Yakovlev Yak-26

what is it?

The Yakovlev Yak-26 (NATO reporting name "Flashlight-B"), OKB designation Yak-123, was a Soviet tactical supersonic bomber aircraft flown at the Tushino air show on 24 June 1956. The model did not enter service.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 jet engines · 11 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 1,200 km/htop speed
• range 2,200 kmwithout refuelling
• size 11.2 tmax take-off weight
• built 10made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 70 years ago, in 1956.
• 🏎️Top speed is 9.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 11 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 2,200 km: 12× Amsterdam to Brussels.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.8× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

jet: Gas turbine pushing air out the back (turbofan or turbojet): fast and high-flying.

spec sheet

first flight

1956-06-25

number built

10

role

bomber

origin

🇷🇺 Soviet Union

makers

OKB

engines

2× Tumansky RD-9F

crew

2

length

17.2 m

wingspan

11 m

max take-off weight

11.2 t

top speed

1,200 km/h

range

2,200 km

ceiling

16,000 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.