__NOTOC__ The THK-5 was a twin-engine aircraft designed by

Stanisław Rogalski Stanisław Rogalski (25 May 1904 – 6 February 1976) was a Polish aircraft designer, born in Olomouc, best known as one of the founding trio of the inter-war period RWD airplane factory in Warsaw. He obtained his degree at Warsaw University of ...

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 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 ...

'' (MKEK), but no further development took place.

Specifications (THK-5A)

References

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