Russian researchers are planning to test-fly a Yakovlev Yak-40 modified with a superconducting electric motor and propeller mounted on the trijet’s nose. The Moscow-based Central Institute of Aviation ...

Yakovlev, founded in 1934, became a major Soviet aircraft designer behind the Yak-1, Yak-3, Yak-9, Yak-38, Yak-130 and other ...

Russian investigators believe a serious runway excursion incident involving Yakovlev Yak-40 at St Petersburg resulted from a breach of crosswind limitations during landing. The Vologda Aviation ...

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 ...