The Tupolev ANT-7, known to the Soviet air force as the R-6, was a twin-engined reconnaissance aircraft and escort fighter. It was developed by TsAGI under Ivan Pogossky and Andrei Tupolev by scaling down the TB-1 bomber by about one third, and the prototype first flew on 11 September 1929. About 410 production aircraft followed from 1931, mostly built at a Moscow factory, in reconnaissance, cruiser escort (KR-6), maritime patrol floatplane (MP-6), torpedo-bomber and civil passenger versions. By 1935 it was obsolete as a military machine, and several were passed to Aeroflot and the polar aviation service, where they carried passengers and cargo in Siberia.
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guided by Andrei Tupolev, TsAGI developed the ANT-7
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was a reconnaissance aircraft and escort fighter of the Soviet Union
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The first flight of the ANT-7 took place on 11 September 1929
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The Tupolev ANT-7, known by the VVS as the Tupolev R-6
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Another 410 aircraft were made during the following three years
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2 × Mikulin M-17F V-12 water-cooled piston engines
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guided by Andrei Tupolev, TsAGI developed the ANT-7
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was a reconnaissance aircraft and escort fighter of the Soviet Union
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