ANBO VIII
# ANBO VIII

The ANBO VIII was a Lithuanian bomber-reconnaissance monoplane designed by Antanas Gustaitis and built by Karo Aviacijos Tiekimo Skyrius.

## Design and development

The ANBO VIII was a low-wing monoplane with a tailwheel landing gear, an enclosed two-seat tandem cockpit and powered by a 930 hp (694 kW) Bristol Pegasus XVIII radial engine. The prototype and only ANBO VIII was first flown on 5 September 1939 and was still under testing when the country was annexed by the Soviet Union. The prototype was removed by the Soviet authorities for testing.

## Operators

* Lithuania

## Specifications

Data from Lithuanian Aviation Museum

General characteristics

* Crew: 2
* Length: 9.5 m (31 ft 2 in)
* Wingspan: 13.5 m (44 ft 3 in)
* Wing area: 30 $m^2$ (320 sq ft)
* Empty weight: 2,300 kg (5,071 lb)
* Max takeoff weight: 3,700 kg (8,157 lb)
* Powerplant: 1 × Bristol Pegasus XVIII radial piston engine, 690 kW (930 hp)

Performance

* Maximum speed: 411 km/h (255 mph, 222 kn) at 5,000 m (16,000 ft) altitude
* Minimum control speed: 113 km/h (70 mph, 61 kn)
* Service ceiling: 9,000 m (30,000 ft)
* Time to altitude: 2 minutes to 1,000 m (3,300 ft), 15 minutes to 5,000 m (16,000 ft)

Armament

* Guns: 4 × 7.7 mm (0.303 in) fixed forward-firing M1919 Browning machine guns with 500 rpg

         * 1 × 7.7 mm (0.303 in) manually aimed M1919 Browning machine gun in the rear cockpit with 5 x 100 round boxes
* Bombs: up to 600 kg (1,300 lb) on a fuselage bomb rack and/or 400 kg (880 lb) under the wings.
