Yakovlev Yak-17

what is it?

The Yakovlev Yak-17 (Russian: Яковлев Як-17; USAF/DOD designation Type 16, NATO reporting name Feather) is an early Soviet jet fighter. It was developed from the Yak-15, the primary difference being tricycle landing gear. The trainer version, known as the Yak-17UTI (NATO reporting name Magnet), was the only Soviet jet trainer of the 1940s.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 jet engine · 9.2 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 744 km/htop speed
• range 395 kmwithout refuelling
• size 3,323 kgmax take-off weight
• built 430made 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 79 years ago, in 1947.
• 🏎️Top speed is 5.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 9.2 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.3× 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

1947-06

introduced

1948

retired

1960

status

retired

number built

430

role

fighter aircraft

makers

Tbilisi Aircraft Manufacturing, Yakovlev

engines

1× Klimov RD-10A / Junkers Jumo 004

crew

1

length

8.8 m

wingspan

9.2 m

max take-off weight

3,323 kg

top speed

744 km/h

range

395 km

ceiling

11,900 m

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

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