Yakovlev Yak-54
{{Short description|Soviet aerobatic aircraft}}
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|type= Two-seat aerobatic monoplane
|national_origin= Russia
|manufacturer= Yakolev Aircraft Corporation / Arsenyev Aviation Company
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|first_flight= 24 December 1993
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The Yakovlev Yak-54 is a 1990s Russian aerobatic and sports competition aircraft designed by the Yakovlev Aircraft Corporation.
Design and development
Part of a new generation of acrobatic aircraft from the Yakovlev design bureau which has a long line of aircraft designs since 1937 with the UT-2/AIR-10, the Yak-54 is a development of the single-seat Yak-55M, designed by Chief Constructor Dmitry Drach and Lead Engineer Vladimir Popov.{{cite web |url=http://www.airwar.ru/enc/other/yak54.html |script-title=ru:Яковлев Як-54 |access-date=2007-11-26 |language=ru }} It first flew 23 December 1993.
It was produced by Saratov Aviation Facility in cooperation with JSV "Gorky U-2" up to 2005, when the production moved to the Arsenyev Aviation Company "Progress" facility in Arsenyev.
Specifications (Yak-54)
File:Yakovlev Yak-54 3-view line drawing.svg
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|eng1 name=AOOT M-14P
|eng1 type=9-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine
|eng1 hp=360
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See also
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References
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External links
- {{cite web |title=Irina Markova - Yak-54 Sochi Olympics |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS-NH0VFDok |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/PS-NH0VFDok| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|access-date=23 October 2018 |date=19 November 2017}}{{cbignore}}
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