Yakovlev

This page is about the aircraft design bureau and manufacturer. For other uses of the name, see Yakovlev (disambiguation).

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A.S. Yakovlev Design Bureau JSC is a Russian aircraft designer and manufacturer (design office prefix Yak). It was formed in 1934 under designer Alexander Sergeevich Yakovlev as OKB-115.

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During World War II Yakovlev designed and produced a famed line of fighter aircraft.

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Merged into the Yak Aviation Company with Smolensk Aviation Plant Joint Stock Company in March 1992, although the two companies were operated separately.

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Underwent privatization and became Yak Aircraft Corporation.

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The firm is the designer of the Pchela (drone reconnaisance aircraft) (Bumblebee).

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The name "Yakovlev" is used commonly in the West, but in Russia it is always abbreviated as Yak (Russian language: ??) as a part of aircraft name.

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See also: SOKAL Aircraft Building Plant

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Alexander Sergeevich Yakovlev: redirect Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev...

OKB: An OKB (Russian: ??????? ??????????????? ???? - Opytnoe Konstructorskoe Byuro - Experimental Design Bureau) was, during the Soviet era, an engineering design team. These were each assigned a number by the state, and often named after their head designer - for example, OKB-51 was headed by Pavel Suk...

Smolensk Aviation Plant Joint Stock Company: Smolensk Aviation Plant...

Yakovlev related Images and Photos (experimental)

Portrait of M. Yakovlev