title: Yakovlev AIR-5
text: # Yakovlev AIR-5
  
  The Yakovlev AIR-5 was a prototype Soviet single-engined cabin monoplane designed by the Yakovlev design bureau. The AIR-5 was a high-wing strut-braced monoplane with a 200 hp (149 kW) Wright J-4 Whirlwind engine. It had a tubular steel fuselage, wooden wings and an enclosed cabin for a pilot and three passengers.
  
  When the Whirlwind engine became unavailable no further aircraft were produced and a smaller variant was designed with a locally produced M-11 radial engine and designated the AIR-6.
  
  ## Specifications
  
  Data from The History of Soviet Aircraft from 1918
  
  General characteristics
  
  * Crew: one
  * Capacity: three
  * Length: 8 m (26 ft 3 in)
  * Wingspan: 12.8 m (42 ft 0 in)
  * Height: 2.46 m (8 ft 1 in) (tail up)
  * Wing area: 23 $m^2$ (250 sq ft)
  * Empty weight: 670 kg (1,477 lb)
  * Max takeoff weight: 912 kg (2,011 lb)
  * Powerplant: 1 × Wright J-4 Whirlwind air-cooled radial engine, 150 kW (200 hp)
  
  Performance
  
  * Maximum speed: 192 km/h (119 mph, 104 kn)
  * Cruise speed: 152 km/h (94 mph, 82 kn)
  * Range: 1,000 km (620 mi, 540 nmi)
  * Service ceiling: 4,275 m (14,026 ft)
  * Time to altitude: 6.5 minutes to 1,000 m (3,300 ft)
  