🎖️ military retired
what is it?
The Tsybin Ts-25 (USAF/DoD designation: Type 25; NATO reporting name: Mist) was a military glider designed by Pavel Tsybin for use by the Soviet Air Forces as a transport aircraft. Built in significant numbers, it saw service with the Soviet Airborne Forces in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
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 79 years ago, in 1947.
- Top speed is 1.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 24.4 m: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1947
- introduced
- 1948
- status
- retired
- number built
- 251
- role
- military transport glider
- makers
- OKB
- engines
- —
- passengers
- 25
- length
- 16.2 m
- wingspan
- 24.4 m
- height
- 5 m
- max take-off weight
- 4,200 kg
- top speed
- 230 km/h
- range
- —
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q245288, Wikipedia: Tsybin Ts-25 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.