The Ivchenko AI-25 is a family of military and civilian twin-shaft medium bypass turbofan engines developed by Ivchenko OKB of the

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. It was the first bypass engine ever used on

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aircraft in the USSR. The engine is still produced by

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based aircraft engine manufacturing company,

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Development

The AI-25 was designed to power the

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tri-jet airliner, often called the first

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transport aircraft, and is the starting point for the

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turbofan engine. The project was launched in 1965, with the AI-25s first test flight in 1966, and finally cleared for production in 1967. In 1972, the AI-25 was selected for the

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, the world's only jet-powered biplane. Development of the AI-25 continued and the uprated AI-25TL was designed for use by the

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military trainer with the first flight occurring in 1968. The L-39, would go on to become one of the most popular, and widespread trainer aircraft in the world, with over 3,000 L-39s produced, and with 2,900 examples still in active service today. A smaller version of the AI-25TL, the AI-25TLK has equipped the

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s Hongdu L-11 fighter-trainer. The AI-25TLK is also licensed built in the People's Republic of China as the WS-11. Another variant of the AI-25, is the AI-25TLSh in the 1990s, which underwent flight testing by the

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in 2002. Ivchenko-Progress is currently marketing the AI-25TLSh as an upgrade to existing L-39 and JL-8 operators that would extend the service life of the aircraft and improve performance. The latest AI-25 is the AI-25TL Series 2 designed for the

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. For the demand of a stronger turbofan engine by Turkey for its jet-powered

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UAV the Ukrainian company developed the stronger AI-25TLT variant

Variants

PZL M-15 Belphegor at Central Air Force Museum Monino pic1

;AI-25: ;AI-25A: ;AI-25TL: ;AI-25TL series 2 ; ;AI-25TLT: ( Black Sea Shield - turbofan) The AI-25TLT licence-built by Turkish-Ukrainian joint venture BSS based in Istanbul for the

: ;AI-25TLK: ;AI-25TLSh: ;AI-25W: ;AI-25WM: ;WS-11: (WoShan - turbofan) The AI-25TLK licence-built in China for the Hongdu L-11 ;Walter Titan: (AI-25WM) ;Walter Sirius:

Applications

* Comp Air Jet *

Hongdu JL-8 The Hongdu JL-8 (Nanchang JL-8), also known as the Karakorum-8 or K-8 for short, is a two-seat intermediate jet trainer and a light attack aircraft designed in the People's Republic of China by China Nanchang Aircraft Manufacturing Corporatio ...

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Specifications (AI-25TL)

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