what is it?
The Antonov A-9 was a single-seat sailplane designed and built in the USSR in the 1940s, a development of the record setting Red Front 7.
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 78 years ago, in 1948.
- Wingspan of 16.2 m: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
no engine: No engine: it glides on rising air.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1948
- number built
- 27
- role
- single seat sailplane
- origin
- 🇷🇺 Soviet Union
- engines
- none (glider)
- length
- 6.4 m
- wingspan
- 16.2 m
- max take-off weight
- 410 kg
- top speed
- —
- range
- —
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q607194, Wikipedia: Antonov A-9 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.