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Yak-40 testbed carries out first flight with UZGA VK-800 engine

Siberian aerospace research institute SibNIA has carried out the first test flight of a Yakovlev Yak-40 fitted with the UZGA VK-800 engine. The Novosibirsk-based institute says the flight is to ...
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Yak-40 testbed prepares for flights with VK-800 engine for UZGA models

Flight-tests beckon for a Yakovlev Yak-40 which has been fitted with the VK-800 engine intended for the UZGA LMS-901 Baikal and LMS-192 Osvey. The Yak-40 testbed has been modified at the Siberian ...

Why Iran used Yak-130 and how Israel’s F-35I shot it down

Aerial combat between two manned aircraft marked a new phase in the escalating confrontation between Israel and Iran.
Aviation Week

Russia Flight Tests New VK-800 Turboprop Engine On Yak-40

Russian aircraft manufacturer Ural Works for Civil Aviation (UWCA) has conducted the first flight trials of its new VK-800 turboprop engine. The July 14 tests saw the engine mounted on the nose of a ...
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Breaking: Israeli F-35I Shoots Down Iranian Yak-130 Over Iran

This is the first time an F-35 has shot down a manned fighter jet. We will probably get more details throughout the day, but ...
The National Interest

Why Does America’s F-35 Fighter Look So Much Like an Old Soviet Prototype?

It is unlikely that, as many Russian sources brag, the F-35B was a direct rip-off of the Yak-141. However, there are many staggering similarities between the two planes. Most military and aviation ...