what is it?
The Gribovsky G-28 (Russian: Грибовский Г-28, VVS designation TI-28) was an advanced trainer for trainee fighter pilots, built in the USSR just before the German invasion in 1941. It satisfied VVS testing but changing priorities led to the abandonment of production plans.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 9 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 85 years ago, in 1941.
- Top speed is 2.3× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 9 m: about 2 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
- 1941
- number built
- —
- role
- advanced trainer
- origin
- 🇷🇺 Soviet Union
- makers
- Vladislav Gribovsky
- engines
- 1× MV-6
- length
- 7.7 m
- wingspan
- 9 m
- height
- 1.5 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,157 kg
- top speed
- 303 km/h
- range
- 500 km
- ceiling
- 6,600 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1546228, Wikipedia: Gribovsky G-28 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.