Yak-36, A.S.Yakovlev 'Freehand'

Experimental VTOL fighter. The Yak-36 had a large split nose intake, with the engines fitted in the front fuselage, and the two rotating nozzles below the wings. In hover is was controlled by small 'puffer' nozzles at the wingtips, tail and in the enormous nose probe.

Six built.

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At the Monino AF Museum near Moscow; Photo (36k) by ;
Also at the Monino AF Museum near Moscow; Photo (36k) by John Sloan ([email protected])
At the Monino AF Museum near Moscow; Photo by ;
More links:

• Yak-36 shipborn fighter-bomber
• VTOL aircraft Yak-36
• Yak-36 at Virtual Aircraft Museum
• Yak-36, Yakovlev 'Freehand'
• Article in the 'Military Parade' magazine, dedicated to Soviet/Russian aircraft carriers. Some information on shipborn aircraft.
• V/STOL: The First Half-Century

Modified March 10, 1996

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