Ilyushin IL-221947 |
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The first Soviet jet bomber, a conventional design that was abandoned in favour of the simpler IL-28. The Il-22 had a rather fat fuselage of circular cross-section, and an unswept wing with four jet engines underneath.
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lxbfYeaa, e-mail, 14.03.2024 Cardinal Sin 20 Vahe David Demirjian, e-mail, 22.08.2020 Cardinal Sin The Il-22 design is actually very similar to the unbuilt Heinkel He 343 four-engine jet bomber of World War II. After the Red Army entered Vienna, it overran the Heinkel factory and captured many project documents for the He 343; Ilyushin may have used the He 343 as the template basis for the Il-22.
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The Il-22 was a bomber, not a cargo plane. The specifications table has the bombload listed (2000-3000 kg of bombs).
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