Ilyushin Il-12

what is it?

The Ilyushin Il-12 (NATO reporting name: Coach) is a Soviet twin-engine cargo aircraft, developed in the mid-1940s for small and medium-haul airline routes and as a military transport.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · low wing · retractable tricycle gear · 31.7 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 407 km/htop speed
• range 1,500 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 32passengers
• size 17.3 tmax take-off weight
• built 663made 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 81 years ago, in 1945.
• 🏎️Top speed is 3.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 31.7 m: about 7 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🐘Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 3 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 🌍Range of 1,500 km: 8× Amsterdam to Brussels.

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

spec sheet

first flight

1945-08-15

introduced

1947

retired

1986

status

retired

number built

663

role

transport aircraft

origin

🇷🇺 Soviet Union

makers

Ilyushin

engines

2× ASh-82FNV / ASh-82

crew

3

passengers

32

length

21.3 m

wingspan

31.7 m

height

8.1 m

max take-off weight

17.3 t

top speed

407 km/h

range

1,500 km

ceiling

6,500 m

wings

low 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.