Kalinin K-5

what is it?

The Kalinin K-5 was an airliner produced in the Soviet Union in the 1930s, built in larger quantities than any other Soviet airliner of its time, with some 260 aircraft constructed. It was a conventional, high-wing, strut-braced monoplane with a fully enclosed cabin and cockpit, and followed the general pattern developed by Kalinin in his earlier designs, though on a larger scale.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 engine · 20.5 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 206 km/htop speed
• range 1,020 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 8passengers
• size 4,000 kgmax take-off weight
• built 260made 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 97 years ago, in 1929.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 20.5 m: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 1,020 km: 6× Amsterdam to Brussels.

spec sheet

first flight

1929

number built

260

role

airliner

origin

🇷🇺 Soviet Union

makers

KhAZ

engines

1× Mikulin M-17F

crew

2

passengers

8

length

15.9 m

wingspan

20.5 m

height

2.9 m

max take-off weight

4,000 kg

top speed

206 km/h

range

1,020 km

ceiling

5,560 m

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