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The Antonov An-14 Pchelka (Clod) is a Soviet short-range utility STOL aircraft first flown in 1958, that entered military service in 1965, being produced until 1975. The Antonov An-14 is a braced, high-wing monoplane powered by two ZMDB Progress AI-14RF radial piston engines providing a top speed of 222 kmh and a range of 650 km fully laden. The Antonov An-14 carries a single pilot and up to eight passengers or 720 kg of freight.
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The Antonov AN-2 (NATO codename Colt) is a Soviet single-engined general purpose biplane developed in 1947 as a STOL transport, entering service in 1950. The AN-2 is a unequal-span single-bay biplane powered by a Ash-62 IR nine-cylinder radial air-cooled engine providing a top speed of 247 kmh and a range of 1480 km depending upon payload. The AN-2 is commonly used as a paratroop trainer. The AN-2P variation is used as a passenger aircraft carrying up to eight passengers in reclining seats. An An-2S and later An-2M agricultural version was also made, fitted with long-stroke landing gear to allow for the installation of pumping and spraying equipment under the fuselage and wings.
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The Antonov An-28 is a Russian 19-seater aircraft designed for STOL performance from the most inaccessible 'hot and high' airstrips. It was designed in 1969.
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The Antonov An-70 is a Ukraine STOL medium transport aircraft developed as a successor to the Antonov An-12 and first flown in 1994. The Antonov An-70 is powered by four ZMKB Progress D-27 propfan engines providing a top speed of 897 kmh and a range of 1350 km varying with payload. The Antonov An-70 is manned by a crew of four and carries a payload of 47000 kg including seating for 300 troops or 206 stretchers.
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The Antonov An-72 (Coaler) is a small Russian civilian passenger and military short/medium-range utility STOL aircraft that entered military service in the 1980s. It is unusual for having two powerful turbofan engines - ZMDB Progress D-36 - mounted above the wing which provide a top speed of 705 kmh and a range of 800 km fully laden. The blast, directed across large flaps which can be extended sharply downward, hits the ground at a 90-degree angle, reducing the takeoff run. The An-72 carries a flight crew of three or four and up to 68 passengers or 57 paratroops or 24 litters and 12 seated casualties and one attendant or 10000 kg of freight in the hold.
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The ASTA N22 Mission Master is an Australian short-range STOL utility transport aircraft with light attack capability that entered service in 1975. The ASTA N22 Mission Master carries a flight crew of one or two and up to 14 passengers or 3200 lbs of freight in the cabin and is powered by either two Allison 250-B17B or two Allison 250-B17C turboprops providing a top speed of 259 kmh and a range of 1107 km. The ASTA N22 Mission Master carries no fixed armaments, but has provision to carry up to 2000 lbs of disposable stores on four under-wing hard points which can include light bombs, machine-gun pods or multiple launchers for 68 and 70 mm unguided rockets.
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The Fairchild Hiller AU-23 Peacemaker is a Swiss-designed, American counter-insurgency STOL warplane with secondary light transport capability that entered service in 1968. The AU-23 carries a minimum crew of one, and optionally a co-pilot and up to ten passengers of freight in the cabin. The AU-23 is powered by a Garrett TPE331-1-101F turboprop providing a top speed of 280 kmh and a range of 898 km. Armaments consist of one 20 mm General Electric M197 rotary three-barrel cannon or two 7.62 mm General Electric GAU-2B/A Minigun six-barrelled machine-guns on an optional pintle mounting in a cabin door, in addition up to 700 lbs of disposable stores can be carried on four under-wing hard points.
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The Breguet 941 is a French un-pressurised cargo/passenger STOL transport aircraft. The Breguet 941 was first flown as a prototype in 1961, The Breguet 941 is a high-wing cantilever monoplane powered by four Turbomeca Turmo IIID3 turboprop engines providing a top speed of 450 kmh and a range of between 1000 and 3100 km. The Breguet 941 carries a crew of two and up to 57 civilian passengers , or 40 fully equipped troops , or 24 stretchers or 10,000 kg of cargo. A pressurised development of the Breguet 941, the Breguet 942 was later produced.
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The Custer CCW-5 was an American twin-engined STOL monoplane first flown in 1953, and developed to exhibit the virtues of channel wings. The Custer CCW-5 was a mid-wing cantilever monoplane of channel wing configuration powered by two Continental IO-470-T six-cylinder horizontally-opposed air-cooled engines providing a top speed of 322 kmh and a range of 1770 km. The Custer CCW-5 had accommodation for a pilot and up to four passengers.
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The De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver (L-20) is a Canadian short-range STOL utility light transport aircraft designed during the Second World War, first flown in 1947 and entering service in 1948 as a 'bush' transport. The De Havilland Canada DHC-2 is a braced high-wing monoplane powered by one Pratt and Whitney R-985AN-16B/14B Wasp Junior radial piston engine providing a top speed of 257 kmh and a range of 1250 km. The De Havilland Canada DHC-2 carries a pilot and up to six passengers or 1500 lbs of freight in the cabin.
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