AIR-6 (airplane)

AIR-6 ( Ya-6 ) - Soviet light multi-purpose aircraft - strut high-wing aircraft with a closed three-seater cabin. The abbreviation AIR in honor of the chairman of the Central Council, Osoaviakhim Alexei Ivanovich Rykov . At one time, AIR-6 was unofficially called "the executive committee plane" or "flying car." AIR-6 - the first production car of A. S. Yakovlev . In the period from 1934 to 1936, 468 AIR-6 copies were issued, of which 20 were in the sanitary version. In May 1937, on the float version of AIR-6, pilot Ya. V. Pismenny set a record for non-stop flight range. He flew along the route Kiev - Batumi , covering a distance of 1297 km in 16 hours 25 minutes.

AIR-6 (I-6)
Type of	light multi-purpose aircraft
Developer	OKB named after Yakovlev
Manufacturer	Plant number 39 (Moscow)
Chief Designer	Alexander Sergeevich Yakovlev
The first flight	May 1932
Start of operation	1934 year
Status	decommissioned
Operators	USSR Air Force
Years of production	1934-1936
Units produced	128
Base model

To connect the deep settlements with the regional and regional centers, a small aircraft was required, capable of operating at small airfields . Initially, it received the designation AIR-6, traditional for Yakovlev cars of that period, however, after the arrest in 1937, A. I. Rykov was designated as “ Aircraft engineer. Yakovleva No. 6 "or" I-6 ".

The fuselage is welded from steel pipes and additionally brushed. The fuselage skin is plain. In the cockpit there is a pilot seat in front, followed by a sofa with two seats for passengers. A prototype was built at the plant . Menzhinsky in the spring of 1932 . The first flight was made in May 1932 (pilot Yu. I. Piontkovsky ).