After a shaky start in the hands of a
non-pilot (pilots were assigned by the
meeting director), this refined glider
did outstandingly well ... read more ... |
Yakovlev AVF-20 1925 |
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Yakovlev VVA-3 / AIR-1 1927 |
After success with the glider young designer decided to build single-seat 'flying motorcycle' with 18hp engine. But consultations with his ... read more ... |
Development of the AIR-1 with radial engine. It was built in two versions with size and construction almost identical to ... read more ... |
Yakovlev AIR-2 1928 |
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Yakovlev Ya-7 (AIR-7) 1932 |
Two seat low-wing monoplane built for record speed. Both cockpits covered by long and low transparent canopy. Engine covered by ... read more ... |
Compact monoplane aerobatic trainer with open cockpit. When the I-16 fighter came to service, it became obvious than biplane trainers ... read more ... |
Yakovlev UT-1 (AIR-14) 1936 |
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Span 12.0m (39ft 4Jfin); length 8.0m (26ft
3in); wing area 17.0sq m (183sq ft).
Weight empty 558kg (1,2301b); fuel and oil
430+40kg (948+88Ib); ... read more ... |
Yakovlev AIR-12 1936 |
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Yakovlev AIR-15 1938 |
This is one of the few Yakovlev aircraft
which, though actually built,
has disappeared leaving almost no
records. One of the few references ... read more ... |
In 1938, the UV-VS (Upravlenie Voenno-vozdushnikh Sil - Administration of the Air Force) formulated a requirement for a two-seat multi-role ... read more ... |
Yakovlev Ya-22 (I-29) 1939 |
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Originally proposed in parallel with the Ya-26 (I-26), the Ya-28 (I-28) was a dedicated high-altitude interceptor fighter developed in competition ... read more ... |
Yakovlev Yak-5 (I-28) 1941 |
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Starting with the modified Yak-6, this
enlarged transport was designed by a
small team led by Oleg K Antonov,
who both before ... read more ... |
Yakovlev Yak-8 1944 |
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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 145hp M-11FM
engine, the prototype had ... read more ... |
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Yakovlev Yak-11 1946 |
Known to NATO as Moose, the Yak-11 was a two-seat intermediate trainer and became a standard type with the Soviet ... read more ... |
Flown for the first time on 24 April 1946, just three hours after the Mikoyan-Gurevich OKB's I-300 (MiG-9), the Yak-15 ... read more ... |
Yakovlev Yak-15 1946 |
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Yakovlev Yak-18 1946 |
Normally a single or two-seat training and aerobatic aircraft powered by a 223.6kW Ivchenko AI-14RF radial engine. It has been ... read more ... |
Four-seat liaison and training monoplane of similar type to the Yak-12 but powered by a 108kW M-11M engine. read more ... |
Yakovlev Yak-14 1947 |
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Yakovlev Yak-17 1947 |
During the autumn of 1946, the Yakovlev OKB initiated a relatively modest redesign of the Yak-15 which was initially referred ... read more ... |
Virtually simultaneously with redesign of the Yak-15 to produce the Yak-17, the Yakovlev OKB embarked upon the design of a ... read more ... |
Yakovlev Yak-19 1947 |
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Yakovlev Yak-25 (I) 1947 |
Developed in parallel with the Yak-23, the similarly-powered Yak-25 was conceptually more advanced and derived from the Yak-19. By comparison ... read more ... |
This designation was allocated to the
tandem, dual-control, trainer version
of the Yak-15. The pupil's cockpit was
added in front of the ... read more ... |
Yakovlev Yak-21 1947 |
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Yakovlev Yak-23 1948 |
Reverting to the so-called redan (stepped) configuration of the first Yakovlev jet fighters, the Yak-23 possessed wing and horizontal tail ... read more ... |
The Yakovlev OKB's response to the March 1946 requirement for a Rolls-Royce Derwent-powered Mach=0.9 "frontal" or general-purpose tactical fighter suitable ... read more ... |
Yakovlev Yak-30 1948 |
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Yakovlev Yak-12 1949 |
The Yak-12 was a single 179kW AI-14R-engined high-wing light general-purpose aircraft built in several versions from the late 1940s. It ... read more ... |
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Yakovlev Yak-50 1949 |
With V-VS formulation of a requirement for a single-seat limited all-weather fighter, the Yakovlev OKB developed the Yak-50 in competition ... read more ... |
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Yakovlev Yak-1000 1951 |
Only a single Yak-1000 was built.
The design speed is reported to have been
1750km/h. If
the engine had an afterburner it was
expected ... read more ... |
In the summer of 1951, the NKAP issued a requirement for an all-weather interceptor fighter possessing sufficient internal fuel capacity ... read more ... |
Yakovlev Yak-25 1952 |
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Korean War experience led by July
1953 to the issue of a VVS requirement
for a fighter having the greatest possible
performance, achieved ... read more ... |
Yakovlev Yak-140 1955 |
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Possessing no more than a configurational similarity to preceding twin-engined Yakovlev combat aircraft, the Yak-129 multi-role aircraft was first flown ... read more ... |
Yakovlev Yak-28 1958 |
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In 1959 the VVS held a competition
for a light jet trainer, able to be used
for ab mitio instruction. Such aircraft
had ... read more ... |
Yakovlev Yak-30 1960 |
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Yakovlev Yak-36 1967 |
Development of a V/STOL fighter for the Soviet navy's new 'Kiev' class of aircraft-carriers began during the early 1960s. Intensive ... read more ... |
The first combat aircraft of Soviet design conceived specifically for shipboard operation to achieve series production, the Yak-38 single-seat carrier-borne ... read more ... |
Yakovlev Yak-38 1971 |
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Three prototypes ordered initially; first prototype (SSSR-1974) flew 7 March 1975, with 11° wing sweepback
and furnished in 100-seat local service ... read more ... |
Yakovlev Yak-42 1977 |
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Yakovlev Yak-55 1981 |
In 1980 the OKB quickly designed a
totally new single-seat aerobatic aircraft,
having almost nothing in common
with the preceding Yak-50
except the ... read more ... |
The Yak-141, being the world's first supersonic STOVL (short take-off/vertical landing) aircraft, has three engines: one lift-cruise R-79 with a ... read more ... |
Yakovlev Yak-141 1989 |
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Yakovlev Yak-55M 1989 |
Demand for even more
rapid rate of roll, and to meet competition
from Sukhoi, this new version
was produced in 1989 with a ... read more ... |
Through a joint programme with Yakovlev of Russia, Aermacchi is assisting in developing the Yak/AEM-130 to meet the Russian Air
Force's ... read more ... |
Yakovlev Yak-130 1992 |
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Yakovlev Yak-54 1993 |
Despite its earlier number, the Yak-54
was actually developed from the
Yak-55M, to replace the Yak-56. It is
the OKB's latest aerobatic trainer, ... read more ... |
The last aircraft design competition in
the Soviet Union was for a two-seat
primary trainer for DOSAAF and aero
clubs. Yakovlev of course ... read more ... |
Yakovlev Yak-112 1993 |
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Yakovlev Yak-58 1994 |
Collapse of the Soviet Union and the
urgent need for Konversiya projects
resulted in Yakovlev producing this
multi-role utility transport and business
aircraft. Project ... read more ... |
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