An-22 Cock

The An-22 Cock** is a heavy-lift cargo/transport aircraft capable of carrying any vehicle in the inventory of the Russian ground forces. It is the largest turboprop powered aircraft ever to fly, and is equal in size to the U.S. C-5 Galaxy.

The shoulder-mounted wing has a high aspect ratio and a constant double taper with marked anhedral on the outer panels. Slotted flaps line the entire trailing edge inboard of the long ailerons. The tail group is mounted on a boom extending from...