what is it?
The Beriev Be-10, also known as Izdelye M, (NATO reporting name: Mallow) was a twin engined, turbojet powered, flying-boat, patrol bomber built by the Soviet Union from 1955. The Be-10 is sometimes referred to as the M-10, though this designation is believed to apply only to the modified Be-10 that established 12 FAI world records in 1961, Bort no. 40 Yellow, still holding class records for speed and altitude.
How to recognise it: 2 jet engines · 28.6 m wingspan
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 70 years ago, in 1956.
- Top speed is 7.0× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 28.6 m: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
- Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 8 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Range of 2,895 km: 16× Amsterdam to Brussels.
- Can fly 1.4× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).
jet: Gas turbine pushing air out the back (turbofan or turbojet): fast and high-flying.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1956-06-20
- introduced
- 1959
- retired
- 1968
- status
- retired
- number built
- 27
- role
- patrol bomber
- makers
- Beriev
- engines
- 2× Lyul'ka AL-7PB / AL-7
- crew
- 3
- length
- 31.5 m
- wingspan
- 28.6 m
- height
- 10.7 m
- max take-off weight
- 48.5 t
- top speed
- 910 km/h
- range
- 2,895 km
- ceiling
- 12,500 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q794481, Wikipedia: Beriev Be-10 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.