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Russian Air Force - Yakovlev Yak 130 Air Power ( High Definition Trailer )

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Uploaded by on Oct 19, 2011

The Yakovlev Yak-130 (NATO reporting name "Mitten") is a subsonic two-seat advanced jet trainer/light attack aircraft or Lead-In Fighter Trainer (LIFT) developed by the Yakovlev design bureau. Development of the plane began in 1991, and the maiden flight was conducted on 26 April 1996. In 2005, it won a Russian government tender for training aircraft, and in 2009 the first planes were put into service in the Russian Air Force. As an advanced training aircraft, the Yak-130 is able to replicate the characteristics of several 4+ generation fighters as well as the 5th generation Sukhoi T-50. It can also perform light-attack and reconnaissance duties, carrying a combat load of 3,000 kg.

In the early 1990s, the Soviet government asked the industry to develop a new aircraft to replace the Czech-made Aero L-29 Delfín and Aero L-39 Albatros jet trainers. Five design bureaus put forward proposals. Among them were Sukhoi's S-54, Myasischev's M-200, Mikoyan's MiG-AT, and Yakovlev's Yak-UTS. In 1991, the other proposals were dropped and only the MiG-AT and Yak-UTS remained.

Development of Yak-UTS started in 1991 and the design was completed in September 1993. The same year, Yakovlev entered an agreement with the Italian company Aermacchi to work together on the plane, which now became Yak/AEM-130. The Yak-130 version was to be offered for the Russian and the M-346 version for the Italian market. On 10 April 2002, it was announced that Yak-130 had been chosen as the winner of the tender for trainer aircraft for basic and advanced pilot training, beating the MiG-AT.

Yak-130 completed its maiden flight, registered as RA-431130, on 25 April 1996 at Zhukovsky. The plane was put on display for the first time at the Paris Air Show in June, 2005. The same year, the Russian Air Force made its first order for 12 Yak-130 planes. On 30 April 2004, the first pre-series Yak-130, assembled at the SOKOL plant in Nizhny Novgorod, performed its maiden flight. It was followed by three more pre-series aircraft. In December 2009, the aircraft completed state trials and was cleared for service in the Russian Air Force. First serial aircraft was delivered to a training center in Lipetsk on 19 February 2010. It was expected to receive rest from the initial batch of 12 planes during 2010. The Russian airforce intends to buy at least 72 Yak-130s, enough to equip four training regiments.

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  • interesting video... So any chance of this airplane coming over to North America for a tour of the airshow circuit?

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