Kalinin K-1

what is it?

The Kalinin K-1 (Russian Калинин К-1), also known as RVZ-6, was a Soviet passenger plane that could carry three people.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · shoulder wing · 16.8 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 160 km/htop speed
• range 600 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 3passengers
• size 1,972 kgmax take-off weight
• built 5made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 101 years ago, in 1925.
• 🚗Wingspan of 16.8 m: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1925-04-20

status

retired

number built

5

role

airliner

origin

🇷🇺 Soviet Union

makers

National Aerospace University – Kharkiv Aviation Institute, Antonov Serial Production Plant

engines

1× Salmson RB-9 / Salmson RB.9

crew

1

passengers

3

length

10.7 m

wingspan

16.8 m

max take-off weight

1,972 kg

top speed

160 km/h

cruise speed

130 km/h

range

600 km

ceiling

3,000 m

wings

shoulder wing

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.