Aircraft Model (Name & Manufacturer)
Shaanxi Aircraft Corporation Y-8
Aircraft Category
D
Purpose or Role in Game
An-12 based military and civil passenger and cargo transport
Why should this aircraft be added?
Being based on the An-12, it would only require minor tweaks to be able to be added. It is a unique aircraft that may be as or more useful than the An-12.
Airlines that use it
CAAC
China Postal Airlines
PLAAF/PLANAF
Air Forces of Argentina, Kazakhstan, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, and Venezuela
Special characteristics or variants
Y-8 - Baseline version, unpressurized cargo transport for PLAAF
Y-8B - Unpressurized cargo/passenger transport for CAAC
Y-8C - Pressurized variant of the Y-8B
Y-8D - Export military transport version
Y-8F - Livestock transport variant
Y-8F-300/-400 - 2.2m stretched fuselage, improved MTOW of 23t; civil unpressurized and pressurized variant
Y-8F-600 - Redesigned fuselage and new P&W engines, improved MTOW of 25t; prototypes constructed but cancelled and developed into Y-9
Y-8K - 121 seat airliner version, possibly never built
Optional: Links or references
Shaanxi Y-8 - WikipediaY-8F-100:
Y-8F-200 / 400:
