Yakovlev

This article is about the Russian aircraft manufacturer. For people with the surname, see Yakovlev (surname).

JSC A.S. Yakovlev Design Bureau

Type	Division
Industry	Aerospace Defense
Founded	Moscow, Russia (January 15, 1934 (1934-01-15))
Founder	Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev
Products	Military aircraft
Parent	Irkut
Website	www.yak.ru/ENG/

The JSC A.S. Yakovlev Design Bureau^[1]^[2] (Russian: ОАО Опытно-конструкторское бюро им. А.С. Яковлева) is a Russian aircraft designer and manufacturer (design office prefix Yak). Its head office is in Aeroport District, Northern Administrative Okrug, Moscow.^[3]

Overview

The bureau was formed in 1934 under designer Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev as OKB-115 (the design bureau has its own production base at the facility №115), but the birthday is considered on 12 May 1927, the day of maiden flight of the AIR-1 aircraft developed within the Department of Light Aircraft of GUAP (Head Agency of Aviation Industry) under the supervision of A.S. Yakovlev.

During World War II Yakovlev designed and produced a famed line of fighter aircraft.

Yakovlev was acquired by Irkut in April 2004.^[4] The Russian government merged the holding company with Mikoyan, Ilyushin, Irkut, Sukhoi and Tupolev as a new company named United Aircraft Building Corporation in February 2006.^[5]

The firm is the designer of the Pchela (Russian: Пчела, "bee") drone reconnaissance aircraft and is perhaps best known for its highly successful line of World War II-era piston-engined fighter aircraft.

The name Yakovlev is used commonly in the West, but in Russia it is always abbreviated as Yak (Russian: Як) as a part of an aircraft name. The German transliteration, often used by the Russians, Poles, and others as well, is Jak.

Aircraft

Yak-11 of Polish Air Force.

Yak-130 trainer aircraft

Early aircraft

AVF-10 (1924 - glider)
AVF-20 (1925 - glider)
AIR-1/VVA-3/Ya-1 (1927 - biplane trainer)
AIR-2/Ya-2 (1928 - biplane trainer, improved AIR-1)
AIR-3/Ya-3 (1929 - high speed monoplane trainer developed from the AIR-2)
AIR-4/Ya-4 (1930 - improved AIR-3)
AIR-5 (1931 - airliner)
AIR-6/Ya-6 (1932 - airliner/air ambulance)
AIR-7/Ya-7 (1932 - high speed trainer/record-setting)
AIR-8 (1934 - liaison version of AIR-3)
AIR-9 (1935 - trainer/record-setting)
AIR-10/Ya-10 (1935 - precursor of UT-2)
AIR-11 (1936 - general purpose, 3-seat version of AIR-10)
AIR-12 (1936 - long-range racing aircraft)
AIR-14 (1936 - prototype of UT-1)
AIR-15/UT-15 (1938 - racing aircraft)
AIR-16 (1936 - 4-seat version of AIR-10)
AIR-17/Ya-17/UT-3 (1937 - 3-seat crew trainer)
AIR-18 (1937 - re-engined UT-1)
AIR-19/Ya-19 (1939 - civil version of UT-3)
Ya-20 (1937 - prototype of UT-2)
Ya-21/UT-21 (1938 - re-engined UT-1)
Ya-22/I-29 (1939 - multi role combat aircraft prototype)

Fighters

Yakovlev Yak-38 fighter aircraft of the Novorossiisk heavy aircraft carrying cruiser of the Pacific Fleet.
Yak-1 (1940 - World War II fighter)
Yak-3 (1943 - World War II fighter)
Yak-7 "Mark" (1941 - World War II single-seat fighter)
Yak-9 "Frank" (1942 - World War II fighter/bomber, improved Yak-7DI)
Yak-15 "Feather" (1946 - first successful Soviet jet fighter, developed from Yak-3U)
Yak-17 "Feather" (1947 - jet fighter, development of Yak-15)
Yak-23 "Flora" (1948 - fighter, development of Yak-15/Yak-17)
Yak-38 "Forger" (1975 - V/STOL shipborne fighter)

Bombers

Yak-2 (1940 - World War II bomber)
Yak-4/BB-22 (1941 - World War II bomber, improved Yak-2)
Yak-28 "Brewer" (1958 - multi-role bomber)
- Yak-28P "Firebar" (1961 - long-range interceptor version of the Yak-28)

Airliners, transport and utility aircraft

Yak-42.

Yak-6/NBB (1943 - military transport/night bomber)
Yak-10 "Crow" (1945 - liaison, commuter transport)
Yak-12 "Creek" (1946 - liaison, general purpose utility aircraft)
Yak-14 "Mare" (1948 - military transport glider)
Yak-18T (1967 - 4 seat aerobatic trainer)
Yak-40 "Codling" (1966 - commercial passenger)
Yak-42 "Clobber" (1977 - commercial passenger, developed from Yak-40)
Yak-58 (1993 - light utility)
Yak-112 (1993 - general purpose)

Reconnaissance

Yak-25 "Flashlight" (1954 - interceptor)
Yak-27 "Flashlight" and "Mangrove" (1958 - fighter/reconnaissance)
Yakovlev Pchela (1990s - unmanned reconnaissance aircraft)
Yakovlev Yak Voron "Raven" ( - unmanned long-range aircraft)
Yakovlev Yak Albatro-Expert ( - unmanned reconnaissance aircraft)

Helicopters

Yak-24 "Horse" (1952 - transport helicopter)
Yak-100/Yak-22 (1948 - transport helicopter design)

