Kuznetsov NK-12
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The Kuznetsov NK-12 is a Soviet turboprop engine of the 1950s, designed by the Kuznetsov design bureau. The NK-12 drives two large four-bladed contra-rotating propellers, 5.6 m diameter, and 6.2 m dia
NK-12M Turboprop engine on a Tu-95 at RIAT Fairford 1993
The exhaust ports of a NK-12 in an outboard nacelle on a Tu-95
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A pair of Kuznetsov NK-12MAs installed on an Antonov An-22
Tupolev Tu-114
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The Tupolev Tu-114 Rossiya is a retired large turboprop-powered long-range airliner designed by the Tupolev design bureau and built in the Soviet Union from May 1955. The aircraft was the largest and
Kuznetsov NK-12
…hours before being cancelled in 1957. The NK-12 powers the Tupolev Tu-95 bomber and its derivatives such as the Tu-142 maritime patrol aircraft and the Tupolev Tu-114 airliner (with NK-12MV), which still holds the title of the world's fastest propeller-driven aircraft despite being retired from service in 1991. It…
Aeroflot Tu-114 at Schiphol Airport in 1964
Tu-114 at the Paris Air Show, 1961
Tu-114 at Monino Museum.