Country of Origin. CIS (formerly USSR).
Similar Aircraft.
DC-3 Dakota.
Crew. Five.
Role. Medium-transport, cargo (five equipped troops).
Armament. Usually none.
Dimensions. Length: 73 ft, 2 in (22.3 m). Span: 104 ft (31.70 m).
Wings. Low-mounted and have straight leading edges and forward-tapered trailing edges with blunt tips.
Engine(s). Two piston engines mounted in and extending beyond the wings’ leading edges.
Fuselage. Long, cigar-shaped, and tapered to the rear section. Rounded, solid nose and stepped cockpit.
Tail. Flats mid-mounted on body and back-tapered with rounded tips. Large fin, tapered, with a square tip and a small fairing in the leading edge.
Afghanistan, Albania, Bulgaria, CIS, Chad, Cuba, Czech Republic, Iraq, North Korea, People’s Republic of China, Poland, Romania, South Yemen, Vietnam.
Updated: 03 February 2008 | Born 04 September 2000 |