| ANT-53 | |
|---|---|
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| Desktop model of the Tupolev 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 |
The Tupolev ANT-53 was a late 1930s project for a passenger aircraft by the Tupolev Design Bureau.
The 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]
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