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The Yakovlev Yak-42 (Russian: Яковлев Як-42; NATO reporting name: "Clobber") is a 100/120-seat three-engined mid-range passenger jet developed in the mid 1970s to replace the technically obsolete Tupolev Tu-134. It was the first airliner produced in the Soviet Union to be powered by modern high-bypass turbofan engines. [2]
Jak-42 (ros. Як-42; kod NATO: Clobber) – radziecki średniodystansowy samolot komunikacyjny. Został skonstruowany, by zastąpić w służbie Aerofłotu samoloty An-24, Tu-134 i Ił-18. Loty komercyjne rozpoczął w 1980 roku.
Maiden flight of Yak-42, a 120-seat jet passenger aircraft for short-range and local routes. It was the most cost-efficient Soviet airliner for short-range transportation. In 1981, the aircraft was awarded the State Prize.
The Yak-42 had tricycle landing gear, with twin-wheel nose gear that retracted forward and, initially, twin-wheel main gear that retracted from the wings into the fuselage. Later production had four-wheel main gear with 2x2 bogies.
The Yakovlev Yak-42 (NATO reporting name: "Clobber") is a 100/120-seat three-engined mid-range passenger jet. It was designed as a replacement for several obsolete Aeroflot jets as a mid-range passenger jet.
Yak-42: Soviet Trijet Tribulations. The Soviet-era Yak-42 had a troubled beginning and failed to find the export success of its smaller predecessor, the Yak-40. Alexander Mladenov and Krassimir Grozev report on the career of this trijet.
Aviation photos of Yakovlev Yak-42 aircraft shared by photographers from around the world
