Yakovlev Aircraft

Yakovlev AVF-10 1924 After a shaky start in the hands of a non-pilot (pilots were assigned by the meeting director), ... read more ... Yakovlev AVF-20 1925 Yakovlev VVA-3 / AIR-1 1927 read more ... Development of the AIR-1 with radial engine. It was built in two versions with size ... read more ... Yakovlev AIR-2 1928 Yakovlev Ya-3 "Pionerskaja Pravda" 1929 Development of the AIR-2 in parasol monoplane configuration. It used fuselage, powerplant, landing gear and ... read more ... Yakovlev AIR-4 1930 Yakovlev Ya-6 (AIR-6) 1931 AIR-5 adaptation for domestic M-11 engine. It was ready in May 1932, flew on September ... read more ... Yakovlev AIR-5 1931 Yakovlev Ya-7 (AIR-7) 1932 Two seat low-wing monoplane built for record speed. Both cockpits covered by long and low ... read more ... Yakovlev AIR-8 1934 Yakovlev AIR-20 / UT-2 1935 Two-seat monoplane trainer, developed from AIR-10. 7243 built. Ya-20 was a version with 120hp Renault ... read more ... Yakovlev AIR-9 1935 Yakovlev AIR-10 1935 Compact monoplane aerobatic trainer with open cockpit. When the I-16 fighter came to service, it ... read more ... Yakovlev UT-1 (AIR-14) 1936 Yakovlev AIR-11 1936 Span 12.0m (39ft 4Jfin); length 8.0m (26ft 3in); wing area 17.0sq m (183sq ft). Weight empty 558kg ... read more ... Yakovlev AIR-12 1936 Yakovlev AIR-16 1937 This was another aircraft that, though it was designed and built, left behind few records. It was ... read more ... Yakovlev AIR-18 1937 Yakovlev AIR-15 1938 This is one of the few Yakovlev aircraft which, though actually built, has disappeared leaving almost no records. ... read more ... Yakovlev AIR-17 / Ya-17 / UT-3 1938 Yakovlev Ya-21 1938 In 1938, the UV-VS (Upravlenie Voenno-vozdushnikh Sil - Administration of the Air Force) formulated a ... read more ... Yakovlev Ya-22 (I-29) 1939 Yakovlev AIR-19 / Ya-19 1939 Design of the Yakovlev Yak-1 medium-altitude interceptor/fighter began ... read more ... Yakovlev Yak-1 1940 Yakovlev Yak-4 (BB-22) 1940 Intended originally as a high-speed reconnaissance aircraft, the Yakovlev Ya-22 ... read more ... In parallel with the I-26 (or Ya-26), ... read more ... Yakovlev Yak-7 1941 Yakovlev Yak-3 (I-30) 1941 In the early summer of 1940, with the I-26 established in production in the GAZ ... read more ... Originally proposed in parallel with the Ya-26 (I-26), the Ya-28 (I-28) was a dedicated high-altitude ... read more ... Yakovlev Yak-5 (I-28) 1941 Yakovlev Yak-6/NBB 1942 Conceived as a light utility transport, the twin-engined low-wing ... read more ... Design began at the end of 1941 of ... read more ... Yakovlev Yak-3 1943 Yakovlev Yak-9 1943 A development of the experimental Yak-7DI fighter, the ... read more ... Starting with the modified Yak-6, this enlarged transport was designed by a small team led by ... read more ... Yakovlev Yak-8 1944 Yakovlev Yak-10 1945 Originally designated Yak-14, this was a traditional, high-wing, cabin four-seater, resembling a modernised AIR-6. Powered by a ... read more ... Yakovlev Yak-13 1945 Yakovlev Yak-11 1946 Known to NATO as Moose, the Yak-11 was a two-seat intermediate trainer and became a ... read more ... Flown for the first time on 24 April 1946, just three hours after the Mikoyan-Gurevich ... read more ... Yakovlev Yak-15 1946 Yakovlev Yak-18 1946 Normally a single or two-seat training and aerobatic aircraft powered by a 223.6kW Ivchenko AI-14RF ... read more ... Four-seat liaison and training monoplane of similar type to the Yak-12 but powered by a ... read more ... Yakovlev Yak-14 1947 Yakovlev Yak-17 1947 During the autumn of 1946, the Yakovlev OKB initiated a relatively modest redesign of the ... read more ... Virtually simultaneously with redesign of the Yak-15 to produce the Yak-17, the Yakovlev OKB embarked ... read more ... Yakovlev Yak-19 1947 Yakovlev Yak-25 (I) 1947 Developed in parallel with the Yak-23, the similarly-powered Yak-25 was conceptually more advanced