New Yak-40: how the re-born Soviet "Cigarette Butt"
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In the 60 of the last century, the USSR faced a shortage of small regional aircraft. Local transportation was carried out on the already badly battered IL-12, IL-14 and Lee-2. Soviet civil aviation needed a new plane. The Yakovlev Design Bureau took care of them.
According to the technical requirements, the aircraft had to be simple and unpretentious to maintain, as well as able to work from unpaved runways. So it turned out the Yak-40, which made its first flight in the 1966 year. After just a year, it was launched into a series, becoming the world's first jet aircraft for local airlines.
At the beginning of the 80-x production of "Stub" (as it was nicknamed for a fair smoke of engines during takeoff) was discontinued, the volume of operation began to decline. However, in the crisis 90-yak-40 regained popularity. There are administrative and VIP versions.
In 2016, the aircraft industry talked about upgrading the aircraft.
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