Ilyushin Il-10

what is it?

The Ilyushin Il-10 (Cyrillic Илью́шин Ил-10, NATO reporting name: "Beast") is a Soviet ground attack aircraft developed at the end of World War II by the Ilyushin construction bureau. It was also license-built in Czechoslovakia by Avia as the Avia B-33.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 13.4 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 551 km/htop speed
• range 800 kmwithout refuelling
• size 6,535 kgmax take-off weight
• built 6,166made 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 82 years ago, in 1944.
• 🏎️Top speed is 4.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 13.4 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1944-04-18

introduced

1945

retired

1962

status

retired

number built

6,166

role

ground attack aircraft

makers

Ilyushin

engines

1× Mikulin AM-42

crew

2

length

11.1 m

wingspan

13.4 m

height

4.2 m

max take-off weight

6,535 kg

top speed

551 km/h

cruise speed

310 km/h

range

800 km

ceiling

5,500 m

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