Deliveries of all 55 trainers will be completed by 2015, wim company president Oleg Demchenko saying Irkut "will continue increasing the production rate of combat aircraft within the state defence order". An initial batch of Sukhoi Su-30SMs will also be transferred from Irkutsk to die Russian ...
1/48 Kitty Hawk MODELER Nigel Poole HISTORY The YakovlevYak-130(NATO reporting name: Mitten) is a subsonic two-seat advanced jet trainer and light fighter originally developed by Yakovlev and Aermacchi. It has also been marketed as a potential light attack aircraft. Development of the plane bega...
The full-scale Yak 130, known in NATO parlance as the Mitten, was designed by Yakovlev during the 1990s as a subsonic, advanced, two-seat trainer. It was developed to replace the once-popular Czech-made Aero L-29 Delfin and L-39 Albatros jet trainers. With a potential combat load of 3...
Yak-130 advanced jet trainerrnaircraft, senior Russian officials have been quoted as saying by Russian media.rnSpeaking from Airshow China in Zhuhai on 22 November, a senior member of the Russian delegation told Interfax-AVN that negotiations are "in progress with Syria" for the combat trainer....
Yak-130 new generation combat trainer aircraft Why new generation: high thrust-to-weight ratio (0,81) excellent take off-landing characteristics (operability from 3rd class airfields including unpaved) high maneuverability; ability to perform maneuvers at high angle-of-attack (α> 35 º) typical...
The article features the Yak-130 Mitten combat trainer from Irkut Corp. The first of the 12 Yak-130s ordered by the Russian Air Force in 2005 has been flown for the first time in May 2009 and would be on static display at the MAKS 20...
Syria also has committed to the combat trainer, but so far no aircraft have been handed over due to international pressure surrounding the ongoing civil war in the country. [Oleg Demchenko] says Irkut plans to eventually fulfill the contract, but that "it depends on our government and the ...
The article features the Yak-130 Mitten combat trainer from Irkut Corp. The first of the 12 Yak-130s ordered by the Russian Air Force in 2005 has been flown for the first time in May 2009 and would be on static display at the MAKS 2009 air show in Zhukovsky. The aircraft, which was...