Ilyushin Il-14

what is it?

The Ilyushin Il-14 (NATO reporting name: Crate) is a Soviet twin-engine piston commercial and military personnel and cargo transport aircraft that first flew in 1950, and entered service in 1954. The Il-14 was also manufactured in East Germany by VEB Flugzeugwerke as the VEB 14 and in Czechoslovakia as the Avia 14. The Ilyushin Il-14 was typically replaced by the Antonov An-24 and Yakovlev Yak-40.

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

base stats

• speed 417 km/htop speed
• range 1,305 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 32passengers
• size 18 tmax take-off weight
• built 1,348made 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 76 years ago, in 1950.
• 🏎️Top speed is 3.2× 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 1,305 km: 7× Amsterdam to Brussels.

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

spec sheet

first flight

1950-10-01

introduced

1954

retired

2005

status

retired

number built

1,348

role

airliner, transport aircraft

origin

🇷🇺 Soviet Union

makers

Avia, Ilyushin, EADS EFW

engines

2× Shvetsov ASh-82T / ASh-82T

crew

4

passengers

32

length

22.3 m

wingspan

31.7 m

height

7.9 m

max take-off weight

18 t

top speed

417 km/h

range

1,305 km

ceiling

7,400 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.