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The THK-5 was a twin-engine aircraft designed by
Stanisław Rogalski and built in Turkey in 1945 as an air ambulance.
It was a conventional, low-wing cantilever monoplane of wooden construction throughout. The main units of the tailwheel undercarriage retracted into the wing-mounted engine nacelles and the THK-5 could carry two stretcher cases plus a medical attendant. This was followed in production by a six-seat utility transport version designated THK-5A
and three examples of an improved version of the 5A designated THK-10.
A single example of the type was exported, sold to Denmark.
When THK was taken over 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 mili ...
, this was one of the designs selected for further work. However, although the designation MKEK-5 was allocated,
nothing further came of this.
Variants
;THK-5:Air ambulance aircraft, carrying two stretcher cases plus a medical attendant.
;THK-5A:6-seat utility transport
;THK-10: An improved version of the THK-5A; three built.
;MKEK-5: The THK-5, THK-5A and THK-10 re-designated after THK was taken over by ''
Makina ve Kimya Endüstrisi Kurumu'' (MKEK), but no further development took place.
Specifications (THK-5A)
References
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1940s Turkish civil utility aircraft
Low-wing aircraft
Turkish Aeronautical Association aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1945
Twin piston-engined tractor aircraft