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The three engined Yakovlev Yak-42 was designed as a replacement for the twin engined Tupolev Tu-134 jet. It fulfills a role similar to that of the Boeing 727 as a mid-range passenger jet. The Yak-42 was also the first airliner to be produced in the Soviet Union to be powered by modern high-bypass turbofan engines.
To save design time, Yakovlev started with the Yak-40, making it larger and sweeping back the wings, with an 11-degree sweep prototype being rejected in favor of a 23-degree sweep. The Yak-42 was built at Smolensk, and it entered service with Aeroflot in late 1980. Almost 100 had been delivered by 1993.
Shortly after the type's introduction into commercial service, a number of accidents caused by vibrations in the tail section of the aircraft forced a suspension of the type's operations. After the necessary modifications were made, the Yak-42 re-entered service in the Soviet Union circa 1985.
The type was never exported, and only after the political transition of the former Soviet Union, a few Yak-42s were leased out to carriers in Africa and in former Yugoslavia.
Current models include the Yak-42 base version, the Yak-42D with a higher gross weight, and the Yak-142 with western avionics that never entered serial production. Late in 1997, Yakovlev announced the development of the Yak-42A, an improved version of the Yak-42D featuring a higher range and a modernised cabin interior.
Specifications (Yak-42)
General Characteristics
- Crew: two pilots
- Capacity: up to 120 passengers
- Length: 36.38 m (119 ft 4 in)
- Wingspan: 34.88 m (114 ft 5 in)
- Height: 9.83 m (32 ft 3 in)
- Wing area: 150 m² (1,614 ft²)
- Empty: 34,500 kg (76,058 lb)
- Loaded: kg ( lb)
- Maximum takeoff: 57,000 kg (126,765 lb)
- Powerplant: 3x ZMKB Progress D-36, 63.7 kN (14,330 lb) thrust each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 810 km/h (506 mph)
- Range: 4,100 km (2,563 miles)
- Service ceiling:29000 ft m ( ft)
- Rate of climb: m/min ( ft/min)
- Wing loading: kg/m² ( lb/ft²)
- Thrust/Weight:
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Comparable aircraft:
Boeing 727
Designation sequence:
Yak-39 -
Yak-40 -
Yak-41 -
Yak-42 -
Yak-43 -
Yak-44 -
Yak-48
The offical webiste is www.yak.ru , click on the english version. By Rainstar Luke
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