Yakovlev AIR-17 / Ya-17 / UT-3

Actually, it seems that only 21 machines were finished - one prototype (first photo), one similar machine from the Factory no.81, ten unarmed two-seat machines from the Factory no.301, some eight two-seat machines with new nose from factory no.47, of which the first is on the second photo, and one prototype from Factory no.47 with solid nose and fixed undercarriage. Specs are for the Bengali-powered prototype, other machines had its licensed version, MV-6.

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Only 30 of these 220 h.p Renault Bengali powered training aircraft were produced, the VVS preferring converted existing combat types and the problems of the time demanded that all output at the time should be combat aircraft. It looks as if one of the 30 suffered a bit of a bump!

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