Great Site!! Alekseev 150 has got to be their answer to the B-47 I'm a Viet Nam era UH-1C Gunsip Crewchief (L-11 Eng & XM-21 Miniguns). My Son's a USAFA grad '04 & Triained on T-37's (Tweets); IP'd in T1A's @ VANCE AFB and now fly's C-17's out of McChord. I sure miss flying but I don't miss the small arms fire! thanks for the super site!

Additional characteristics (Yefim Gordon's “Early Soviet Jet Bombers”. Hinkley, Midland. 2004. ISBN 1 85780 181 4)

* Crew: 5
* Length: 26.74 m (87 ft 8-3/4 in)
* Wingspan: 24.1 m (79 ft 1 in)
* Height: 7.6 m (24 ft 11-1/4 in)
* Wing area: 158 m² (1,700 ft²)
* Empty weight: 26,100 kg (57,550 lb)
* Gross weight: 47,000 kg (103,635 lb)
* Powerplant: 2 × Lyul'ka TR-3A, 49.05 kN (11,025 lbf) thrust each

Performance

* Maximum speed: 970 km/h (603 mph)
* Range: 4,500 km (2,800 miles)
* Endurance: 5 hours 36 min
* Service ceiling: 12,500 m (41,000 ft)
* Rate of climb: 16.66 m/s (3,281 ft/min)

Armament

* 1 x Sh-23 (Shpital'nyy – Boris Shpital'nyy 23mm cannon) fixed, forward firing in starboard forward fuselage.
* 2 x Sh-23 23mm cannon in a DB-23 remote-controlled dorsal barbette.
* 2 x Sh-23 23mm cannon in a DB-25 remote-controlled tail barbette.
* 6,000 kg (13,230 lb) of bombs in an internal bomb bay.

Now THAT looks interesting...

die verwandtschaft zur baade 152 (siehe e.germany, veb 152) ist deutlich zu erkennen. baade hat ja nach dem 2. weltkrieg lange zeit in der sowjetunion gearbeitet.