Yak-42: The Soviet Airliner that Failed

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The Yak-42 is a regional jet airliner created in the USSR in the late 1970s. The aircraft was created in the Yakovlev Design Bureau based on the layout of the successful Yak-40.
Possessing a high level of efficiency, comfort and acceptable flight performance, the Yak-42 was supposed to renew the fleet of regional aircraft, replacing the Il-18 and Tu-134. However, a series of aviation incidents and disasters delayed its entry into the niche of mass air travel. Further modernization again made it a successful airliner, but by the beginning of the 1990s, the collapse of the USSR and the fall of the air transportation market followed, which flattened demand. Thus, a perfectly effective regional airliner could not take its place under the Sun and, failing to replace the old Soviet aircraft, gave way to the new Russian SSJ 100.
A total of 187 airliners were produced. Production is now discontinued. A small number of aircraft still fly in the fleets of several smaller airlines and government departments.
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00:00 - Introduction
00:40 - Yak-40
01:26 - Regional airliner
02:07 - The big Yak-40
02:23 - The Yak-42
07:30 - Flight tests
10:18 - Paris Air Show and the bad sigh
11:15 - Operation
12:24 - Beginning of troubles
13:37 - Yak-42D
14:31 - Fight for survival
17:22 - Yak-242

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@paulantonio740 Жыл бұрын

Back in 2013, I flew on a Cubana Yak-42 from Cancun to Havana. The flight was short and uneventful but I enjoyed the experience. When we returned to Cancun we flew on a Tu-204, which reminded me of a 757.

@yohannessulistyo4025 Жыл бұрын

Indonesian low cost airline, Lion Air, famous for being the launch customer of Boeing 737-900ER, and one of its subsidiaries also become the first to fly 737MAX (Malindo Air - now Batik Air Malaysia). They also operated 5 x Yak-42Ds for about a year, from 2001 to 2002. What makes the plane rather obsolete is the noise, among local Indonesian plane spotters, the Yak-42Ds are known as "trumpet plane" as they make a distinctive turbine whine noise. The plane was used to fly many major Lion Air routes at the time (e.g. to Kupang, Singapore, or even Surabaya), complementing its fleet of Boeing 737-200 and Airbus A310-300, before post-9/11 give them a chance to hoard more than a dozen of extra MD-80s from major US carriers at cheap leasing rate. When the MD-80s arrived, the Yak-42D's tenure simply ended. The little Soviet regional jet briefly helped bridge and transition the airline to become Indonesia's largest airline and Boeing's 2nd largest customer (the entire group) after Southwest Airlines and also ATR's largest operator.

@patpat-rp3lv 11 ай бұрын

I saw the plane once, and indeed it was cery noisy

@user-cp5ou3yq1f 11 ай бұрын

Tu-134 is the actually noise plane. The right sound of soviet turbine!

@dpairlines1480 Жыл бұрын

This is one of my favourite planes from Russia, a few years ago I had the chance to fly on one as part of a special tour, it was operated by a small private company, the crew were amazing, allowing us avgeeks to look at every aspect of the jet, sadly I’m not sure when I will get the opportunity to visit Russia again, for reasons I don’t need to explain, but hopefully I will get the chance to visit some of the amazing aviation museums that are in Russia. Thank you for a wonderful channel

@shakiMiki Жыл бұрын

Yeah, Great time to be celebrating all things Russians.

@JohnnyWednesday Жыл бұрын

I love Russia and don't have a problem loving it while it's engaged in war. America killed over a million children across Iraq, Afganistan and Syria. Russia don't even come close.

@dpairlines1480 Жыл бұрын

@@shakiMiki really ??? It’s a documentary about a Soviet jet made by a Russian KZfaqr whom I admire, get a grip

@mofayer Жыл бұрын

@@dpairlines1480lol, some people prefer a black and white world, it's easier, you don't need to think, everything other is bad by default.

@williambarry8015 11 ай бұрын

@@shakiMikiAm I a bad person if I Watch Messi the Puma?

