HEAVY TRANSPORT-TYPE AIRCRAFT CHEPELEVKA AIRFIELD USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05929A000700050008-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 12, 2006
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: March 11, 1965
• Content Type: REPORT

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HEAVY TRANSPORT-TYPE AIRCRAFT
CHEPELEVKA AIRFIELD
CRAFT AT KIYEV/SVYATOSHINO AIRFIELD, THE FLYAWAY AND TEST FIELD
FOR AIRCRAFT ASSEMBLY PLANT 1+73, AND THE ANTONOV AIRCRAFT DESIGN
BUREAU. THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED CONVENTIONAL IN CONFIGURATION WITH
A HIGH STRAIGHT WING AND SINGLE TAIL. APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS WERE:
WINGSPAN 225 FEET, OVERALL FUSELAGE LENGTH 180 FEET.
2. AN FTD ANALYSIS HAS ESTIMATED THAT THIS AIRCRAFT CAN BE EXPECTED
TO HAVE CHARACTERISTICS PLUS PERFORMANCE APPROXIMATING THE FOLLOW-
ING: (A) GROSS WEIGHT 385,000 LBS. (B) NORMAL PAYLOAD 50,000 LBS.
(C) MAXIMUM PAYLOAD 100,000 LBS. (D) RANGE .6.5 THOUSAND NM WITH
NORMAL PAYLOAD. (E) 3 THOUSAND NM WITH MAXIMUM PAYLOAD. (F) CRUISE
SPEED OF 1+00 KNOTS.
IN ADDITION, PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS INDICATED THAT DESIGN AND
DEVELOPMENT WORK STARTED ON THIS AIRCRAFT IN 1960. THE GENERAL IM-
PRESSION FROM PLAN VIEW IS THAT THE AIRCRAFT IS AN ANTONOV DESIGN
SINCE IT RESEMBLES AN-10 AND AN-12 CONFIGURATIONS.
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work.
Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid
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3. THE FIRST INDICATION THAT SUCH AN AIRCRAFT WAS BEING CONSIDERED BY
THE SOVIETS OCCURED IN IRONBARK MATERIAL. IN EARLY 1962 GENERAL G.S.
SHETSHIKOV, FIRST DEPUTY CHIEF OF AEROFLOT, EXPRESSED THE NEED FOR A
LARGE CARGO TRANSPORT (BELIEVED TO BE LARGER THAN CUB). HE STATED
THAT AMONG AEROFLOT'S TOP NEEDS WAS, THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPECIAL CARGO
AIRCRAFT CAPABLE OF DELIVERING LARGE-DIMENSION LOADS TO THE SITES OF
NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS."
5.1 IKIYEV AND OBSERVED A NEW
"VERY LARGE" AIRCRAFT PARKED NEAR AIRCRAFT ASSEMBLY PLANT 473. HE
SAID THAT TWO AN-12 (CUB) TRANSPORTS PARKED NEARBY SEEMED SMALL BY
COMPARISON. THE SALIENT FEATURES OF THE AIRCRAFT INCLUDED A HIGH
"DROOPING" WING, TWIN TAILS, A WIDE SQUAT FUSELAGE, AND FOUR ENGINES
(EACH WITH A FOUR BLADED PROPELLER, MOUNTED ON SLIM NACELLES, AND PRO-
TRUDING WELL FORWARD OF THE WING). FROM THE ATTACHE'S DESCRIPTION THE
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AIRCRAFT APPEARS TO BE A TURBOPROP CARGO TRANSPORT WITH REAR-
LOADING DOORS.
THE AIRCRAFT'S ASSOCIATION WITH PLANT 473 INDICATES THAT
IT IS BEING DEVELOPED BY THE ANTONOV DESIGN TEAM. THE NEW AIR-
CRAFT MAY BE THE AN-22 WHICH IS BELIEVED TO BE UNDER DEVELOP-
MENT AT TASHKEN'T'.
6. CHAPELEVKA AIRFIELD IS AN LRAA HEAVY BOMBER BASE. THE MAIN CON-
CRETE RUNWAY MEASURES 11,400 X 250 FT AND OTHER FACILITIES LO-
CATED AT THE BASE INCLUDE
AND AN ASM STORAGE FACILITY.
7. THIS MISSION REVEALS THAT A LARGE 4-ENGINE, HIGH-WING HEAVY
TRANSPORT-TYPE AIRCRAFT WITH TWIN OUTBOARD VERTICAL STABILIZERS
IS LOCATED AT THE AIRFIELD LOADING AREA. THE DIMENSIONS ARE:
WING SPAN 215 FT (PLUS OR MINUS 10), FUSELAGE LENGTH 180 FT (PLUS
OR MINUS 5), AND THE FUSELAGE WIDTH 20 FT (PLUS OR MINUS 2). ALSO
OBSERVED AT THE AIRFIELD ARE TWO BEAR/BISON IN THE LOADING AREA,
EIGHT BEAR ON SSW PARKING APRON, SIX BEAR/BISON ON PARALLEL TAXI-
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WAY, FIVE BEAR AND SEVENTEEN BEAR/BISON ON CENTRAL PARKING
APRONS AND HANDSTANDS, FOUR BEAR AND THREE BEAR/BISON ON NNE
APRON, THREE MEDIUM STRAIGHT-WING AND ONE MEDIUM SWEPT-WING
AIRCRAFT ALONG NORTH LINK TAXIWAY, AND APPROXIMATELY 25 SMALL
SWEPT-WING AIRCRAFT AT SOUTH END OF LOADING AREA.
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 HEAVY TRANSPORT-TYPE AIRCRAFT
CHEPELEVKA AIRFIELD, USSR
49-47N 30-26E
11 BEAR
28 BEAR/BISON
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