and derived ... read more ... This designation was allocated to the tandem, dual-control, trainer version of the Yak-15. The pupil's cockpit ... read more ... Yakovlev Yak-21 1947 Yakovlev Yak-23 1948 Reverting to the so-called redan (stepped) configuration of the first Yakovlev jet fighters, the Yak-23 ... read more ... The Yakovlev OKB's response to the March 1946 requirement for a Rolls-Royce Derwent-powered Mach=0.9 "frontal" ... read more ... Yakovlev Yak-30 1948 Yakovlev Yak-12 1949 The Yak-12 was a single 179kW AI-14R-engined high-wing light general-purpose aircraft built in several versions ... read more ... Ten-passenger transport aircraft powered by two 559kW ASh-21 radial engines. read more ... Yakovlev Yak-16 1949 Yakovlev Yak-50 1949 With V-VS formulation of a requirement for a single-seat limited all-weather fighter, the Yakovlev OKB ... read more ... Yakovlev Yak-20 1949 Yakovlev Yak-1000 1951 Only a single Yak-1000 was built. The design speed is reported to have been 1750km/h. If the engine ... read more ... In the summer of 1951, the NKAP issued a requirement for an all-weather interceptor fighter ... read more ... Yakovlev Yak-25 1952 Yakovlev Yak-200 1953 In 1952 Yakovlev embarked on the design of a modern successor to the Yak-6. Until recently ... read more ... Yakovlev Yak-210 1953 Yakovlev Yak-26 1955 Korean War experience led by July 1953 to the issue of a VVS requirement for a fighter ... read more ... Yakovlev Yak-140 1955 Yakovlev Yak-27 1956 In 1955, the Yakovlev OKB flew the prototype of a light tactical bomber, the read more ... Possessing no more than a configurational similarity to preceding twin-engined Yakovlev combat aircraft, the Yak-129 ... read more ... Yakovlev Yak-28 1958 Yakovlev Yak-25RV 1959 Existence of the Lockheed U-2 was a factor in triggering development of a special Yak-25 ... read more ... In 1959 the VVS held a competition for a light jet trainer, able to be used for ... read more ... Yakovlev Yak-30 1960 Yakovlev Yak-32 1960 Two examples were built of this single-seat version of the Yak-30, said by the OKB to ... read more ... Designed in the early 1960s as a feederliner ... read more ... Yakovlev Yak-40 1966 Yakovlev Yak-36 1967 Development of a V/STOL fighter for the Soviet navy's new 'Kiev' class of aircraft-carriers began ... read more ... The first combat aircraft of Soviet design conceived specifically for shipboard operation to achieve series ... read more ... Yakovlev Yak-38 1971 Yakovlev Yak-50 1972 Yak-50 is a single seat aerobatic/trainer taildragger with retractable main gear. read more ... Yakovlev Yak-52 1974 Yakovlev Yak-53 1975 Prototypes only were made, at Yakovlev OKB, of this single-seat aerobatic version of the Yak-52. Unlike ... read more ... Three prototypes ordered initially; first prototype (SSSR-1974) flew 7 March 1975, with 11° wing sweepback and ... read more ... Yakovlev Yak-42 1977 Yakovlev Yak-55 1981 In 1980 the OKB quickly designed a totally new single-seat aerobatic aircraft, having almost nothing in common with ... read more ... The Yak-141, being the world's first supersonic STOVL (short take-off/vertical landing) aircraft, has three engines: ... read more ... Yakovlev Yak-141 1989 Yakovlev Yak-55M 1989 Demand for even more rapid rate of roll, and to meet competition from Sukhoi, this new version was ... read more ... Through a joint programme with Yakovlev of Russia, Aermacchi is assisting in developing the Yak/AEM-130 ... read more ... Yakovlev Yak-130 1992 Yakovlev Yak-54 1993 Despite its earlier number, the Yak-54 was actually developed from the Yak-55M, to replace the Yak-56. It ... read more ... The last aircraft design competition in the Soviet Union was for a two-seat primary trainer for DOSAAF ... read more ... Yakovlev Yak-112 1993 Yakovlev Yak-58 1994 Collapse of the Soviet Union and the urgent need for Konversiya projects resulted in Yakovlev producing this multi-role ... read more ...