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Aircraft Model Yakovlev Yak-40

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The Yak-40 was the first jet powered airliner in its class to service international and internal routes, preceding ERJ-135 and 328JET. In the early 1960s, Aeroflot’s trunk lines were operated by jets or turboprops but their local services still used obsolete piston planes like Ilyushin Il-12, Il-14/Il 14PV Li2 (Lisunov design). With a need for something more fuel efficient than these old airliners combined with Soviet engineers who wanted to be at forefront of aviation trends – they needed a turbine engine plane that could last longer on shorter runs as well as provide speeds much faster then anything around it. The result is what we know now today: The Yak

Lavatory
Full
Cruise Altitude
26240 FT
Endurance
4 H 7 min
Galley Type
Full
Min Runway
6000 Ft
Max Golf
13
Max SKIs
11 FT

Yakovlev Yak-40

SpecificationS

passengers

20

Aircraft Type

Price Per Hour

$5,066

Cruise Speed

272 KTS

Aircraft Length

66' 10

Cabin Width

7' 0

Cabin Height

6' 0

Cabin Length

27' 6

Range

1118 NM

Baggage Capacity (CU FT.)

166

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