@edgarguinartlopez8341 11 ай бұрын

The Yak42/D was never my favorite, I flew it here in Cuba, back in the nineties; were nice rides... My biggest concern were about the lack of speed and some problems with the pressurization system. However was not a bad aircraft for a country like the mine... As many other Soviet aircraft, the Yak42 fleet (around 15) did the job in the island for many years (20+), where the only accident was due to the crew bad performance approaching Valencia, Venezuela... Again, thank you for this new material friends of Sky; you do are my favorites! :)

@OOpSjm 11 ай бұрын

They were loud!!

@jerryle379 11 ай бұрын

@@OOpSjmless loud then turbo prop plane 😉 😂 joke a side yak40 for it time was great small regional airlines bringing people to small regional airport

@samgeorge4798 Жыл бұрын

Sad because it is in my opinion one of the most beautiful regional jet of its time

@williamscott8227 Жыл бұрын

Love your coverage Soviet and Russian aircraft.

@GIGABACHI 11 ай бұрын

Such a good looking bird, so well proportioned, flowing lines, easy on the eyes. Always loved it.

@adrianyallop2880 11 ай бұрын

Dear Sky, great channel, just discovered you and working through 'Back catalogue'. You produce good and interesting videos indeed and I am happy to congratulate you. More on Russian/soviet aerospace will be welcome, it is hard to find much at all in English. Thank you.

@vincentgraffeo9030 Жыл бұрын

I appreciate your hard work to make these videos. So interesting and informative.

@JohnnyWednesday Жыл бұрын

Great video as always - I've always loved tri-jets and this one is a beauty!

@linkfreeman1998 Жыл бұрын

I'm glad that you finally added proper subtitles comrade, I hope more viewers come to your channel!

@Demoralized88 11 ай бұрын

Hey man, I appreciate these videos that go beyond Wiki reading. Also, your English is so much better than a few years ago and you're getting the harder syntax of native speakers way more often.

@johnforsyth7987 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for another entertaining informative video. You have a great channel. Here in my hometown, Wichita, Kansas. The Beechcraft Co. just launched a new single engine aircraft called the Denali. It is a turboprop powered aircraft with seating for 10 - 12 passengers.

@paulsz6194 Жыл бұрын

Does it have a GMC interior , LoL? ....

@johnforsyth7987 Жыл бұрын

Building the aircraft like this means jobs for my hometown.

@jimbee7342 Жыл бұрын

I just looked this thing up, when are Pilatus suing for copyright infringement? Looks so much like a PC-12.

@johnforsyth7987 Жыл бұрын

You are right. It does look a lot like the PC-12, @@jimbee7342

@grafhilgenhurst9717 11 ай бұрын

...and cost $6,000,000!😁

@needchemistry 11 ай бұрын

I remember flying in one back in 1998 I was a teenager and it was actually my first time flying alone in a Jet.! We had to get in from the planes behind… literally the rear door of the plane retracted and has a built in stairway. No need for a Tunnel or a stair. When it reached cruising altitude the cabin filled with what I thought was smoke and I freaked out but the pilot announced that it was mist from the Airconditioning. It was an uneventful flight otherwise. And the leg space in economy was way better than todays jets.

@yangguzheng3544 Жыл бұрын

man your videos are getting better and better, keep it flying in!

@petesheppard1709 Жыл бұрын

A good looking aircraft; in fact, I think the tri-engine layout is the most graceful jetliner arrangement. The tri-engine concept just didn't have longevity anywhere in the world. The plane I'm most familiar with, the Boeing 727 was hamstrung because the design could not accommodate the new, economical turbofans which were also larger than the jets it was designed around.

@lgerigk Жыл бұрын

Also, with more powerful and reliable engines around, there was no need for a third engine any longer. The DC9- variants were much longer in service than the 727 because of this. Also, the need for a flight engineer didn't help. The 9ers got rid of the third man right from the start.

