Talk:Antonov An-22

Spelling of name
Is the translation of the An-22's Russian name Antey, which is on the page, or Antei, which is what most of my aircraft books say? - Aerobird Target locked - Fox One! 14:15, 18 January 2007 (UTC)


 * The transliteration of Cyrillic into the Latin alphabet is un- (or more accurately over-)standardized. ("Standards are great! There's so many to choose from", Andrew S. Tanenbaum quipped.) According to Romanization of Russian, it should be Antey. According to Romanization of Russian, it could be Antej, Anteĭ, or Antey. In practice, the ALA-LC system, which is Anteĭ, will frequently be written Antei. If Antei is what's usually used, it should at least be listed. (Yes, I realize the question is almost 4 years old, but hopefully the answer will be useful to editors.)--Prosfilaes (talk) 05:49, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

Largest aircraft?
The opening sentence states that the AN-22 was the largest aircraft. It does not make clear that this was true at the time it was introduced.

Also, this statement appears to ignore the Spruce Goose. I realise that the latter never went into full production, but this article does not make it clear that the comparison is with production aircraft only. 194.237.142.6 09:26, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

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There are many ways to quantify the size of an aircraft: wingspan, length, height. I think that the true measure of an aircraft size is Maximum Take-off weight. The Spruce Goose, that flew only once and in Ground effect only, had a theoretical Max Take-Off Weight of 180 tonnes. It probably didn't weigh nearly that much on it's only flight The An-22 has a MTOW of 250 tonnes and flies that way on a regular basis. The Spruce Goose has a MTOW of 180,000 kg. It has a wingspan of 97,54 meters and a length of 66.65 meters The An-22 has a MTOW of 250,000kg. It has a wingspan of 64.4 meters and a length of 57.9 meters A B-52 bomber has a MTOW of 220,000 kg. It has a wingspan of 56.4 meters and a length of 48.5 meters A B-767-400ER has a MTOW of 204,120 kg. It has a wingspan of 51.9 meters and a length of 61.4 meters

The B-52 has a narrow fuselage, the 767 and the An-22 are wide bodies. Try to put them in order, from smallest to largest:

If you look at weight it is: Spruce Goose, B767-400ER, B-52, An-22. If you look at wingspan, it is: B-767-400ER, B-52, An-22, Spruce Goose. If you look at length, it is: B-52, An-22, B-767-400ER, Spruce Goose.

We could also look at tail heigh, total engine power etc.

The Graff Zeppelin II airship, which is also an "aircraft" was 245 meters long but had a maximum take-off weight of less than zero :)

There is the same problem for the largest airports in the world. There are several: most aircraft movements, most aircraft tonnage, most passengers, most ground surface etc.....

Which one is biggest? Hudicourt 13:51, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Precisely - if it is impossible to define what we mean by "biggest", we should refrain from using such a label in Wikipedia. Compare this with the article on the Spruce Goose which states that it was the aircraft with the largest wingspan. This is unambiguously so.

By all means compare aircraft by MTOW, and there are very good reasons for doing so. But then the AN-22 should be described as the heaviest, not the largest. 194.237.142.7 10:23, 8 October 2007 (UTC)


 * An in order An225 An124 An22 An70 then the rest — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.3.218.98 (talk) 05:52, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

Nationality vandalism
Hi, The Indian air force never operated the An-22. It operated the An-12 (retired) and still operates large numbers of An-32 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.112.18.35 (talk) 16:03, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Also Cameroon never operated An-22. The only operator of this plane was Soviet union, after whose collapse it remained in Russia and 2 pieces in Ukraine. It was once leased by Bulgaria but never exported. Thus Cameroon operating An-22 is some kind of hoax. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.237.227.51 (talk) 10:31, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
 * The Cameroon vandalism is the product of a persistent nuisance - the vandal in question continually adds Cameroon as an operator to all sorts of unlikely combat gear, some far more exotic than the An-22.Nigel Ish (talk) 11:26, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

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Numbers built?
The total production (numbers built) is shown as 68, but only 6 are shown as in service by two operators. Where are the remaining 62 aircraft? Santamoly (talk) 06:53, 17 February 2020 (UTC)


 * According to https://rzjets.net/aircraft/?typeid=249 most have been withdrawn from use and either still stored or broken up for scrap. MilborneOne (talk) 08:47, 17 February 2020 (UTC)