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Bookmark or Share- Yakovlev Yak-40 - Airliners.netThe Yak-40 was the first jet powered airliner in its class in service in large numbers anywhere in the world, preceding the ERJ-135 and 328JET by three decades. Design of the Yak-40 resulted from a mid 1960s Aeroflot requirement for a replacement for the thousands of Lisunov Li-2s (Soviet built DC-3s), Ilyushin Il-12s and Il-14s (described ...
- YAK-40 - Airliners.netWhy do they call the Yak-40 "The world's second largest dog whistle"? Is it really silent? (dog whistles can only be heard by dogs and other animals) Anyway, what is the world's largest dog whistle then? I know the Yak 40 is probably the most durable and practical jet plane in the world, It can be operated by just 2 pilots (no flight engineer).
- Yakovlev Yak-40 - VZLU | Aviation Photo #1361405 | Airliners.netThis airfraft was the first delivered Yak-40 for CSA - Ceskoslovenske Aerolinie in 1974 and registered as OK-EEA. In 1984 was sold to VZLU (Czech aviation research institute), modified as flying laboratory for tests of new engines Walter M-601/V-510 and chiefly new propellers. Yak flown by VZLU 316 hours and performed 339 flights. Until 1999 was stored in Kbely hangar and moved to Bubovice ...
- Yakovlev Yak-40 - Cubana | Aviation Photo #4383193 - Airliners.netThe day that a relaxing time on a beach in Montego Bay turned into a frantic dash to photograph the above beauty. She was delivered to Cubana in 1976, and sadly written off on 24/10/90, on approach to Punta Jardinero (Cuba). Thanks to rzjets.net for the historical information. Scanned from a Kodachrome 64 slide. - Photo taken at Montego Bay - Donald Sangster (MBJ / MKJS) in Jamaica in April, 1987.
- Piedmont Yak-40? It Might Have Been... - Airliners.netQuoting 802flyguy : I would think that the economics of the Yak-40 - three engines and only 32 seats - would be rather poor Quoting L410Turbolet ( Reply 12 ): Yaks 40 had a terrible fuel economy even by COMECON standards of mid-1970s which were based on non-market prices of fuel.
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