Trainers

UT-1 (1936 - single-seat trainer)
UT-2 "Mink" (1937 - 2-seater trainer)
UT-3 (1937 - 3-seater trainer)
Yak-7 "Mark" (1941 - World War II 2-seat trainer)
Yak-11 "Moose" (1946 - trainer, developed from Yak-3)
Yak-17V/Yak-17UTI "Magnet" (1948 - trainer version of Yak-17)
Yak-18 "Max" (1946 - tandem two-seat military primary trainer)
Yak-18T (1967 - 4- or 5-seat civilian primary trainer)
Yak-20 (1950 - trainer)
Yak-21 (1947 - trainer)
Yak-28U "Maestro" (1962 - trainer version of the Yak-28)
Yak-30 "Magnum" (1960 - trainer prototype, designation reused)
Yak-32 "Mantis" (1960 - trainer, single-seat version of Yak-30)
Yak-50 (1975 - aerobatic aircraft)
Yak-52 (1974 - aerobatic and military trainer)
Yak-53 (1975 - aerobatic trainer, single-seat version of Yak-52)
Yak-54 (1994 - aerobatic trainer developed from the Yak-55M)
Yak-55 (1981 - aerobatic)
Yak-130 "Mitten" (1992 - trainer)
Yak-152 (2016 - trainer)
Yak-200 (1953 - multi-engined trainer)
Yak-210 (1953 - multi-engined navigator trainer developed from the Yak-200)

Experimental

Yak-3/I-26U/I-30 (1941 - World War II fighter prototype)
Yak-5/I-28 (1940 - World War II fighter prototype)
Yak-EG (1947 - experimental helicopter)
Yak-8 "Crib" (1944 - transport, improved Yak-6)
Yak-13 (1945 - improved Yak-10, prototype only)
Yak-16 "Cork" (1948 - civilian transport)
Yak-19 (1947 - prototype jet fighter)
Yak-25 (1947 - fighter prototype, designation reused)
Yak-26 "Flashlight" (1955 - tactical bomber, developed from Yak-25)
Yak-30 (1948 - fighter prototype, development of Yak-25)
Yak-33 (early 1960s - V/STOL fighter, bomber, reconnaissance aircraft project)
Yak-36 "Freehand" (1963 - VTOL demonstration aircraft)
Yak-41 "Freestyle" (1975 - early name for Yak-141 VTOL fighter)
Yak-43 (1983 - projected replacement for VTOL Yak-141 fighter)
Yak-141 VTOL fighter during hover at 1992 Farnborough Airshow
Yak-141 "Freestyle" (1989 - prototype supersonic VTOL fighter)
Yak-44 (1980s - carrier-capable airborne early warning)
Yak-45 (1973 - failed air superiority fighter design)
Yak-46 (1990s - failed push prop design developed from the Yak-42)
Yak-50 (1949 - fighter prototype, development of Yak-30, designation reused)
Yak-60 (late 1960s - tandem-rotor heavy-lift helicopter design)
Yak-140 (1954 - light-weight experimental fighter)
Yak-140 (1955 - experimental fighter aircraft)
Yak-1000 (1951 - high-speed experimental aircraft)
VVP-6 (experimental VTOL transport and weapons platform)

Planned aircraft

Irkut MC-21 (proposed short- and medium-range airliner)
Yak-48 (1998 - proposed commercial passenger)
Yak-77 (1993 - proposed twin-engine business, regional commuter airliner)

International aircraft projects

References

↑ A.S.Yakovlev Design Bureau - General Data
↑ UAC - General information
↑ Home page. Yakovlev. Retrieved on 30 August 2011. "125315 Russia, Moscow, Leningradskiy prospect, 68" Address in Russian: "125315 Россия, Москва, Ленинградский проспект, 68"
↑ Irkut Corporation Completes Yakovlev Design Bureau Acquisition. defense-aerospace.com, April 22, 2004.
↑ "Russian Aircraft Industry Seeks Revival Through Merger." The New York Times. February 22, 2006.

A book by A.T.Stepanets. Yak Fighters in WWII [ISBN 5-217-01192-0] (in Russian)
Степанец А.Т.- Истребители "Як" периода Великой Отечественной войны. Справочник. - М.: Машиностроение, 1992. - 224 с.: ил:

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Yakovlev aircraft

Early aircraft	AIR-1 AIR-2 AIR-3 AIR-4 AIR-5 AIR-6 AIR-7 AIR-8 AIR-9 AIR-10 AIR-11 AIR-12 AIR-14 AIR-15 AIR-16 AIR-17 AIR-18 Ya-19 Ya-20 Ya-21 Ya-22

Fighters	Yak-1 Yak-3 Yak-7 Yak-9 Yak-15 Yak-17 Yak-23 Yak-25 (II) Yak-28 Yak-38

Bombers	Yak-2 Yak-4 Yak-28

Transports	Yak-6 Yak-10 Yak-12 Yak-14 Yak-18T Yak-40 Yak-42 Yak-58 Yak-112 Yak-242

Reconnaissance	Yak-25 Yak-27 Pchela

Helicopter	Yak-24 Yak-100

Trainers	UT-1 UT-2 Yak-7 Yak-11 Yak-17 Yak-18 Yak-21 Yak-28 Yak-30 (II) Yak-32 Yak-50 (II) Yak-52 Yak-53 Yak-54 Yak-55 Yak-130 Yak-152 Yak-200 Yak-210

Experimental	EG Yak-5 Yak-8 Yak-13 Yak-16 Yak-19 Yak-25 (I) Yak-26 Yak-30 (I) Yak-36 Yak-41 Yak-43 Yak-44 Yak-46 Yak-50 (I) Yak-60 Yak-140 Yak-1000

United Aircraft Corporation

Beriev (OKB-49) Ilyushin (OKB-39) Irkut Mikoyan (OKB-155) Sukhoi (OKB-51) TAPO Tupolev (OKB-156) Yakovlev (OKB-115)

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