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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.
Built in some versions: Yak-42D for longer range and Yak-42T freighter with main deck freight door. Yak-142 improved development with EFIS cockpit. Alternative names. YAKOVLEV Yak-42/142. A searchable database of aircarft with recognition and performance data.
The Yak-42 trijet was developed as a replacement for Tupolev's Tu-134 twinjet and Antonov's An-24 turboprop. The Yak-42 is an all new design although, like the Yak-40, it features a three engine configuration for increased redundancy and good short field performance.
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 (Russian: Яковлев Як-42; NATO reporting name: Clobber) is a 100/120-seat three-engined mid-range passenger jet. It is the first airliner produced in the Soviet Union to be powered by modern high-bypass turbofan engines.
Yakovlev’s history dates back to more than 80 years and has its roots in the enterprises that stood at the origins of aviation in our country: Experimental Design Bureau named in honor of A. Yakovlev and Irkutsk Aviation Plant.
Yakolew Yak-42 CLOBBER. role : mid-range jet airliner. importance : **** first flight : 7 March 1975 operational : June 1977. country : Russia. NATO reporting name : CLOBBER. design : production : 80 aircraft. general information : First Russian jetliner with high by-pass turbofans. primary users : Aeroflot. Accommodation:
