OKB Yakovlev A History of the Design Bureau and Its Aircraft

Autor: Gordon Yefim, Komissarov Dmitriy, Komissarov Sergey
Oprawa: Twarda
Data wydania: 2005
Wydawca: Midland Publishing, Ltd.
Ilość stron: 384
ISBN: 185[zasłonięte]2039
EAN: 978[zasłonięte][zasłonięte]78020

Starting life in 1927, with Aleksandr Sergeyevich Yakovlev\'s first aircraft, the AIR-1, the OKB produced aircraft such as the Yak-4 light bomber, the Yak-6 light transport and the Yak-1 fighter. The latter paving the way for the highly successful Yak-3 and Yak-9. Post-war the Yak-15, -17 and -23 were fighters with a distinctive \'pod-and-boom\' layout, the Yak-25 was first in a line of twin-jet tactical aircraft while the Yak-18 trainer, Yak-24 tandem-rotor helicopter, Yak-38 VTOL and Yak-40/42 airliners added variety. c500 b/w photos. Line drawings. c16pp colour. c384 pages. Hardback.

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ISBN: 185[zasłonięte]2039
Format: 384 pages, hardback
Illustrations: 733 b/w photos, 24pp colour. Line drawings