__NOTOC__ The Sheremetev Sh-5 (Шереметьев Ш-5) was a two-seat sailplane designed by

Boris Nikolayevich Sheremetev Boris may refer to: People * Boris (given name), a male given name *:''See'': List of people with given name Boris * Boris (surname) * Boris I of Bulgaria (died 907), the first Christian ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire, canonized after hi ...

and produced in the Soviet Union in the 1930s.Shushurin 1938, 4 It was an unorthodox design, with a pod-and-boom layout and a cruciform tail that had its horizontal stabiliser mounted atop the boom with a large

ventral fin Pelvic fins or ventral fins are paired fins located on the ventral surface of fish. The paired pelvic fins are homologous Homology may refer to: Sciences Biology *Homology (biology), any characteristic of biological organisms that is der ...

extending below it.Krasil'shchikov 1991, 98 The monoplane wing was mounted high, on a pylon above the fuselage pod, and braced to the fuselage with V-struts. Two open cockpits were provided in tandem, with the rear cockpit located beneath the wing. The landing gear consisted of a single sprung skid under the fuselage and a small tailwheel on the ventral fin. The Sh-5 was used to establish several records during the decade, including distance records of and in 1933,Kozlov 1980 and an altitude record set by

Dmitri Aleksandrovich Koshits Dmitri (russian: Дми́трий); Church Slavic form: Dimitry or Dimitri (); ancient Russian forms: D'mitriy or Dmitr ( or ) is a male given name common in Orthodox Christian culture, the Russian version of Greek Demetrios (Δημήτρι ...

in 1935.Мемориал Д.А.Кошиц On May 11 the same year, Koshits made a long-distance flight through the Caucasus mountains in a Sh-5 towed behind a

Polikarpov R-5 The Polikarpov R-5 (russian: Р-5) was a Soviet reconnaissance bomber aircraft of the 1930s. It was the standard light bomber and reconnaissance aircraft of the Soviet Air Force for much of the 1930s, while also being used heavily as a civilian ...

, covering at altitudes up to in 34 hours of flight.Как начинались планерные состязания?Rodionov 1997История советского планеризма The Sh-5 was also produced in Turkey as an unlicensed copy by

THK Turkish Aeronautical Association ( tr, Türk Hava Kurumu - THK) is a non-profit organization with an aim of increasing public awareness and participation in aviation related activities and the national body governing air sports in Turkey. The as ...

as the THK-9 and subsequently by

MKEK The Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation ( tr, Makina ve Kimya Endüstrisi or MKE for short), established in 1950, is a reorganization of government-controlled group of factories in Turkey that supplied the Turkish Armed Forces with mil ...

as the MKEK-7 when the latter company took over the production facilities of the former in 1952.Deniz 2004

Specifications

Notes

References

* * * * * * * * {{MKEK aircraft 1930s Soviet sailplanes Sheremetev aircraft Aircraft first flown in 1933