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Yak-141 at 1992 Farnborough Airshow. The first landing aboard the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov took place on 26 September 1991, using the second (first flying) prototype; the other flying prototype landed aboard an hour later. Eight flights from the ship were completed before 5 October, when following a hard landing a fuel tank ...
Vladimir A. Yakimov attempts a vertical landing on the stern flight deck of the Soviet aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov (ex-Baku) in Yakovlev Yak-141 (Yak-41M), 48-3, callsign "77", but during heavy touchdown the undercarriage ruptures a fuel tank, causing a serious fire. About 25 seconds later, Yakimov ejected successfully, and was rescued ...
Yak-33 (early 1960s - V/STOL fighter, bomber, reconnaissance aircraft project) Yak-36 "Freehand" (1963 - VTOL demonstration aircraft) Yak-43 (1983 - projected replacement for VTOL Yak-141 fighter) Yak-44 (1980s - carrier-capable airborne early warning) Yak-45 (1973 - failed air superiority fighter design)
Sqn. Cdr. E. H. Dunning makes the first landing of an aircraft on a moving ship, a Sopwith Pup on HMS Furious, August 2, 1917.. This List of carrier-based aircraft covers fixed-wing aircraft designed for aircraft carrier flight deck operation and excludes aircraft intended for use from seaplane tenders, submarines and dirigibles.
An AV-8B Harrier II Plus from the Spanish aircraft carrier Principe de Asturias prepares to land. YAV-8B Two prototypes converted in 1978 from existing AV-8A airframes (BuNo 158394, 158395). [1] AV-8B Harrier II "Day Attack" variant. 4 full scale development (FSD) aircraft were built in 1982, followed by 162 production aircraft, built 1983–1989.
The Pentagon has deployed two aircraft carriers -- and their supporting ships -- to the eastern Mediterranean since the attacks on Israel. The Ford, which was commissioned in 2017, is the United ...
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The captain of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier that slammed into a ship near Egypt last week was yanked from the position “due to a loss of confidence in his ability,” the US Navy said ...