4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Tupolev R-3NL L'Aérophile September,1926: L'Aérophile magazine· Public domain
- 2. Tupolev ANT-3 left front L'Aéronautique March,1927: L'Aéronautique magazine· Public domain
- 3. Tupolev ANT-3 L'Année aéronautique 1926: L'Année aéronautique· Public domain
- 4. Tupolev ANT-3 L'Aéronautique March,1927: L'Aéronautique magazine· Public domain
what is it?
The ANT-3 was a Soviet all-metal aircraft designed by the Tupolev Design Bureau. Tupolev acquired much experience in building his first two aircraft, later using his experience to construct the ANT-3. By this time, Soviet Air Force leaders were convinced that metal was a highly usable substance in the building of airplanes.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · biplane · 13 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 101 years ago, in 1925.
- Top speed is 1.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 13 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
- 1925-08-06
- introduced
- 1929
- retired
- 1935
- status
- retired
- number built
- 103
- role
- reconnaissance aircraft
- origin
- 🇷🇺 Soviet Union
- makers
- Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
- engines
- 1× Lorraine-Dietrich 12Eb
- crew
- 2
- length
- 9.9 m
- wingspan
- 13 m
- height
- 3.1 m
- max take-off weight
- 2,090 kg
- top speed
- 204 km/h
- range
- 880 km
- ceiling
- 4,920 m
- wings
- biplane
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q167705, Wikipedia: Tupolev ANT-3 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.