@telewlzor 11 ай бұрын

which one? is this an airliner from 70s so 50 years ago?

@rrice1705 Жыл бұрын

That was a nice video, thank you. Soviet-era airliners and the stories behind them make for some fascinating reading/watching. Sad to hear about another three-engine airliner going by the wayside, but such is the world of aviation.

@machpodfan Жыл бұрын

A favorite channel of mine, thanks for your work and best wishes!

@tiberiusgracchus4222 Жыл бұрын

Good timing. The Russian company, Irkut, that bought Yakovlev in 2004 just changed its name back to Yakovlev.

@lowiqindividual Жыл бұрын

Been watching your channel for a while now , very interesting , explanations simple and good production.

@SkyshipsEng Жыл бұрын

I'm glad you like the channel

@lowiqindividual Жыл бұрын

@@SkyshipsEng im glad i found your channel in the first place

@philiproseel3506 Жыл бұрын

I'm glad I watched this. I thought I knew what the Yak-42 was. Great video.

@Peizxcv Жыл бұрын

I think the main issue was plane design bureau wasn’t in sync with engine design bureau like it is in the West. The original plan was for a jet with either 2 outdated engines or 3 too heavy engines. The entire project either should have new engines designed for it or not start at all

@grafhilgenhurst9717 11 ай бұрын

...and right about then they discovered that 2 engined airliners were more fuel efficient than 3 engined airliners.

@pianodude6855 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your work! For us it would take several hours of research and reading to get these informations. But you just make it like an interesting story in a 18min video! Great video!

@colino72 Жыл бұрын

I think I flew on one in about 1995 from an oilfield location to Tomsk. It was interesting!

@rapidthrash1964 Жыл бұрын

I'm glad I'm still subscribed to your channel; been waiting for a video about this plane

@ronik24 Жыл бұрын

Nice! 🙂 I flew three times with one on Cubana Nassau - Havanna - Nassau, one time not by choice as a passenger collapsed and we returned to Havanna before taking off again to Nassau.

@alinili5569 11 ай бұрын

You making your clips / videos lots more interesting and it is beautiful thank you

@easydrive3662 Жыл бұрын

Love them guys in the clip at 1min20 that had to duck down for the wing haha The yak42 is certainly a very compact well proportioned aircraft slightly smaller than your 737 and a320 aircraft

@RichieRouge206 Жыл бұрын

Another great video my friend! I really enjoy your videos

@ernestoschmid2544 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful channel. Thank you

@mrrolandlawrence Жыл бұрын

one of my favourites.. the yak-40. its a shame they didnt update the yak-40 ever in its lifetime. money could have been better spent on yak-40 upgrades & tu-134 upgrades. still though soviet planning. no one can argue with that. another top quality video production !

@TJ-USMC Жыл бұрын

Another Excellent Video !!!

@IMrnsv Жыл бұрын

Very interesting!

@johnparrott4689 11 ай бұрын

Great video. I had no idea it was tested with both a straight and swept wing. Thank you😊

@SotonyaAcckaya 11 ай бұрын

When i started a job with a lots of business trips all around Russia, those birds were still in use. Aaaaand i was really glad that they were rare. In fact i flown on Tu-134 more times than on Yak-42 and from the point of passenger comfort, Tu-134 were way more comfortable than Yaks.

@samy7013 2 ай бұрын

Do you mind describing the differences in passenger comfort between the Tu-134 and Yak-42? I’m very curious about this.

@SotonyaAcckaya 2 ай бұрын

@@samy7013 tu-134 was narrower with 2+2 seats and a big round windows, yak is 3+3 but it is 10cm narrower than for example a320 so it felt more overcrowded. For me the bigest difference was in quality on interior components. My last busines trip on tus and yaks way in 2000s, while tu's interior holder pretty well, yaks had seats thaw would not recline or recline kn their own, signs that was made more crudely and so on.

@bigsarge2085 Жыл бұрын

Always interesting.

