Yak-44, A.S.Yakovlev

Yak-44 mock-up (40k b/w) courtesy of Sergey V. Andreev;

arrier-borne AEW aircraft. Production for the Soviet Navy was planned, but seems to be terminated together with aircraft carriers..

Two turboprop-engines.

There are (were??) 16 aircraft, 8 in storage, 8 on 'Kuzhetsov' and 'Varyag' aircraft carriers.

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Yak-44, Yakovlev

Modified December 11, 1997
by Alexandre Savine;