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Yak-38 "Forger-A" The Yak-38 was the first production model, it first flew on 15 January 1971, and entered service with the Soviet Naval Aviation on 11 August 1976. A total of 143 Yak-38s were produced. Yak-38M "Forger-A" The Yak-38M was an upgraded version of the Yak-38, the main difference being the new Tumansky R-28V-300 and Rybinsk RD-38 ...
Less than two months after his death, another Soviet cosmonaut lost his life in a plane crash. This time, the victim was Leonid Ivanov , who died in an accident with a jet Mig-23 . Exactly ten years and one day after Kononenko's death, another Soviet cosmonaut, Rimantas Stankyavichus , also died in an accident, during a performance at an air ...
Yak-38 fighter aircraft of Soviet aircraft carrier Novorossiysk. Yak-1 (1940 - World War II fighter) Yak-3 (1943 - World War II fighter) Yak-7 "Mark" (1941 - World War II single-seat fighter) Yak-9 "Frank" (1942 - World War II fighter/bomber, improved Yak-7DI) Yak-15 "Feather" (1946 - first successful Soviet jet fighter, developed from Yak-3U)
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The system is similar to that of a conventional fixed-wing aircraft; however the main rotors are equipped with explosive bolts to jettison the blades moments before the seat is fired, preventing the pilots being gored to death by them. The only commercial jetliner ever fitted with ejection seats was the Soviet Tupolev Tu-144. However, the seats ...
Ludwig Häfner (17 February 1921 – 10 November 1942) was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II.The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.
Litvyak flew Yak-1 "Yellow 44", with an aerial mast, at first in 296th Fighter Aviation Regiment and then with 73rd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment, until her death in combat on 1 August 1943. [16] Another ace who flew the Yak-1 was Mikhail Baranov , who scored all his 24 victories with it, including five in a day (four Bf 109s and a Ju 87, on ...