Rare supersonic Yak-28: the last step to the pans
Found rare supersonic Yak-28, overgrown with trees.
Swift silhouettes, engines under the wings, glazed navigator cabin. Even now, when they are in poor condition and overgrown with trees, they still look very cool.
This is the Yak-28. The first jet aircraft that was able to carry nuclear weapon. His swift silhouette became in his time a symbol of the era of supersonic. The first flight of the Yak 28 made 5 March 1958 of the year.
Crew: 2 person.
Normal take-off weight: 16 160 kg.
Maximum takeoff weight: 18 080 kg.
Engines: two Р11АФ2-300 with the 4690 kgf force (in the afterburner 6100 kgf) each.
Maximum speed: 1850 km / h.
Flight range: 2070 km.
Practical ceiling: 14 500 m.
On the basis of the Yak-28 produced various modifications. Front-line bomber, interceptor, reconnaissance aircraft, EW aircraft, training aircraft.
In the operation of the aircraft was difficult with a large number of failures. In addition, it almost did not have any automation, and this imposed restrictions on complex pilotage and spin.
The aircraft fuselage was weak. When full loading was made, the fuselage was deformed, and it was impossible to close the cockpit lights. But they figured out a way to deal with this problem. First, the pilot and navigator were put on the plane, the lights were closed and then the car was fueled and ammunition was hung. Surely no blue tape, too, was not.
A special enthusiasm for the crew was caused by thrust-tightness - when taking off without armament, the Yak-28 could gain altitude almost vertically.
The condition found in the backyards (or storerooms) of the museum in Monino Yak-28 is deplorable. All that could be removed from them, removed, unscrewed and torn off. There are only shells. To restore them is expensive, and therefore, most likely, drank them and melted into pans.
Swift silhouettes, engines under the wings, glazed navigator cabin. Even now, when they are in poor condition and overgrown with trees, they still look very cool.
This is the Yak-28. The first jet aircraft that was able to carry nuclear weapon. His swift silhouette became in his time a symbol of the era of supersonic. The first flight of the Yak 28 made 5 March 1958 of the year.
Crew: 2 person.
Normal take-off weight: 16 160 kg.
Maximum takeoff weight: 18 080 kg.
Engines: two Р11АФ2-300 with the 4690 kgf force (in the afterburner 6100 kgf) each.
Maximum speed: 1850 km / h.
Flight range: 2070 km.
Practical ceiling: 14 500 m.
On the basis of the Yak-28 produced various modifications. Front-line bomber, interceptor, reconnaissance aircraft, EW aircraft, training aircraft.
In the operation of the aircraft was difficult with a large number of failures. In addition, it almost did not have any automation, and this imposed restrictions on complex pilotage and spin.
The aircraft fuselage was weak. When full loading was made, the fuselage was deformed, and it was impossible to close the cockpit lights. But they figured out a way to deal with this problem. First, the pilot and navigator were put on the plane, the lights were closed and then the car was fueled and ammunition was hung. Surely no blue tape, too, was not.
A special enthusiasm for the crew was caused by thrust-tightness - when taking off without armament, the Yak-28 could gain altitude almost vertically.
The condition found in the backyards (or storerooms) of the museum in Monino Yak-28 is deplorable. All that could be removed from them, removed, unscrewed and torn off. There are only shells. To restore them is expensive, and therefore, most likely, drank them and melted into pans.
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