@ivoryjohnson4662 Жыл бұрын

Good to see a new video Sky

@mcal27 Жыл бұрын

Ashamed to say I never heard of this aircraft before!! Seems to be in a similar category to the BAC 1-11. Sadly once you get beyond a certain size, a tough,regional jet becomes very niche I think

@petesheppard1709 Жыл бұрын

As a Yank, my comparison is the Boeing 727.

@mcal27 Жыл бұрын

@@petesheppard1709 yep that works too

@rachelcarre9468 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the video.

@AAbshier Жыл бұрын

I saw a Cubana Yak-42 in Cancún in the 1990s. I was hoping to fly on one, but never got the chance.

@MLQUILLA 9 ай бұрын

Mr Sky my respect 4 u amigo iam from Colombia and know for the fact that people in the state they make fun of everibody accent you have a heavy accent but you go ahead to make it bettter have a very good knowlege on the planes history congrats i dont miss your videos amigo

@callenclarke371 Жыл бұрын

I like this style of narration. It sounds to my English ears as if it is being translated directly from Russian. It's a different psychology.

@Manniefield Жыл бұрын

Love seeing all the footage from my home airport PDX 😁

@intikhabhussainmirza1975 11 ай бұрын

I loved to fly on this Yak-42 and IL with 4 engine wide body from Karachi to Lahore route in Pakistan in early 1990s. I really liked the flight, crew and serving etc.

@poli4869 10 ай бұрын

there is still a Yak-42 in good condition being displayed in the VDNKh/ VDNH, Park in Moscow, visitors can even going inside of the plane

@randomscb-40charger78 Жыл бұрын

How come the men standing near the Yak-40 in the start of the video not wearing some kind of ear protection?

@andrewlandry625 Жыл бұрын

With five percent of the aircraft built being involved in fatal accidents I’m not sure I’d ever feel safe on a YAK-42☹️!

@rhodium1096 Жыл бұрын

Most of them Human error like the locomotiv disaster or in Turkey with Spanish soldiers returning from Afghanistan

@PeterPan-iz1kk 11 ай бұрын

Looks very much like the successful Hawker Trident.

@slartybartfast6868 Жыл бұрын

The Yak 40. A legend in your own mind.

@oat138 Жыл бұрын

I flew on one, it was very comfortable.

@devilsfavorite999 Жыл бұрын

The only soviet plane that I flew in the end of the 80s, and it was my first ever plane ride.

@johnkern7075 11 ай бұрын

Well that's a shame things didn't turn out like they wanted it to. It wasn't a bad looking plane. Nice and simple straightforward.

@rehanansari3581 2 ай бұрын

The aeroplane failed due to heavyweight. Instead of two three engines were installed further the over seating capacity resulted in a failure.

@dougstubbs9637 Жыл бұрын

The 99% of development are realistically achievable, but that final ONE Percent, the tiny bit which prevents aircraft from falling from the sky….well….thank you for shining the spotlight on Soviet domestic airliners. The aircraft known as the Yak 20, AND Yak 40, thank you also.

@filanfyretracker Жыл бұрын

I think there is a joke that airplanes are 100,000 parts flying in formation and 99% of the time they agree on the same destination.

@juancas-cas9570 11 ай бұрын

I follow the channel in spanish. Love your videos. Could you make a video about military aerial refueling tanker aircrafts? Thank you so much. Greetings from Spain.

@leonawdisho6609 Жыл бұрын

Good morning from Toronto ❤

@SkyshipsEng Жыл бұрын

Good morning!

@hosseinhosseini4194 Жыл бұрын

I worked for an airline that leased the YAK 42 D for a short period in Iran. It was very underpower and didn't like any temperature above 24 C. Made to fly in Russia only !!!

@rhodium1096 Жыл бұрын

Yak 42 was flying many years in Cuba with flights to Cancun ( Mexico), Nassau ( Havana) and there are all days temperature above 24 C..

@JustoEroles-ts1yk 11 ай бұрын

Can you make a video about the propfan I think it is a very interesting topic to talk about please.

