The Tupolev ANT-53 was a late 1930s project for a passenger aircraft by the Tupolev Design Bureau.
| ANT-53 | |
|---|---|
| Role | Airliner |
| National origin | Soviet Union |
| Manufacturer | Tupolev |
| Designer | Vladimir Petlyakov |
| Status | paper project only |
| Primary user | Aeroflot (intended) |
| Number built | 0 |
| Developed from | Tupolev TB-7 |
Development and design
editThe Tupolev ANT-53 was developed as an airliner derivative of the Tupolev TB-7 heavy bomber, effectively constituting the Soviet counterpart to the Boeing 307 Stratoliner pressurized airliner. The pressurized cabin of the ANT-53 would have accommodated 48 passengers or 6 tons of cargo, and power was to be supplied by either 4 Mikulin AM-34FRNV or 4 Tumansky M-85 engines. However, development was abandoned due to shortages of aerospace engineers resulting from the 1937-1938 Great Purge.[1][2]
References
edit- ^ Gordon, Yefim; Rigamant, Vladimir (2005). OKB Tupolev: A History of the Design Bureau and its Aircraft. Hinckley, England: Midland Publishing. ISBN 1-85780-214-4.
- ^ Gunston, Bill (1995). Tupolev Aircraft since 1922. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-882-8.
 | This article about an aviation accident is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |