Evaluation of the Soviet Yak-23 by USAF

Excerpt from an USAF video describing the capabilites of the Soviet Yak-23. The film was made in the 50's and was declassified about 20 years ago. More info about the Yak-23 is available at flyingbrickvideo.com

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Entertainment

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• aircraft
• russian
• Yak-23
• usaf

[Ralfiukas]

WTF??? How yankees get the YAK???

[shotfirer1972]

really good vid. thanks for that!

[Oldbmwr100rs]

It looks very much like a P-51 with a jet engine cobbled together in the forend! It's likely that the P-51 was used as an influence in the design simply due to it's capability and performance during the war. Interesting plane, no O2 or cabin pressurization restricts it pretty heavily in real combat though. Probably made a nice advanced trainer though.

[yz1sg]

Romanian pilot Mihail Dijakonu defected to Yugoslavia on a Yak-23 jet on 24.July 1953. The news of this event was not made public for 35 days. Yak-23 was completely intact and it was tested in VOC. Yak was soon disassembled and transferred in crates to the USA for testing. The airplane was turned over to the Americans and tested at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. For more than 40 years, these tests have remained a secret for the history of American Air Force.

[Cavelson]

That's why we have 4077th sqd.

[Cavelson]

For a right pile of money you can "borrow" everything.

[ReptilicusFinch]

What's the music used?

[langkaers09]

hahhaha "no real effort at making an aerodynamically clean high performance fighter"

[xschweinable]

@Ralfiukas they bought this one in Yugoslavia

[CharlieDoan]

FAT Yak-23

[WilczynWarszyc]

Ralfilukas: Just from Yugoslavia. This Yak was transported by railway to Albania and was "borrowed" by Yugoslavia to USA.

[WMuckaMW]

@Ralfiukas по линглизу  )