Be-12 Chayka
Sign in to saveAlso known as Beriev Be-12 Mail, Mail, Tchaika, Chayka, Be-12 Tchaika, BE12
maritime patrol flying boat family by Beriev
Key facts
- Type
- Maritime patrol aircraft
- Manufacturer
- Beriev OKB
- Status
- Operational (in small numbers)
- Primary user
- Soviet Naval Aviation
- Manufactured
- 1960 ( 1960 ) — 1973 ( 1973 )
- Introduction date
- 1960s
- First flight
- 18 October 1960
- Developed from
- Beriev Be-6
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- seaplane
- Named after
- Laridae
- Operator
- Ukrainian Navy
- Country of origin
- Soviet Union
- Based on
- Beriev Be-6
- Developer
- Beriev
- Manufacturer
- Beriev
- Designed by
- Georgy Beriev
- Image
- Beriev Be-12 Gelenzhik 2Sept2004.jpg
- Length
- 32.9
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- Commons category
- Beriev Be-12
- NATO reporting name
- powered by
- AI-20
- armament
- unguided bomb
- total produced
- 140
- first flight
- 1960-10-18
- wingspan
- 29.7
- service entry
- 1965-11-29
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Encyclopedic overview
The Beriev Be-12 Chayka (Russian: Бериева Бе-12 Чайка, romanized: Chayka, lit. 'gull', NATO reporting name: Mail) is a Soviet turboprop-powered amphibious aircraft designed in the 1950s for anti-submarine and maritime patrol duties.
Design and development
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Be-12 Chayka” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.