what is it?
The Tupolev DB-1 (ANT-36) was a Soviet long-range bomber developed in the 1930s. It was developed from the Tupolev ANT-25 distance record-breaking aircraft. Development was prolonged and it was recognized as obsolete by the time it was in production.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 34 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 91 years ago, in 1935.
- Top speed is 1.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 34 m: about 8 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 4,000 km: 22× Amsterdam to Brussels.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1935
- introduced
- 1935
- retired
- 1937
- status
- retired
- number built
- 18
- role
- long-range bomber
- origin
- 🇷🇺 Soviet Union
- makers
- Tupolev
- engines
- 1× Mikulin AM-34R
- crew
- 3
- length
- 13.4 m
- wingspan
- 34 m
- max take-off weight
- 7,806 kg
- top speed
- 200 km/h
- range
- 4,000 km
- ceiling
- 3,000 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7853567, Wikipedia: Tupolev DB-1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.