YAKOVLEV YAK-40 1/72-SCALE VACUFORM SOVIET AEROFLOT RUSSIAN JET AIRLINER CODLING

Description: Shipping YAKOVLEV YAK-40 1/72-SCALE VACUFORM SOVIET AEROFLOT RUSSIAN JET AIRLINER CODLING YAKOVLEV YAK-40 1/72-SCALE VACUFORM SOVIET AEROFLOT RUSSIAN JET AIRLINER OPEN BOX UNBUILT MODEL KIT INVENTORIED 100% COMPLETE. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS PLEASE ASK ME BEFORE BIDDING / PURCHASING I WANT EVERYONE TO BE 100% SATISFIED WITH NO SURPRISES OR MIS-UNDERSTANDINGS ***IF YOU DESIRE TO PURCHASE MULTIPLE KITS AT THE SAME TIME I WILL COMBINE INTO A SINGLE SHIPMENT AND ADJUST THE INVOICE TO REFLECT THE MOST ECONOMICAL POSTAGE CHARGE FOR ALL ITEMS SHIPPED TOGETHER*** -------------------------------------------- Additional Information from Internet Encyclopedia The Yakovlev Yak-40 (NATO reporting name: Codling) is a small, three-engined jet airliner, the world's first commuter trijet. The maiden flight was made in 1966, and it was in production from 1967 to 1981. Introduced in September 1968, the Yak-40 has been exported since 1970. By the early 1960s, Soviet international and internal trunk routes were served by Aeroflot, the state airline, using jet or turboprop powered airliners, but their local services, many of which operated from grass airfields, were served by obsolete piston-engine aircraft such as the Ilyushin Il-12, Il-14 and Lisunov Li-2. Aeroflot wanted to replace these elderly airliners with a turbine-powered aircraft, with the Yakovlev design bureau being assigned to design it. High speed was not required, but it would have to be able to operate safely and reliably out of poorly equipped airports with short (less than 700 m or 2,300 ft) unpaved runways in poor weather. Yakovlev studied both turboprop and jet-powered designs to meet the requirement, including Vertical Take-Off and Landing designs with lift jets in the fuselage or in wing-mounted pods, but eventually they settled on a straight-winged tri-jet carrying 20 to 25 passengers. The engines were to be the new AI-25 turbofan being developed by Ivchenko at Zaporozhye in Ukraine. The Yak-40 is a low-winged cantilever monoplane with unswept wings, a large T-tail and a retractable tricycle landing gear. The passenger cabin is ahead of the wing, with the short rear fuselage carrying the three turbofan engines, with two engines mounted on short pylons on the side of the fuselage and a third engine in the rear fuselage, with air fed from a dorsal air-intake by an "S-duct", as is an auxiliary power unit, fitted to allow engine start-up without ground support on primitive airfields. The three AI-25 engines are two-shaft engines rated at 14.7 kN (3,300 lbf). The engines have no jetpipes, and initially no thrust reversers. The pressurized fuselage has a diameter of 2.4 metres (94 in). Pilot and co-pilot sit side-by-side in the aircraft's flight deck, while the passenger cabin has a standard layout seating 24 to 27 passengers three-abreast, although 32 passengers can be carried by switching to four-abreast seating. Passengers enter the aircraft via a set of ventral airstairs in the rear fuselage. The wing is fitted with large trailing-edge slotted flaps, but has no other high-lift devices, relying on the aircraft's low wing loading to give the required short-field take-off and landing performance. The wings join at the aircraft centerline, with the main spar running from wingtip to wingtip. The wings house integral fuel tanks with a capacity of 3,800 litres (1,000 US gal; 840 imp gal). The aircraft has a large fin, which is swept back at an angle of 50 degrees to move the tailplane rearwards to compensate for the short rear fuselage. The horizontal tailplane itself is unswept. The Yak-40 was the first Soviet-built airliner designed to Western airworthiness requirements. The first of five prototypes made its maiden flight on 21 October 1966, with production being launched at the Saratov Aviation Plant in 1967 and Soviet type certification granted in 1968. The type carried out its first passenger service for Aeroflot on 30 September 1968. In the 1972 version, a tailspin was removed. In 1974, new version was introduced, with non-stop flight distance increased. Also, the forward door on the right side of the fuselage changed its place it was located together with the sixth window. In 1975, the last upgrade of Yak-40 took place the number of cabin windows on the right side changed from nine to eight. By the time production ended in November 1981, the factory at Saratov had produced 1,011 or 1,013 aircraft. By 1993 Yak-40s operated by Aeroflot had carried 354 million passengers. As well as being the backbone of Aeroflot's local operations, flying to 276 domestic destinations in 1980, the Yak-40 was also an export success. In addition to this, Yak-40 became the first Russian/Soviet aircraft to get flying certificates from Italy and West Germany. It was demonstrated in 75 countries of the world, including the US, where orders for the Yak-40 were made. A total of 130 were exported to Afghanistan, Angola, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Italy, Laos, Madagascar, Philippines, Poland, Syria, Vietnam, Yugoslavia and Zambia. Yak-40 The first production model. Yak-40-25 Military conversion