"DAN" wrote in message news:8r479bl98kqcearbkpfkmlf9nlb8e4h2t7@4ax.com...
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> This one is not the Maksim Gorki. It's the Tupolev ANT-20bis.
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> It has 6 engines, vs the Maksim's 8, without the additional 2 in the pod
> above the fuselage.
That pic could be an early test flight, when they discovered it was so
underpowered that two more engines had to be added.
Aviation-Safety.net lists the -bis as having eight engines:
http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19421214-2
The ANT-20bis survived considerably longer than the Maxim, only to prang
during WWII in typical Soviet fashion: "During the investigation it was
discovered that the pilot was not at the controls when the aircraft crashed.
It seems that he gave the controls to a passenger who disconnected the
autopilot and lost control."
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