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The Tupolev Tu-95 (Russian: Туполев Ту-95; NATO reporting name: "Bear") is a large, four-engine turboprop-powered strategic bomber and missile platform. First flown in 1952, the Tu-95 entered service with the Long-Range Aviation of the Soviet Air Forces in 1956 and was first used in combat in 2015.
The exhaust ports of a NK-12 in an outboard nacelle on a Tu-95. 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 (18 ft) diameter (NK-12MA), and 6.2 m (20 ft) diameter (NK-12MV).
The Tupolev Tu-95LAL experimental aircraft (Russian: Летающая Атомная Лаборатория, romanized: Letayushchaya Atomnaya Laboratoriya, lit. 'flying atomic laboratory') which flew from 1961 to 1965 was a modified Tupolev Tu-95 Soviet bomber aircraft , analogous to the United States' earlier Convair NB-36H . [ 1 ]
Tupolev Tu-154M. Tu-104 "Camel" medium-range airliner developed from the Tu-16; Tu-114 Rossiya "Cleat" long-range airliner developed from the Tu-95; Tu-116 two Tu-95 bombers fitted with passenger cabins; Tu-124 "Cookpot" a short-haul jet airliner developed from the Tu-104; Tu-134 "Crusty" a rear-engine evolution of the Tu-124
Powers the original Ilyushin Il-62, A-90 Orlyonok ekranoplan and the Tupolev Tu-154A and B models. Kuznetsov NK-12 contra rotating turboprop. Powers all the versions of the Tupolev Tu-95, Tupolev Tu-114, Tupolev Tu-126, Antonov An-22 and the A-90 Orlyonok ekranoplan. Initially designated as TV-12, but was renamed to NK-12 in honor of the ...
Four NK-12 engines power the Tupolev Tu-95 Bear, the only turboprop bomber to enter service, as well as one of the fastest propeller-driven aircraft. The Tu-114, an airliner derivative of the Tu-95, holds the world speed record for propeller aircraft. [11] The Tu-95 was also the first Soviet bomber to have intercontinental range.
Powers the original Ilyushin Il-62, A-90 Orlyonok ekranoplan and the Tupolev Tu-154A and B models. NK-12 contra rotating turboprop. Powers all the versions of the Tupolev Tu-95, Tupolev Tu-114, Tupolev Tu-126, Antonov An-22 and the A-90 Orlyonok ekranoplan. Initially designated as TV-12, but renamed to NK-12 in honor of company founder Nikolai ...
Tupolev Tu-144 SST; Tupolev Tu-154 three-engine, medium-range narrow-body jet airliner; Tupolev Tu-155 version of Tu-155 with liquid hydrogen (later LNG) fuel; Tupolev Tu-156 re-engined Tu-155 with NK-89 engines; Tupolev Tu-160 supersonic, variable-wing heavy strategic bomber; also known as Aircraft 'K' Tupolev Tu-161 very long-range escort ...