@JustoEroles-ts1yk 11 ай бұрын

And also I love soviet planes even my favorite plane is a soviet plane and also ther is a plane that use propfan that is the AN-70

@anitaroberts8729 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting! Poor old Yak42! 🛩 💙 🛩

@petergajda3732 11 ай бұрын

A few days ago, Russia announced that the MC will be officially re-named YAK

@dad_jokes_4ever226 Жыл бұрын

Good afternoon from the Wild Atlantic Way

@SkyshipsEng Жыл бұрын

And good afternoon!

@kolasillers7776 11 ай бұрын

15:52- RIP Karlis Skrastins.

@Ethan7s Жыл бұрын

Apparently, 42 wasn’t the answer to everything.

@User0000000000000004 20 күн бұрын

The 2-134? What are all these 2-models you keep mentioning?

@mahiramvevo Жыл бұрын

Always love your great work and russian sorviet aircrafts

@jve89 Жыл бұрын

I believe there's a yak 40 on display in the aviation museum of Tartu, Estonia. Not completely sure though.

@pus1948 Жыл бұрын

I flew in a Yak 40 in Kasachstan. It is called there the bus of the airs.

@olegadodasguerras3795 Жыл бұрын

Best airplane channek

@TheMidasMD Жыл бұрын

You went from talking about a crash, caused by a design error and a stabiliser mechanism failure and went straight to solving the chronic problem of short range? You should have talked about how the stabiliser problem was resolved and how grounded planes where released. The issue of short range was only resolved, I am sure, after the stabilizer problem was resolved. I have included a link to the full story of the failure in design. YAK-42 remains my absolute best Soviet era plane. As a matter of fact, it remains my absolute best looking commercial plane, along with Lockheed Tristar, till date. See link below for details about the tragic crash. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroflot_Flight_8641

@naughtiusmaximus830 Жыл бұрын

East Germany in the 60’s seems preferable to the USA today.

@AO-ow6tt 11 ай бұрын

The Yak-42D is a nice looking aircraft that could have been successful hadn't it have some design flaws which could have been fixed like the Boeing 737 which is known for high rates of technical failures. The model could be successful if revived with a full digital modernization and motorized with 2 high bypass fuel efficient turbofan engine.

@ihsanullahkhan3422 11 ай бұрын

Yak 42 is a very slow aircraft as has been seen when yak42 took off much before 737 and destinations were the same and 737 arrived much earlier

@babrakkhan411 11 ай бұрын

Make a video on ussar 's naval awacs aircraft

@erikziak1249 Жыл бұрын

3:33 or "Soot sling" in Czechoslovakia.

@umadbra 11 ай бұрын

I thought you said yak 42... Then i heard stabilizer problem and grounded for 2 years... Then it's Booing you are talking about right? 737 Maxi pad.

@Rudy_Play 22 күн бұрын

As far I know 737 MAX crashed because of autopilot, wasn't it?

@umadbra 22 күн бұрын

@@Rudy_Play no, because of MCAS. The Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS) is a flight control system designed for the Boeing 737 MAX to improve handling and reduce pitch-up at high angles of attack. MCAS is designed to activate automatically in manual flight when the flaps are up and the plane's angle of attack (AOA) is too high relative to air speed. When activated, MCAS pushes the nose down to reduce the AOA to an acceptable level. The Boeing Company 737 MAX Software Update Inteq Group Boeing 737 Max MCAS Software Epiphany - Inteq Group Jan 25, 2024 - Rather than redesigning the airframe to accommodate the new engines Boeing cho... SKYbrary Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS) | SKYbrary Aviation Safety MCAS has several safety features to prevent it from overriding the pilot's control of the plane: It only activates if data from two AOA sensors agree. It only activates once. In 2018, after the Lion Air accident, Boeing instructed pilots to take action if the plane entered a series of automated nosedives, but didn't reveal the existence of MCAS until pilots asked for more information. In December of that year, the FAA privately predicted that MCAS could cause 15 crashes over 30 years. Boeing later admitted to misleading statements about MCAS and settled with victims' families and airlines, paying $2.5 billion in total. Generative AI is experimental.

