Most of the time when you have a crazy idea, you inevitably think, “Well, that’s just crazy,” and the concept goes no further. But if you’re air show pilot Jeff Boerboon, you turn your crazy ideas ...

Flight-tests beckon for a Yakovlev Yak-40 which has been fitted with the VK-800 engine intended for the UZGA LMS-901 Baikal and LMS-192 Osvey. The Yak-40 testbed has been modified at the Siberian ...

Russian aircraft manufacturer Ural Works for Civil Aviation (UWCA) has conducted the first flight trials of its new VK-800 turboprop engine. The July 14 tests saw the engine mounted on the nose of a ...

Russian arms giant Rostec has revealed the mockup of a new engine to replace a less-powerful Ukrainian propulsion system in the Yak-130, as the combat trainer is being modernized to participate in ...

Experience the agile Yakovlev Yak-52 in an exciting flying display at Flugplatzfest Malsch 2024. Watch the legendary Soviet-era trainer roar to life before an energetic takeoff, precision aerobatics, ...

Preliminary flight-recorder data from the crashed Yakovlev Yak-42 at Yaroslavl indicates the aircraft's flaps were deployed to their 20° take-off setting and its engines were functioning before it ...

The laboratory of the Interstate Aviation Committee has copied the parametric and cockpit voice data for further processing and deciphering from the Yak-42 flight recorders MOSCOW, September 9 ...

At Hahnweide 2019, the Yakovlev Yak-9U (Serial 470408, D-FIST, formerly N908JW) performs a rare display flight, representing one of the Soviet Union’s most capable late-war fighters. The Yak-9U was an ...