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| name = AIR-5 | image = Yakovlev AIR-5 L'Aerophile July 1933.jpg | caption = }}{{Infobox aircraft type | type = Single-engined cabin monoplane | national origin = Soviet Union | manufacturer = Yakovlev | designer = | first flight = 1931 | introduced = | retired = | status = | produced = | primary user = | number built = 1 | developed from = | variants with their own articles = | developed into = Yakovlev AIR-6
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The Yakovlev AIR-5 was a prototype Soviet single-engined cabin monoplane designed by the Yakovlev design bureau. 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{{Aircraft specs
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|range km=1000
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|time to altitude=6.5 minutes to 1,000 m (3,300 ft)[1]
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References{{commons category|Yakovlev aircraft}}Notes1. ^1 2 3 Gordon, Komissarov and Komissarov 2005, p. 23.
Bibliography{{refbegin}}- {{cite book|last1=Gordon|first1=Yefim|last2=Komissarov|first2=Dmitry|last3=Komissarov|first3=Sergey|title=OKB Yakovlev: A History of the Design Bureau and its Aircraft|year=2005|publisher=Midland Publishing|location=Hinkley, UK|isbn=1-85780-203-9}}
- {{cite book |last= Nemecek |first= Vaclav |title=The History of Soviet Aircraft from 1918 |year=1986 |publisher=Willow Books |location=London |pages= |isbn=0-00-218033-2}}
- {{cite book |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982–1985)|year= |publisher= Orbis Publishing|location= |issn=|pages=}}
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