#yakovlev

A Yak 11 flying a demo at La Ferte Alais 2025

Motor Sich Airlines has its roots in another hotspot region of the current fighting between Ukrainian defenders and Russian forces, namely in Zaporishia where its parent, the machinery manufacturer Motor Sich, has its home. Apart from Antonov 12 freighters serving the factory and its customers as well as offering global cargo charters, Motor Sich Airlines also maintained a domestic network on regional routes, using a mix of Antonov 24 turboprops and Yakovlev 40 and Yakovlev 42 jet airliners.

Boeing 727 vs Tupolev 154 vs Yakovlev 40.

Yakovlev 1-B. Normandie Niemen pilots Joseph Risso, Derbe and Noel Castelain. Type first flew in 1940

The last thing the North Korea expected- or wanted to see - was a massive build up of UN air power to contest their invasion of South Korea. But, that's what they got. Fuck around and find out. The IL-10, Yak-9 and La-7 fighters the North Koreans sent south across the 38th parallel in June of 1950 would soon be eaten alive by US Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps aircraft, as well as British air force and navy planes, Australian Air Force and navy planes, and South African Air Force planes. Even with the addition of MiG 15 jet fighters in late 1950, North Korea struggled in the air-to-air fight, as the majority of their planes were forced to operate out of China where UN forces could not touch them. As the war turned into a stalemate, North Korea sought to gain some kind of advantage in the air. They did so by arming training airplanes and sending them out at night to harass UN lines. Known as "Washing Machine Charlies" due to the noise that their engines made, Yakovlev 18's would bomb on or near UN targets, making for sleepless nights. This little bird was fun to put together.

August carpet, 1909 by Mikhail Nikolayevich Yakovlev