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JAPAN
WARBIRD
1943
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The "Glen" was used for several Japanese reconnaissance missions during the Pacific War. It also has the distinction of being the only aircraft to drop bombs on the United States mainland during World War II, in an incident known as The Lookout Air Raid. On 9 September 1942 , Chief Warrant Officer Nobuo Fujita, a pilot in the Japanese Imperial Navy, and his crew man, Petty Officer Shoji Okuda, surfaced in I-25 off the coast of Oregon near Brookings. His tiny seaplane had folding wings and was transported in a small hangar attached to the deck of the submarine. The bombs - 76 kg (168 lb) incendiaries intended to cause forest fires - caused no injuries or real damage

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JAPAN
WARBIRD
1933
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RUSSIA
(TRAINER)
1943
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YAKOLEV-18 

The Yakovlev Yak-18 (Russian: Як-18, also transcribed as Jak-18, NATO reporting name Max) was a Soviet tandem two-seat military primary trainer aircraft. Originally powered by one 119 kW (160 hp) Shvetsov M-11FR-1 radial piston engine, it entered service in 1946. It is also produced in China as the Nanchang CJ-5.

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JAPAN
WARBIRD
1943
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Yokosuka P1Y2 Kugisho  
(Frances)

The P1Y was designed by the Yokosuka Naval Air Technical Arsenal to Navy specifications calling for speed matching the Zero, range matching the G4M, a 907 kg (2,000 lb) bombload, and the ability to dive-bomb as well as carry torpedoes. As a result, the construction suffered from excess complexity, difficulty of manufacture, and poor serviceability. Problems with the Nakajima Homare engine led to its replacement by the Mitsubishi Kasei.

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The Yak18PS development with the tail wheel, it was a triumph at the 1970 World Championship in UK. Produced in small series of six at the Arseniev plant, there is only one aircraft remaining to date. In contrast with the forthcoming. Yak-50, the "PS" history was not connected with any structural design flaws, thanks in particular to a lighter fabric-covered wing.

The Yakovlev Yak-19 was a prototype Soviet fighter aircraft built in 1947. It was the first Yakovlev jet fighter, and the first OKB aircraft designed from the onset to have an all-metal stressed skin, and a hydraulic system. The Yak-19 was the second Soviet aircraft to use an afterburning turbojet, the Klimov RD-10F, and the last Yakovlev Aircraft to use a version of the German Jumo 004-derived RD-10 jet engine. Only two examples were built.
USAF /DoD reporting name - "Type 7"

• Yakovlev AIR-2

An improved version, the AIR-2, introduced interchangeable floats,

RUSSIA
1981
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The design was given to Slava Kondratiev, then the leading light aircraft designer in Russia and the result was the Yak-55.  The aircraft has a thick totally symmetrical wing, which gives great strength. The aircraft is otherwise of conventional monocoque all- metal construction. The prototype flew in May 1981 and was shown to the West in 1982. However, the Russian Team wasn’t equipped with ‘55s until 1984, when it immediately won the World Aerobatic Championship.

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The Yakovlev Yak-25 (NATO designation Flashlight-A / Mandrake) was a swept wing, turbojet-powered interceptor aircraft and reconnaissance aircraft used by the Soviet Union.
The Yak-25 originated from a need for long-range interceptors to protect the USSR's northern and eastern territory. The specification for a two-seat, twin-engine jet fighter and a related reconnaissance aircraft was issued by Stalin on 6 August 1951. The aircraft was to use the new Mikulin AM-5 turbojet. The first prototype, the Yak-120, flew on 19 June 1952.

RUSSIA
1976
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The Yakovlev Yak-52 (Як-52) is a Soviet primary trainer aircraft which first flew in 1976. It is still being produced in Romania by Aerostat, which gained manufacturing rights under agreement within the now defunct COMECON socialist trade organisation. The Yak-52 was designed originally as an aerobatic trainer for students in the Soviet DOSAAF training organisation, which trained both civilian sport pilots and military pilots.

RUSSIA
1971
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RUSSIA
1952
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RUSSIA
1944
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The Yakovlev Yak-5 was an experimental trainer aircraft designed by Yakovlev OKB in the Soviet Union, and first flown in 1944. It was the first Yakovlev aircraft to be fitted with a variable-pitch propeller. It did not enter production

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RUSSIA
1932
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A two seat low-wing monoplane built for record speed. Both cockpits covered by long and low transparent canopy. Engine covered by Townend ring. Aircraft had mixed design: steel tubes and fabric for fuselage, mostly wood and fabric in thin (8%) wing, duralumin and fabric for ailerons and tail surfaces. Fixed landing gear was enclosed into 'pants' fairings. Despite speed was a primary goal, wing was supported by struts and anti-lift steel tapes. Design started in February 1932, assembly - in April same year.

