Yakovlev Yak-40
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Soviet trijet airliner family
Key facts
- Type
- Regional jet / VIP transport
- National origin
- Soviet Union
- Manufacturer
- Yakovlev
- Status
- In limited service
- Primary users
- Motor Sich Airlines Vologda Aviation Enterprise , Aeroflot (former)
- Number built
- 1,011 (according to some sources, 1,013)
- Manufactured
- 1967–1981
- Introduction date
- September 1968 (Aeroflot)
- First flight
- October 21, 1966
- Developed into
- Yakovlev Yak-42
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- airplane with 3 jet engines
- Operator
- KrasAvia
- Country of origin
- Soviet Union
- Developer
- Yakovlev
- Mass
- 17200
- Manufacturer
- Saratov Aviation Plant
- Image
- Tulpar Air Yakovlev Yak-40.jpg
- Height
- 72.75
- Width
- 84.75
- Length
- 278.5
- Speed
- 510
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- Commons category
- Yakovlev Yak-40
- NATO reporting name
- Codling
- powered by
- Ivchenko AI-25
- Commons gallery
- Yak-40
- first flight
- 1966-10-21
- derivative work
- Yakovlev Yak-42
- maximum operating altitude
- 6000
- service entry
- 1968-09-00
- total produced
- 1011
- wingspan
- 25
- payload mass
- 6000
- vehicle range
- 1450
- maximum capacity
- 32
- wing configuration
- low wing
- native label
- Як-40
- wing area
- 70
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Encyclopedic overview
The Yakovlev Yak-40 (Russian: Яковлев Як-40; NATO reporting name: Codling) is a regional jet designed in Soviet Union by Yakovlev. The trijet's maiden flight was in 1966, and it was in production from 1967 to 1981. It was introduced to service in 1968, with export models following in 1970.
Development
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yakovlev Yak-40” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.