@ouroboris Жыл бұрын

15:20 What the heck is that thing?

@skylineXpert Жыл бұрын

Cannot forget the FC lokomotiv disaster

@amiralavi5585 Жыл бұрын

I'm really curious about the status of projects such as MS21 following international sanctions.

@10Haille 11 ай бұрын

I rember the crash that killed the hocky team that was'nt the fault but the dude flying it. It hit the hocky fans in the Us hard to the life taken away at sunch at a young age.❣️❣️❣️🌹🌹💖💖🌺🌺💞💞🥺🥺😬😬

@omerfar Жыл бұрын

It was soooooo loud you will not believe it…

@rhanemann9100 Жыл бұрын

I flew on a Tu-134, but never a Yak-42. Too bad.

@Rudy_Play 22 күн бұрын

Well, it is still flying

@stephenconnolly3018 11 ай бұрын

If history has told one thing never get in a Russian I was travelled in a YAK airliner I was shocked how badly made it was not even the seat belts worked.

@thomasburke7995 Жыл бұрын

Soviet era airframes were always a curiosity in the west. Its final design was more functional (unimproved runways little ground support ) then flash. But the biggest baine of all past and current Soviet/Russian/UKRAINE airframes were those absolutely rotten engines. Over sized underpowered gas guzzling maintenance queens!

@ChipMIK Жыл бұрын

You forgot "Also" in the headline...

@Rudy_Play 22 күн бұрын

Why? Many Soviet aircraft were successful.

@ChipMIK 22 күн бұрын

@@Rudy_Play Which? When comparing equal age since intro, regarding passengers, payload, noise levels, fuel burn etc. etc. ?

@Rudy_Play 22 күн бұрын

@@ChipMIKTu-134, Yak-40, Tu-154, Il-62, An-24, Il-76. All these aircraft actively flew to the USSR and abroad. The Yak-40 even managed to fly in Italy, and the Il-76 is still All these aircraft actively flew to the USSR and abroad. The Yak-40 even managed to fly in Italy, and the Il-76 and An-24 are still produced.

@ChipMIK 22 күн бұрын

@@Rudy_Play Yeah surely they flew...And that an aircraft manages to fly in Italy doesn't really make it a winner vs. competitors and can be due to many factors. That Il-76 & An-24 still are in production doesn't really tell how efficient and economic it is in production in a regime like Russia when comparing those to what else is on the market across the world...Just like the other models you mentioned where most if not all are outdated by a zillion standards and never were a true competitor for anything in anything but 3. world countries or dictatorship countries that for other reasons couldn't get or afford new modern aircrafts.

@Rudy_Play 22 күн бұрын

@@ChipMIK An-24 produced in China. And there is no need to speculate about the effectiveness of the Il-76. It is enough to look at how many airlines operate it, and this plane even is flying with one US airline, given that the U.S. has it's own cargo planes. Oh, really? The Il-62 was a direct competitor to the Boeing 707, DC-8 and VC-10, at the same time, it was safer than all of them. Moreover, it was developed in parallel with the VC-10, while being easier to maintain and did not fail unlike the VC-10. And Turkey, Egypt, Pakistan also operated the Tu-154. I think they could afford Western aircraft.

@MarcosJohn-xi9km 8 ай бұрын

The problem is that Russia does not partner with its allies to develop and obtain funding

@Pangolin_6483 8 ай бұрын

Don't try to understand a socialist economy in capitalist terms; there is a lot there that is irrational from a capitalist point of view. For example, the Soviet Union did not own a single enterprise or company operating abroad that profited from workers from other countries; from the Soviet point of view, this was ideologically unacceptable, which is why modern Russia could not retain its allies that the USSR had. Capitalist and socialist economies are fundamentally different, they have different goals and, because of this, different products that cannot effectively exist and be produced in the opposite system. That is why most Soviet products in the capitalist world turned out to be unclaimed, because they were originally created for other conditions in the outside world.

