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Antonov A-13

Field	Value
name	A-13
image	File:Gliders A-13 Antonov.JPG
type	Sailplane
manufacturer	Antonov
first_flight	1958
number_built	~200

The Antonov A-13 was a Soviet aerobatic sailplane flown in the 1950s and 1960s. It was a small, single-seat, all-metal aircraft developed from the A-11 which could optionally be fitted with that aircraft's longer-span wings. It was a mid-wing monoplane with a tadpole-like fuselage and a V-tail.

In February 1962, an A-13 was fitted with a small turbojet engine to set a world airspeed record of 196 km/h (122 mph) for an aircraft weighing up to 500 kg. This jet-powered version was known as the An-13

Variants

A-13 : Single-seat aerobatic sailplane.
A-13M : Motor glider version, fitted with a low-powered piston engine.
An-13 : Jet-powered version.

Specifications (Antonov A-13)

|prime units?=met |max takeoff weight kg= |max takeoff weight lb= |max takeoff weight note=

|never exceed speed kmh=350 |never exceed speed mph= |never exceed speed kts= |never exceed speed note=

Rough air speed max: 350 km/h
Aerotow speed: 200 km/h
Winch launch speed: 120 km/h |wing loading kg/m2=34.5 |wing loading lb/sqft=

Notes

References

Shenstone, B.S.. (1963). "The World's Sailplanes:Die Segelflugzeuge der Welt:Les Planeurs du Monde Volume II". Organisation Scientifique et Technique Internationale du Vol a Voile (OSTIV) and Schweizer Aero-Revue.
Some sources refer to P-32-15; Simons refers to R-32-15 for this aerofoil. The difference is generated by transliteration between [[Cyrillic script]] and [[Roman script. Roman]] where p in Cyrillic is R in Roman script.

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