Shavrov Sh-7
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The Shavrov Sh-7 was a Soviet
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
civil transport amphibian flying-boat designed by Vadim Shavrov. Although it was ordered into production for Aeroflot the start of the Great Patriotic War
Eastern Front (World War II)
The Eastern Front of World War II was a theatre of World War II between the European Axis powers and co-belligerent Finland against the Soviet Union, Poland, and some other Allies which encompassed Northern, Southern and Eastern Europe from 22 June 1941 to 9 May 1945...
halted any production aircraft being built.
Design and development
The Sh-7 was a cantilever high-wing monoplaneMonoplane
A monoplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with one main set of wing surfaces, in contrast to a biplane or triplane. Since the late 1930s it has been the most common form for a fixed wing aircraft.-Types of monoplane:...
amphibian flying-boat. It had a crew of two and a cabin for four passengers with the MG-31F engine strut mounted above the wing driving a two-bladded pusher propeller. The protoype first flew on 16 June 1940 and by the end of the year it was decided to put the type into production. The start of the Great Patriotic War
Eastern Front (World War II)
The Eastern Front of World War II was a theatre of World War II between the European Axis powers and co-belligerent Finland against the Soviet Union, Poland, and some other Allies which encompassed Northern, Southern and Eastern Europe from 22 June 1941 to 9 May 1945...
in 1941 halted plans and the prototype was then used to carry freight and passengers between Saratov and Astrakhan for a few months.