with the nose of a MiG-25R and SRS-4A Elint installation. Yak-40 Akva (Aqua) Military conversion with nose probe, pylon-mounted sensors, a fuselage dispenser and underwing active jammer pods. Yak-40D (Dal'niy long-distance) with non-stop flight distance enlarged. Yak-40EC Export version. Yak-40 Fobos (Phobos) Military conversion with two dorsal viewing domes and a removable window on each side. Yak-40K cargo / convertible / combi version with a large freight door. Produced in 197581. Yak-40 Kalibrovshchik Military Elint conversion with a "farm" of blade, dipole and planar antennas. Yak-40L Proposed version with two Lycoming LF507-1N turbofans, a joint program between Skorost and Textron (now Allied-Signal) Lycoming. The original design would have had a slightly swept wing. Yak-40 Liros Military conversion with nose probe carrying air-data sensors. Yak-40M Proposed 40-seat stretched passenger version. Yak-40 M-602 Flying testbed with a Czechoslovak M 602 turboprop installed in the nose. Yak-40 Meteo Military conversion with multipole dipole antennas and fuselage dispenser. Yak-40P Yak-40L with large nacelles projecting ahead of the wings. Yak-40REO Military conversion with large ventral canoe for IR linescan. Lateral observation blister on right side. Yak-40 Shtorm Military conversion with multiple probes and sensors on the forward sidewalls. Yak-40TL Proposed upgraded version, to be powered by three Lycoming LF 507 turbofan engines. Yak-40V Export version powered by three AI-25T turbofan engines. Yak-40MS Experimental upgrade with two Honeywell TFE731-5 turbofan engines by SibNIA. STR-40DT A proposed fully composite derivative along the line of TVS-2DTS, also being developed by SibNIA. Endorsed, but not supported by Yakovlev. As of July 2019, a total of 22 out of 1011 Yakovlev Yak-40 aircraft remained in service with civil operators. The airworthiness of several Yak-40 of smaller Russian and Central Asian charter airlines is uncertain, as is the whereabouts of one Air Libya Tibesti aircraft after the civil war. Most aircraft in service today have been reconfigured for VIP-charter services, with fewer than ten remaining in scheduled passenger service. Known operators are: Afghanistan Ariana Afghan Airlines Bakhtar Afghan Airlines Albania Ada Air Angola TAAG Angola Airlines Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Airlines Belarus Government of Belarus Bolivia Aerosur Bulgaria Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Hemus Air Cuba Aerocaribbean Cubana Czech Republic Government of the Czech Republic Czechoslovakia CSA Czechoslovak Airlines Government of Czechoslovakia Slov-Air Egypt EgyptAir West Germany General Air Greece Olympic Airways Guatemala Mayan World Airlines Honduras Rollins Air Hungary Malév Italy Aertirrena Alinord Avioligure Kazakhstan Air Kazakhstan Air Kokshetau Bek Air East Kazakhstan Region Air Enterprise 2 in cargo configuration Euro-Asia Air Semeyavia Tulpar Air Service Zhetysu Aviakompania 2: one for charter and one in cargo configuration Zhezkazgan Air 2 in scheduled service Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan Airlines Libya Air Libya Tibesti Lithuania Air Lithuania Moldova Air Moldova Peru Expreso Aéreo Servicios Aéreos Amazónicos Philippines Interisland Airlines LOT - Polish Airlines 2nd Sverdlovsk Air Enterprise AeroBratsk Aerolik Ak Bars Aero Amur Airlines Aviakompaniya SKOL Aviastar Belgorod Air Enterprise Bugulma Air Enterprise Byline Center-South Airlines Gazpromavia Khabarovsk Airlines LUKoil-Avia Orel Avia Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Enterprise 3 with 2 in cargo configuration and 1 in scheduled passenger service Rossiya RusAir Severstal Air Company Tomskavia Tulpar Air UTair Aviation Vladivostok Avia (phased out in 2013) Volga-Dnepr Vologda Aviation Enterprise 8 in scheduled passenger service Yak Service Yakutia Airlines Yamal Airlines Yuzhmashavia Government of Slovakia Aeroflot Syrian Arab Airlines Tajikistan Airlines Turkmenistan Airlines Motor Sich Airlines Aerostar Airlines Constanta Airlines 1 in lounge configuration, for charter only Challenge Aero Uzbekistan Airways Oriental de Aviación Vietnam Airlines Angolan Air Force 1 as of December 2016. Bulgarian Air Force Cuban Air Force 3 in service Czechoslovakian Air Force Czech Air Force 1 as of December 2016. East German Air Force Ethiopian Air Force 1 in service Military of Equatorial Guinea presidential aircraft Guinea-Bissau Air Force Hungarian Air Force Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan 1 in service Lao People's Liberation Army Air Force Lithuanian Air Force Military of Madagascar 2 in service Polish Air Force Russian Air Force 1 in service Serbian Air Force Syrian Air Force up to 6 in service, airworthiness unclear Soviet Air Force Vietnam People's Air Force Yemen Air Force 2 in service Yugoslav Air Force Zambian Air Force Shipping & Handling Back to Top US ShippingPlease check eBay's Shipping & Payment tab USPS Priority Mail® International ShippingPlease check eBay's Shipping & Payment tab USPS First-Class Mail International (Worldwide) USPS First-Class Mail International (Canada) FREE scheduling, supersized images and templates. 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