The Antonov A-13 was a Soviet aerobatic
sailplane
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flown in the 1950s and 1960s. It was a small, single-seat,
all-metal aircraft developed from the
A-11
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which could optionally be fitted with that aircraft's longer-span wings. It was a mid-wing
monoplane
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with a tadpole-like
fuselage
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and a
V-tail
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.
In February 1962, an A-13 was fitted with a small
turbojet
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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
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version, fitted with a low-powered
piston engine
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.
* An-13 : Jet-powered version.
Specifications (Antonov A-13)
See also
Notes
References
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Glider aircraft
Motor gliders
1950s Soviet sailplanes
Aircraft first flown in 1958
High-wing aircraft
V-tail aircraft