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RUSSIA
1949
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The UT-1 was used as a transitional type between the UT-2 and fighters like the I-16. It was not easy to fly, requiring precise piloting, thus forming an ideal intermediate between basic trainers and the maneuverable but tricky to fly I-16. In 1939 the plane was modified by moving the engine 26 cm (10 in) forward, which improved its handling. During production, the 112 kW (150 hp) M-11E engine was also used. Soviet pilots broke several records on the UT-1 before the war, some on its floatplane variant. In total, 1,241 aircraft were built between December 1936 and 1940

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RUSSIA
1938
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Design of the Yakovlev Yak-1 medium altitude interceptor fighter began in November 1938, and from it evolved a series of remarkable aircraft (produced in large numbers) which made an important mark in history of aviation. Known initially as the I-26, the type had a wooden wing combined with with a fuselage of mixed construction and main landing gear units retracting inwards into the underside of the wing. The I-26 looked a thoroughbred and was dubbed "Beauty" by its design team.

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RUSSIA
1938
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The origins of the Yak-3 went back to 1941 when the I-30 prototype was offered along with the I-26 as an alternative design to the Yak-1. The I-30, powered by a Klimov M-105P engine, was of all-metal construction, using a wing with dihedral on the outer panels. Like the early Yak-1, it had a 20 mm ShVAK cannon firing through the propeller spinner and twin 7.62 mm ShKAS machine guns in the nose, but was also fitted with a ShVAK cannon in each wing. The first of two prototypes was fitted with a slatted wing to improve handling and short-field performance while the second prototype had a wooden wing without slats, in order to simplify production. The second prototype crashed during flight tests and was written off. Although there were plans to put the Yak-3 into production, the scarcity of aviation aluminum and the pressure of the Nazi invasion led to work on the first Yak-3 being abandoned in late fall 1941.

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RUSSIA
1940
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RUSSIA
1945
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• The Yak-11, which used many Yak-3 parts, modified as needed for the aircraft's new functions. Nicknamed "Moose," by NATO and "Hawk" by Warsaw Pact nations, the Yak-11 was, in its trainer form, significantly less nimble than its fighter predecessor, except for demonstrating exceptional agility in rolls.Sometimes equated with the North American T-6 trainer in terms of its widespread use, 3,859 basic Yak-11s were produced through 1956. Although production then ceased in Russia, it continued in Czechoslovakia, where it had been licensed to LET in 1953 with the designation C.11.

RUSSIA
1943
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• The Yakovlev Yak-15 (NATO reporting name "Feather" was one of the first Soviet jet fighter aircraft to be tested and go into production. Along with the Swedish Saab 21R, it was one of very few jets to be successfully converted from a piston-powered production aircraft. A Yak-15 was also the first Soviet jet aircraft to be successfully refueled inflight.

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RUSSIA
1947
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Yakovlev Yak-17 (Feather)

• The Yakovlev Yak-17 (Russian: Як-17 NATO reporting name "Feather" was an early Soviet jet fighter. It was developed from the Yak-15, the main difference being tricycle landing gear. The trainer version, known as the Yak-17UTI, was the Soviet Air Arms most numerous and important early jet trainer

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RUSSIA
1946
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• Yakovlev Yak-18 (Max)

• The Yakovlev Yak-18 (Russian: Як-18, also transcribed as Jak-18, NATO reporting name Max) was a Soviet tandem two-seat military primary trainer aircraft. Originally powered by one 119 kW (160 hp) Shvetsov M-11FR-1 radial piston engine, it entered service in 1946. It is also produced in China as the Nanchang CJ-5.

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RUSSIA
1965
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• Yakovlev Yak-18 PM

• The Yak 18PM placed 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 7th at the World Aerobatic Championship 1966 in Moscow. This is a real "macho-plane" with fighter appeal and wonderful aerobatic capabilities.
  Retractable nosegear(!) instead of tailwheel layout. Very easy to land.
  Pneumatic airbrake instead of flaps.

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• Yakovlev Yak-18 PS

• Yakovlev Yak-18 T

• Yakovlev Yak-19

• Yakovlev Yak-20

• Yakovlev Yak-23 (Flora)

• Yakovlev Yak-24 (Horse)