Yakovlev Yak-130

what is it?

The Yakovlev Yak-130 (NATO reporting name: Mitten) is a subsonic, two-seat, advanced jet trainer and light combat aircraft. The aircraft began as the Yak/AEM-130, a joint project by Yakovlev and Aermacchi. Development of the aircraft began in 1991, and it first flew in April 1996.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 jet engines · 9.8 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 1,060 km/htop speed
• range 2,100 kmwithout refuelling
• size 10.3 tmax take-off weight
• built 96made 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 30 years ago, in 1996.
• 🏎️Top speed is 8.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 9.8 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 2,100 km: 12× Amsterdam to Brussels.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.4× 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

1996-04-25

introduced

2010

status

still flying

number built

96

role

lead-in fighter trainer / light combat aircraft

origin

🇷🇺 Russia

makers

Yakovlev, Yakovlev Corporation, Sokol

engines

2× Ivchenko-Progress AI-222-25 / Ivchenko-Progress AI-222

crew

2

length

11.5 m

wingspan

9.8 m

height

4.8 m

max take-off weight

10.3 t

top speed

1,060 km/h

cruise speed

887 km/h

range

2,100 km

ceiling

12,500 m

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