L ight multi-role utility aircraft. Pusher propeller provides excellent sight for a pilot and
comfort for passengers. License-built German low-speed
3-blade propeller ensures low noise
level. Allied Signal avionics allow to operate Yak-58 in daylight and night, in any weather and seasonal
conditions. Cabin layout may be easily converted to ambulance, trainer or cargo transport.
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Passenger
Cargo
Business
Executive
Ambulance
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Geological survey
Aerial photography
Ecological studies
Pipeline patrol
Power line patrol
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Forest service
Fishing areas survey
Border Patrol
Training
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Retractable tricycle landing gear with low pressure tires is good for unprepared airstrips. Short takeoff/landing is also
helpful in rural areas. Technical service and access to all major systems is very simple.
Project was first presented to the public in January 1991, when full-scale mock-up was demonstrated at the assembly shop of
the experimental plant. Size, capabilities, service and construction cost were optimized after serious market studies. For
example, former Communications Ministry of Kazakhstan alone was ready to purchase several dozens of the Yak-58 to replace the
An-2 airplane for flying over more than 700 pastoral ranges for sheep-breeding.
To cut transfer period from development to production the prototypes were built at series factory within a joint
purpose-oriented program (Yak-TAGO), one of the first agreements of its kind
between the former Soviet Republics.
In August 1993 the first prototype was exhibited at the Moscow Airshow,
and in December 1993 took off the TAGO airfield with test pilot Alexander
Vyatkin at the controls.
Aircraft is built at the Tbilisi Aviation Factory (TAGO, TAP or TASA), within joint
venture with Kazakh firm Alacon. The airplane is designed in compliance with the AP-23 and FAR-23 airworthiness standards and
fully meets the present-day requirements for flight safety.
20 aircraft were ordered and at least 10 delivered (?) in 1997. Trainer prototype with dual control is under construction.
About 100 orders were received in Summer 1998.
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