List of Yakovlev aircraft explained

This is a list of aircraft produced by Yakovlev, a Soviet/Russian aircraft manufacturer.

Aircraft

Early aircraft

AVF-10 (1924 - glider)
AVF-20 (1925 - glider)
AVF-34 (1926 - 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 - general aviation monoplane developed from the AIR-2)
AIR-4/Ya-4 (1930 - improved AIR-3)
AIR-5 (1931 - cabin monoplane)
AIR-6/VVA-5/Ya-6 (1930 - light utility aircraft)
AIR-7/Ya-7 (1932 - high speed trainer/record-setting)
AIR-8 (1934 - trainer version of AIR-3)
AIR-9 (1935 - trainer/record-setting)
AIR-10/Ya-10 (1934 - precursor of UT-2)
AIR-11/LT-1 (1936 - three-seat touring aircraft)
AIR-12 (1936 - long-range record setting aircraft)
AIR-13 (1936 - long-range racing aircraft)
AIR-14 (1936 - prototype for UT-1)
AIR-15/UT-15 (1938 - racing aircraft)
AIR-16/LT-2 (1936 - prototype 4-seat version of AIR-10)
AIR-17/UT-3 (1937 - prototype 3-seat crew trainer)
AIR-18 (1937 - single-seat racing aircraft based on the UT-1)
AIR-19/Ya-19 (1939 - prototype light transport based on the UT-3)
UT-1 (1936 - single-seat trainer)
UT-2 "Mink" (1937 - 2-seat trainer)
Ya-20 (1937 - prototype for UT-2)
Ya-21 (1936 - prototype racing aircraft)
Ya-21/UT-21 (1938 - prototype single-seat fighter-trainer based on the UT-1)
Ya-22/I-29/BB-22 (1939 - multi role combat aircraft prototype)
Ya-23/UT-23 (1938 - prototype reconnaissance trainer based on UT-2)
Ya-23 (1939 - prototype for Yak-4)

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)

Fighters

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, improved Yak-15)
Yak-23 "Flora" (1948 - fighter, development of Yak-15/Yak-17)
Yak-38 "Forger" (1975 - V/STOL shipborne fighter)

Trainers

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 - prototype 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)
Yak-52 (1976 - aerobatic and military primary trainer)
Yak-54 (1994 - aerobatic, developed from the Yak-55M)
Yak-55 (1981 - aerobatic)
Yak-130 "Mitten" (1992 - lead-in fighter trainer / light combat aircraft)
Yak-152 (2016 - military primary trainer)
Yak-200 (1953 - multi-engined trainer)
Yak-210 (1953 - multi-engined navigator trainer developed from the Yak-200)

Airliners, transport and utility aircraft

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

Reconnaissance

Yakovlev R-12 (1940 - prototype photographic reconnaissance aircraft based on the Yak-2)
Yak-25 "Flashlight" (1954 - interceptor)
Yak-27 "Flashlight" and "Mangrove" (1958 - fighter/reconnaissance)
Yakovlev Pchela (1990s - unmanned reconnaissance aircraft)

Helicopters

Yak-24 "Horse" (1952 - transport helicopter)

Planned aircraft

Irkut MC-21 (proposed short- and medium-range airliner)

Experimental

VVP-6 (experimental VTOL transport and weapons platform)
Yak-3/I-26U/I-30 (1941 - World War II fighter prototype)
Yak-5/I-28 (1940 - World War II fighter-trainer prototype)
Yak-8 "Crib" (1944 - prototype utility aircraft, improved Yak-6)
Yak-13 (1945 - improved Yak-10, prototype only)
Yak-16 "Cork" (1948 - light 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-43 (1983 - projected replacement for VTOL Yak-141 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-48 (1998 - projected medium civilian transport)
Yak-50 (1949 - fighter prototype, development of Yak-30, designation reused)
Yak-53 (1982 - aerobatic trainer prototype, single-seat version of Yak-52)
Yak-60 (late 1960s - tandem-rotor heavy-lift helicopter design)
Yak-77 (1993 - projected medium twin-engine business and/or regional commuter airliner)
Yak-100/Yak-22 (1948 - projected transport helicopter design, initially named as Yak-22)
Yak-140 (1954 - experimental fighter aircraft; cancelled in favor of the MiG-21)
Yak-141/Yak-41 "Freestyle" (1987 - prototype supersonic VTOL fighter, initially named as Yak-41)
Yak-201 (Fifth-generation VTOL aircraft intended for the Russian Navy in the 1990s)^[1]
Yak-220 (projected transport aircraft based on the Yak-200)
Yak-1000 (1951 - high-speed experimental aircraft)
Yak-EG (1947 - experimental helicopter)

International aircraft projects

Gulfstream G200 (withdrew in 1995)
Hongdu Yakovlev CJ-7

Notes and References

Web site: Yak-201.