VVA-14

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VVA-14
General Characteristics
Role	Antisubmarine Attack Aircraft
Crew	3
First Flight	September 1972
Entered Service	Prototype
Manufacturer	Beriev Aircraft Company
Dimensions
Length	25.97 m
Wingspan	28.5 m
Height	6.79 m
Wing Area	217.79 m²
Weights
Empty	35,356 kg
Loaded	51,356 kg
Maximum Takeoff	52,000 kg
Powerplant
Engines	2x D-30M turbofans
Thrust	2 x 6,600 kgf (64.7 kN)
Performance
Maximum Speed	760 km/h
Combat Radius	2,450 km
Service Ceiling	8,000–10,000 m
Armament
Bombs	16 x PLAB-250-120
Torpedoes	2
Mines	8 x IGDM-500

The VVA-14 was an experimental ground effect aircraft developed in the Soviet Union during the 1970s. It was the brainchild of Italian-Soviet aircraft designer Robert Bartini and was designed mainly to be an antisubmarine aircraft that could take off from water using the ground effect.

The project was plagued by engineering difficulties in avionics and flight control and was dropped soon after Bartini's death. The surviving prototypes are now housed at the Russian Federation Air Force Museum in Monino, Russia.

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