Antonov An-10

what is it?

The Antonov An-10 Ukraina (Ukrainian: Антонов Ан-10 Україна, lit. 'Ukraine'; NATO reporting name: Cat) is a four-engined turboprop passenger transport aircraft designed in the Soviet Union.

🔎How to recognise it: 4 turboprops · shoulder wing · retractable tricycle gear · 38 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 715 km/htop speed
• range 1,200 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 130passengers
• size 55.1 tmax take-off weight
• built 104made in total

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 69 years ago, in 1957.
• 🏎️Top speed is 5.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 38 m: about 8 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🐘Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 9 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 🌍Range of 1,200 km: 7× Amsterdam to Brussels.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.2× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

turboprop: A jet-style turbine turning a propeller: efficient on short hops.

spec sheet

first flight

1957-03-07

introduced

1959

retired

1973

status

retired

number built

104

role

airliner

origin

🇷🇺 Soviet Union

makers

Antonov, Voronezh Aircraft Production Association

engines

4× Ivchenko AI-20K / Kuznetsov NK-4 / AI-20K

crew

4

passengers

130

length

34 m

wingspan

38 m

height

9.8 m

max take-off weight

55.1 t

top speed

715 km/h

cruise speed

680 km/h

range

1,200 km

ceiling

10,200 m

wings

shoulder wing

landing gear

retractable tricycle gear

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.