Antonov An-26
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The Antonov An-26 is a twin-engine Soviet-era turboprop transport aircraft widely used for military and cargo operations around the world.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Antonov An-26 canonical | 11 |
| An-26 | 9 |
| An-26 (historical) | 1 |
| Antonov An-26 airframe | 1 |
| Antonov An-26B | 1 |
| Antonov An-26BRL | 1 |
| Antonov An-26M | 1 |
| Antonov An-26P | 1 |
| Antonov An-26Sh | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2911881 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Antonov An-26 Context triple: [Military Transport Aviation, aircraftOperated, Antonov An-26]
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Antonov An-32
The Antonov An-32 is a twin-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed for hot-and-high operations, widely used for tactical airlift and cargo missions.
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Antonov An-12
The Antonov An-12 is a Soviet-era four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft widely used for cargo and troop transport by numerous air forces and civilian operators around the world.
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Antonov An-2
The Antonov An-2 is a rugged Soviet-era single-engine biplane renowned for its short takeoff and landing capabilities and widespread use in both civilian and military roles.
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Antonov An-10
The Antonov An-10 is a Soviet-era four-engine turboprop airliner that was also adapted for military transport roles.
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E.
Antonov An-8
The Antonov An-8 is a Soviet-era twin-turboprop military transport aircraft designed in the 1950s for medium-range cargo and troop airlift operations.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Antonov An-26 Target entity description: The Antonov An-26 is a twin-engine Soviet-era turboprop transport aircraft widely used for military and cargo operations around the world.
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A.
Antonov An-32
The Antonov An-32 is a twin-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed for hot-and-high operations, widely used for tactical airlift and cargo missions.
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B.
Antonov An-12
The Antonov An-12 is a Soviet-era four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft widely used for cargo and troop transport by numerous air forces and civilian operators around the world.
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C.
Antonov An-2
The Antonov An-2 is a rugged Soviet-era single-engine biplane renowned for its short takeoff and landing capabilities and widespread use in both civilian and military roles.
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D.
Antonov An-10
The Antonov An-10 is a Soviet-era four-engine turboprop airliner that was also adapted for military transport roles.
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E.
Antonov An-8
The Antonov An-8 is a Soviet-era twin-turboprop military transport aircraft designed in the 1950s for medium-range cargo and troop airlift operations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cargo aircraft
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military transport aircraft ⓘ turboprop aircraft ⓘ twin-engine aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftFamily | Antonov An-24 family ⓘ |
| auxiliaryEngine | RU-19A-300 turbojet ⓘ |
| cargoLoadingFeature | rear loading ramp ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| crew | 5 ⓘ |
| cruiseSpeed | 440 km/h ⓘ |
| derivedFrom |
Antonov An-24
ⓘ
linked to:
An-24
|
| engineModel | Ivchenko AI-24VT ⓘ |
| engineType | turboprop ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1969-05-21 ⓘ |
| firstOperator | Soviet Air Forces ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Antonov An-26B
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linked to:
Antonov An-26
Antonov An-26BRL ⓘ
linked to:
Antonov An-26
Antonov An-26M ⓘ
linked to:
Antonov An-26
Antonov An-26P ⓘ
linked to:
Antonov An-26
Antonov An-26Sh ⓘ
linked to:
Antonov An-26
|
| height | 8.575 m ⓘ |
| ICAOTypeDesignator | AN26 ⓘ |
| introduced | 1970 ⓘ |
| landingGear | retractable tricycle landing gear ⓘ |
| length | 23.80 m ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Antonov Design Bureau ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | 540 km/h ⓘ |
| maximumTakeoffWeight | 24000 kg ⓘ |
| numberBuilt | over 1400 ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 2 ⓘ |
| payloadCapacity | 5500 kg ⓘ |
| powerplant | twin Ivchenko AI-24VT turboprop engines ⓘ |
| pressurization | pressurized cargo hold ⓘ |
| primaryRole |
cargo transport
ⓘ
military transport ⓘ |
| productionEnd | 1986 ⓘ |
| productionStart | 1969 ⓘ |
| propellerConfiguration | four-blade propellers ⓘ |
| range | 2550 km ⓘ |
| serviceCeiling | 7500 m ⓘ |
| status | in service ⓘ |
| tailConfiguration | conventional tail ⓘ |
| takeoffRun | 900 m ⓘ |
| usedFor |
aerial delivery of cargo
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cargo airlift ⓘ civilian freight operations ⓘ medical evacuation ⓘ paratroop transport ⓘ |
| wingConfiguration | high-wing ⓘ |
| wingspan | 29.20 m ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Antonov An-26 Description of subject: The Antonov An-26 is a twin-engine Soviet-era turboprop transport aircraft widely used for military and cargo operations around the world.
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