United States five-dollar bill United States five-dollar bill The United States five-dollar bill ($5) is a denomination of United States currency. The current $5 bill features the 16th U.S. President (1861-65), Abraham Lincoln's portrait on the front and the Lincoln Memorial on the back. All $5 bills issued today are Federal Reserve Notes. The $5 bill is sometimes nicknamed a "fin". The term has German/Yiddish roots and is remotely related to the English "five", but it is far less common today than it was in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing says the average life of a
IS-5 Kaczka centre of gravity was also adjustable in flight, with a 7 kg (15 lb) weight, on a fore-aft orientated threaded rod, which could be adjusted by the pilot. The sole prototype SP-821 first flew on 29 Mar 1949 piloted by Eng. P. Mynarski. Trials continued until 1957. The IS-5 was reported to have good flying characteristics and was easy to fly. After completion of tests the aircraft was lodged with the Lodz gliding club where it was destroyed in a hangar fire in 1961. IS-5 Kaczka The IS-5 Kaczka ("Instytut Szybownictwa" – gliding institute) was a single-seat canard research glider