Tupolev ANT-20 Maxim Gorky

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The Tupolev ANT-20 "Maxim Gorky" was a Soviet eight-engine propaganda and passenger aircraft of the 1930s, famed as one of the largest and most ambitious airplanes of its era.


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instanceOf aircraft
experimental aircraft
passenger aircraft
propaganda aircraft
airlineSeatingConfiguration mixed passenger and propaganda facilities
capacity more than 40 passengers
category 1930s Soviet airliners
Soviet experimental aircraft
propaganda in the Soviet Union
causeOfAccident mid-air collision during demonstration flight
constructionMaterial metal
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
crashDate 1935-05-18
crashLocation near Moscow
crew 8
designedBy Andrei Tupolev
designedFor long-range flights over the Soviet Union
engineType piston engine
era 1930s
fate destroyed in crash
firstFlight 1934-07-19
firstFlightLocation Moscow
introduced 1934
length approximately 33 m
manufacturer Tupolev
namedAfter Maxim Gorky
notableFeature equipped with film projector
equipped with printing press
equipped with radio broadcasting equipment
one of the largest aircraft of its time
numberBuilt 1
numberOfEngines 8
operator Soviet propaganda organizations
powerplant 8 × Mikulin AM-34 engines
primaryUser Soviet Air Force
program Soviet propaganda aviation program
purpose aerial propaganda
long-range passenger transport
registration CCCP-ANT-20
role propaganda aircraft
transport aircraft
status retired
tailConfiguration twin-tail
usedFor agitation and propaganda flights
passenger transport
wingConfiguration high-wing monoplane
wingspan approximately 63 m

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Andrei Tupolev
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