@johniii8147 Жыл бұрын

Too bad they couldn't have just used the DC-9.

@Commentator541 Жыл бұрын

Star Yak Ranch.

@marcelfermer5369 Жыл бұрын

I really cannot understand the USSR: even when it had a good product it couldn't use it nationally or sell it abroad. WTF ?

@JoshuaC923 Жыл бұрын

17:30 DC-10ski

@anthonyhunt701 Жыл бұрын

Sky…✈️👍🏻( the Yak-42 would have worked in the US!

@Sacto1654 11 ай бұрын

Had they fixed the Yak-42 problems earlier, it's likely the plane would have been common sights even in Western Europe, operated by eastern European airlines flying to western Europe.

@erictaylor5462 Жыл бұрын

If you aren't Boeing, don't try to build a 727.

@wanderschlosser1857 Жыл бұрын

They built the Tu-154 which was successful and was more comparable to the 727.

@erictaylor5462 Жыл бұрын

@@wanderschlosser1857 true. I'm just joking of course, but the fact that Soviet/Russian airliners look like Western airliners has more to do with the limited number of best configurations for airliners. The American and Soviet Space Shuttles look almost exactly the same, yet the Soviet Shuttle was a completely independent design. If you want to make a space shuttle that side, that is how it will always look.

@Rudy_Play 22 күн бұрын

Have you heard about Hawker Trident? It was before 727

@agaugu813 Жыл бұрын

😊

@LK911 Жыл бұрын

*Hey man, how about F-104 Starafighter? Best looking american jet fighter.*

@JohnnyWednesday Жыл бұрын

it's an ugly death trap with two disgusting stubby wings. You think it's more attractive than the F-14 or the F-15? well ooookaaaayyy....

@LK911 Жыл бұрын

@@JohnnyWednesday well, like this. just a f-14 bent like a stamped part, and the f-15 has stupid square air intakes, as if it were a MiG-25 kit. Yes, I think the Starfighter is prettier. It has the perfect shape of a cruise missile. engine, fuel tank and cockpit with pilot. Wings are needed only for maneuvers, because it flies thanks to the thrust of the engine. Aerodynamics is only for those idiots who do not know how to build powerful engines.

@GeneralGayJay Жыл бұрын

Have you ever been in a soviet-era jet. You literally get bare minimum.

@erictaylor5462 Жыл бұрын

Just sell the plane with strait wings and a broom.

@somdattsable5540 Жыл бұрын

Revival of these jets became necessity for russian aviation as western countries inposed bans on russia including the ban on aircrafts maintenance and also purchase of new aircrafts !!!

@TimSmyth23 Жыл бұрын

Bullcrap! Russia are completely to blame for the lack of maintenance and parts. And they are also guilty of the theft of hundreds of aircraft. Shame on the current Russian leadership.

@HC-cb4yp Жыл бұрын

I'm still surprised that commercial aviation was all that important in a communized economy. And didn't Russia have a lot of trains anyway?

@Andy_Novosad Жыл бұрын

By Western standards in "the most wonderful country a man of labour could dream about" people just simply didn't have cars. If in the US of A in 1985 there were 535 cars per 1000 citizens, in the USSR the numbers were 45/1000. So, commies tried to compensate for that with public transportation, trains and planes including. And very often they sucked at it.

@divagation2 4 ай бұрын

The russia is ENORMOUS

@ukrainiipyat Жыл бұрын

They had bad reputation of making "unscheduled descents into ground terrain" I last flew on example by Південна "South" airline in Ukraine in 2008, it was quite contrast to flying Boeing 737. Windows whistled from pressure leak, tray tables like guillotine etc. By that time many Yak-40 and Yak-42 made to fly executive duties for apparatchikii.

@davidgenie-ci5zl Жыл бұрын

Time for the American taxpayers to stop funding corrupt ukraine, Not Our War.