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The Yakovlev AIR-6 was a Soviet light utility aircraft of the 1930s. It was a single-engined high-wing monoplane designed by Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev, with 128 being built.

AIR-6
Role	Light utility aircraft Type of aircraft
National origin	Soviet Union
Manufacturer	Yakovlev
Designer	Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev
First flight	1932
Introduction	1934
Number built	128[1]
Developed from	Yakovlev AIR-5

Design and development

In 1932, the Soviet aircraft designer Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev, working as an engineering supervisor at the Polikarpov OKB, designed the AIR-5,[nb 1] a five-seat high-wing monoplane with a steel-tube fuselage and a wooden wing, powered by an American Wright J-4 Whirlwind radial engine giving 149 kW (200 hp). Although the AIR-5 successfully passed State acceptance trials, no production followed, as there was no suitable Soviet replacement for the imported engine.[3][4]

Yakovlev instead designed a scaled-down aircraft of similar layout to the AIR-5, but powered by a readily available 75 kW (100 hp) Shvetsov M-11 engine, to serve as a light utility aircraft. The new design, the AIR-6, was a high-wing monoplane using much of the structural design of the AIR-5, (and also featuring landing struts from the Polikarpov U-2 and tail surfaces from the Tupolev I-5 fighter), with a pilot and one or two passengers sitting in tandem in an enclosed cockpit.[5][6]

Operational history

The prototype AIR-6 flew in 1932, passing state acceptance trials in October 1933.[7] An accident with the Yakovlev AIR-7 sport aircraft, however, was blamed on a design error by Yakovlev, who was sacked from the Polikarpov design bureau.[8] This caused production plans to be delayed until Yakovlev was allowed to set up his own design bureau, with production starting in 1934. A total of 128 AIR-6s were built, with several being fitted with floats, and 20 equipped as specialist ambulance aircraft.[1]

Operators

Soviet Union

Soviet Air Force

Specifications

Data from OKB Yakovlev[9]

General characteristics

Crew: one
Capacity: one or two passengers
Length: 7.8 m (25 ft 7 in)
Wingspan: 12.08 m (39 ft 8 in)
Wing area: 19.8 m² (213 sq ft)
Empty weight: 616 kg (1,358 lb)
Gross weight: 961 kg (2,119 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Shvetsov M-11 five-cylinder radial engine, 75 kW (100 hp) [10]

Performance

Maximum speed: 168.5 km/h (104.7 mph, 91.0 kn)
Cruise speed: 130 km/h (81 mph, 70 kn)
Range: 715 km (444 mi, 386 nmi)
Service ceiling: 4,600 m (15,100 ft)
Time to altitude: 6.6 min to 1,000 m (3,300 ft)

References

Notes

Early Yakovlev designed aircraft were designated AIR in honour of Alexei Rykov, the Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars[2]

Citations

Gordon, Komissarov and Komissarov 2005, pp. 25–26.
Gunston 1995, p. 451.
Gunston 1995, pp. 451, 453–454.
Gordon, Komissarov and Komissarov 2005, pp. 23–23.
Gunston 1995, p. 454.
Gordon, Komissarov and Komissarov 2005, p. 24.
Gordon, Komissarov and Komissarov 2005, pp. 24–25.
Gunston 1995, p. 455.
Gordon, Komissarov and Komissarov 2005, p. 26.
Gunston 1995, pp. XX–XXI.

Bibliography

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Yakovlev aircraft.

Gordon, Yefim, Dmitry Komissarov and Sergey Komissarov. OKB Yakovlev: A History of the Design Bureau and its Aircraft. Hinkley, UK: Midland Publishing, 2005. ISBN 1-85780-203-9.
Gunston, Bill. The Osprey Encyclopedia of Russian Aircraft 1975–1995. London: Osprey, 1995. ISBN 1-85532-405-9.

v t e Yakovlev aircraft
Early aircraft	AVF-10 AVF-20 AVF-34 AIR-1 AIR-2 AIR-3 AIR-4 AIR-5 AIR-6 AIR-7 AIR-8 AIR-9 AIR-10 AIR-11 AIR-12 AIR-14 AIR-15 AIR-16 AIR-17 AIR-18 Ya-1 Ya-2 Ya-3 Ya-4 Ya-6 Ya-7 Ya-10 Ya-19 Ya-20 Ya-21 Ya-22 Ya-23
Fighters	Yak-1 Yak-3 Yak-7 Yak-9 Yak-15 Yak-17 Yak-23 Yak-25 (II) Yak-28 Yak-38
Bombers	Yak-2 Yak-4 Yak-28 Yak-35
Transports	Yak-6 Yak-10 Yak-12 Yak-14 Yak-18T Yak-40 Yak-42 Yak-58 Yak-112 Yak-242 (MC-21)
Reconnaissance	Yak-25 Yak-27 Pchela
Helicopters	Yak-24 Yak-100
Trainers	UT-1 UT-2 UT-3 UT-15 UT-21 UT-23 Yak-7 Yak-11 Yak-17 Yak-18 Yak-20 Yak-21 Yak-28 Yak-30 (II) Yak-32 Yak-50 (II) Yak-52 Yak-53 Yak-54 Yak-55 Yak-130 Yak-152 Yak-200 Yak-210
Experimental	EG Yak-5 Yak-8 Yak-13 Yak-16 Yak-19 Yak-25 (I) Yak-26 Yak-30 (I) Yak-36 Yak-41 Yak-43 Yak-44 Yak-45 Yak-46 Yak-50 (I) Yak-60 Yak-140 Yak-141 Yak-201 Yak-1000

На других языках

[de] Jakowlew Ja-6

Jakowlew Ja-6 (russisch Яковлев Я-6, auch AIR-6, АИР-6) war die Bezeichnung eines dreisitzigen Leichtflugzeuges. Entwickelt wurde es von Alexander Jakowlew während seines Studiums an der Militärakademie der Luftstreitkräfte in Moskau. Es war das erste Muster des Konstrukteurs, das in Serie gebaut wurde. Das Kürzel AIR bezieht sich auf den Politiker Alexei Iwanowitsch Rykow.

- [en] Yakovlev AIR-6

[ru] АИР-6 (самолёт)

АИР-6 (Я-6) — советский лёгкий многоцелевой самолёт — подкосный высокоплан с закрытой трёхместной кабиной. Аббревиатура АИР в честь председателя ЦС Осоавиахима Алексея Ивановича Рыкова. В свое время АИР-6 неофициально именовался «исполкомовский самолёт» или «летающий автомобиль». АИР-6 — первая серийная машина А. С. Яковлева. В период с 1934 по 1936 годы было выпущено 468 экземпляров АИР-6, из которых 20 в санитарном варианте. В мае 1937 года на поплавковом варианте АИР-6 лётчик Я. В. Письменный установил рекорд дальности беспосадочного полёта. Он пролетел по маршруту Киев — Батуми, покрыв расстояние 1297 км за 16 часов 25 минут.

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