Yakovlev Yak-25

what is it?

The Yakovlev Yak-25 (NATO designation Flashlight-A/Mandrake) is a swept wing, turbojet-powered interceptor and reconnaissance aircraft built by Yakovlev and used by the Soviet Union.

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

base stats

• speed 1,090 km/htop speed
• range 2,700 kmwithout refuelling
• size 9,220 kgmax take-off weight
• built 638made 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 74 years ago, in 1952.
• 🏎️Top speed is 8.4× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 11 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 2,700 km: 15× 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

1952-06-19

introduced

1955

retired

1967

status

retired

number built

638

role

interceptor fighter and reconnaissance aircraft

makers

Yakovlev, Saratov Aviation Plant

engines

2× Mikulin AM-5 (RD-5A) turbojets / Tumansky RD-9

crew

2

length

15.7 m

wingspan

11 m

max take-off weight

9,220 kg

top speed

1,090 km/h

range

2,700 km

ceiling

12,000 m

wings

mid wing

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