Antonov An-8

what is it?

The Antonov An-8 (NATO reporting name: Camp) is a Soviet-designed twin-turboprop, high-wing light military transport aircraft.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 turboprops · shoulder wing · retractable tricycle gear · 30 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 610 km/htop speed
• range 2,780 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 48passengers
• size 40 tmax take-off weight
• built 151made 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 70 years ago, in 1956.
• 🏎️Top speed is 4.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 30 m: about 7 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🐘Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 🌍Range of 2,780 km: 15× Amsterdam to Brussels.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.1× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

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

spec sheet

first flight

1956-02-11

introduced

1959

retired

2013

status

still flying

number built

151

role

military transport aircraft

origin

🇷🇺 Soviet Union

makers

Antonov, Tashkent Mechanical Plant

engines

2× Ivchenko AI-20D / AI-20D

crew

6

passengers

48

length

26 m

wingspan

30 m

height

9.7 m

max take-off weight

40 t

top speed

610 km/h

cruise speed

480 km/h

range

2,780 km

ceiling

9,600 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.