Antonov An-8

Antonov An-8
Type:	Transport plane
Design country:	Soviet Union
Manufacturer:	OKB Antonov
First flight:	February 11, 1956
Production time:	1958-1961
Number of pieces:	151

The Antonov An-8 ( NATO code name Camp ) is a twin-engine Soviet cargo aircraft from the 1950s.

development

An-8 in Monino

The shoulder- wing aircraft is powered by two propeller turbines. The first developments began in the early 1950s. The aim was to develop a universal aircraft for airborne operations. The machine has a pressurized cabin and a heavy-duty chassis . A lowerable tailgate enables easy loading and unloading of the cargo hold, which is 7.95 m long and 2.95 m wide. The first flight of the prototype, which was still equipped with TW-2T propeller turbines, took place on February 11, 1956 from the works airfield of works No. 473 in Kiev-Swiatoschino (the manufacturer of the prototype). On July 24th of the same year it was presented to the public at the Tuschino Air Parade. At the end of November 1956, flight tests were completed and series production began.

The radome under the aircraft nose and a command post with two movable 23 mm cannons in the rear of the machine are particularly noticeable . A total of 151 machines were built from 1958 to 1961 at Plant No. 84 in Tashkent. The Antonov An-10 and An-12 were developed from the model .

The machines were in active service until 1970. In 1997 five more were used as transport aircraft in the Middle East. Although the airworthiness certificate was revoked in 2001, some planes still flew illegally in Africa and Asia. Some machines have been preserved until today (2004).

Incidents

From the first flight in 1956 to the end of operations (between 2005 and 2010) there were 19 total losses with the Antonov An-8. In 7 of them 63 people were killed.

Technical specifications

Two-sided tear

Parameter	Data
crew	6th
Passengers	70
length	30.70 m
span	37.00 m
height	9.70 m
Wing area	117.2 m²
Empty mass	24,400 kg
payload	8 tons of cargo or 40 equipped soldiers
Takeoff mass	43,400 kg
Cruising speed	450 km / h
Top speed	520 km / h
Service ceiling	9600 m
Range	min. 1000 km, max. 3900 km
Engines	two propeller turbines Ivchenko AI-20D
power	3082 kW (4190 hp) each
Armament	2 × 23 mm MK

Web links

Commons : Antonov An-8  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Oldwings: History and production lists from An-8 to An-22 (English) ( Memento from August 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
2. ^ Karl-Heinz Eyermann , Wolfgang Sellenthin: The air parades of the USSR. Central Board of the Society for German-Soviet Friendship, 1967. p. 39.
3. ↑ List of aircraft accidents with An-8 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on May 4, 2020.