT-16 (also known as the TB-4; Russian: Тяжелый Бомбардировщик – Heavy Bomber) was an experimental heavy bomber aircraft designed and tested in the Soviet Union in the early 1930s.
The Tupolev ANT-7, known by the VVS as the Tupolev R-6 ( R – razvedchik – reconnaissance), was a reconnaissance aircraft and escort fighter of the Soviet Union. The R-6 traces its roots back to early 1928 when the Soviet Air Force needed a long-range multirole aircraft.
The Tupolev ANT-14 Pravda was a Soviet aircraft, which served as the flagship of the Soviet propaganda squadron. It has been credited as Russia's first all-metal aircraft, with a corrosion-resistant-steel structure. [1] The ANT-14 was a larger version of the ANT-9, with a 40.4 m wingspan