Image by Creative Commons license On 10th February 1983, test pilot Yuri Mitikov made the first full-profile flight in the Yak-38M vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft. This strike fighter […]
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Vertical take-off and landing fighter (VTOL). Is there a need for one right now?
Yak-38 and Yak-141 deck fighters / Photo by © Yakovlev Design Bureau archives In the field of military aviation, vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft have always attracted special attention […]
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What the F-35 designers were inspired by
Yak-141 – deck plane of vertical take-off and landing. Photo © Yakovlev Design Bureau archive If you compare the Yak-141 vertical takeoff and landing aircraft with the American F-35B, you […]
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Yak-36 – the birth of Soviet aircraft with vertical takeoff and landing
Photo by Creative Commons license Vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft were of great interest to both aircraft designers and potential operators. In 1947, Konstantin Shulikov, an engineer at the […]
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From the history of the Soviet/Russian aviation: the first flight of Yak-41
Yak-141 – deck plane of vertical take-off and landing. Photo © Yakovlev Design Bureau archive On 9 March 1987 the Yak-41 prototype vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) fighter made its […]
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