Yakovlev Yak-11

what is it?

The Yakovlev Yak-11 (Russian: Яковлев Як-11; NATO reporting name: "Moose") is a trainer aircraft used by the Soviet Air Force and other Soviet-influenced air forces from 1947 until 1962.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 9.4 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 460 km/htop speed
• range 1,250 kmwithout refuelling
• size 2,440 kgmax take-off weight
• built 4,566made 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 81 years ago, in 1945.
• 🏎️Top speed is 3.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 9.4 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 1,250 km: 7× Amsterdam to Brussels.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1945-11-10

introduced

1946

retired

1962

status

retired

number built

4,566

role

training aircraft

origin

🇷🇺 Soviet Union

makers

LET Aircraft Industries, Yakovlev, Saratov Aviation Plant

engines

1× Shvetsov ASh-21

length

8.2 m

wingspan

9.4 m

height

3.3 m

max take-off weight

2,440 kg

top speed

460 km/h

cruise speed

370 km/h

range

1,250 km

ceiling

7,100 m

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