Yakovlev AIR-6

Yakovlev Yes -6 (Russian Яковлев Я -6, also AIR -6, АИР -6) was the name of a three-seat airliner. It was developed by Alexander Yakovlev while studying at the Military Academy of the Air Force in Moscow. It was the first pattern of the designer, which was built in series. The abbreviation AIR refers to the politician Alexei Ivanovich Rykov

History

The Yes -6 (AIR -6) was the early 1930s, the most widely used aircraft of Aeroflot on local connections. It has been appreciated for its ruggedness and reliability. There was next to the land version with fixed landing gear, a version as a seaplane with floats. On May 23, 1937, erected about 1297 km at a cruising speed of 124 km / h with the float design an international record in non-stop flight Kiev - Batumi. Of the 468 aircraft built 20 copies were also equipped as an ambulance aircraft.

Specifications

Small airliner Yes -6

The Yes -6 must not be confused with the Yakovlev Yak -6 - happened an error of, for example, the editor of the stamp shown from Mongolia by 1976.