Antonov An-10

The Antonov An-10 (Russian: Антонов Ан-10; NATO reporting name: Cat) was a four-engined turboprop passenger transport aircraft designed in the Soviet Union.

Variants

 * Izdeliye U: The in-house designation of the four-engined passenger aircraft derived from the Izdeliye N An-8 project.
 * An-10: The designation of the prototype and initial production versions fitted with Kuznetsov NK-4 or Ivchenko Ai-20A engines.
 * An-10A: Production aircraft from December 1959 with increased seating, decreased empty weight/increased payload and Ivchenko AI-20K engines.
 * An-10AS: several aircraft modified for small package cargo transport with no seats.
 * An-10TS: (Transport/Sanitarny – transport/ambulance) 45 Aircraft ordered for the VTA (Voyenno-Transportnaya Aviatsiya – transport air arm), with 38 loaned to the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
 * An-10KP: (Komandny Punkt – command post) A single aircraft (CCCP-11854) modified as an airborne command post for use at Sperenberg Airfield, near Berlin in the DDR.

Users

 * Soviet Union
 * Aeroflot
 * Soviet Air Force

Related Development

 * Antonov An-12

Comparable Aircraft

 * Bristol Britannia
 * Ilyushin Il-18
 * Lockheed L-100 Hercules
 * Vickers Vanguard