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Yakovlev company

Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev (April 1, 1906aircraft designer and manufacturer (design
- August 22, 1989) was a Russian aeronauticaloffice prefix Yak). It was formed in 1934
engineer and airplane designer. He designedunder designer Alexander Sergeevich Yakovlev
the Yakovlev military aircraft and foundedas OKB-115 (the design bureau has got its own
the  Yakovlev  Design  Bureau.production base at the facility ?115), but
the birthday is considered on 12 May 1927,
Yakovlev was a founder of Soviet aviationthe day of maiden flight of the AIR-1
modeling, air gliding, and aviation sport. Heaircraft developed within the Department of
built the AVF-10 glider in 1924 andLight Aircraft of GUAP (Head Agency of
ultralight aircraft AIR-1 in 1927. These wereAviation Industry) under the supervision of
his very first aircraft used for sport andA.S.Yakovlev.
training.
During World War II Yakovlev designed and
He worked as a motor technician beginning inproduced  a  famed  line of fighter aircraft.
1924, and then became a student of the Air
Force Academy of RKKA (Red Army), named afterIt was merged into the Yak Aviation Company
Prof. N.E.Zhukovski (1927-1931). He was anwith Smolensk Aviation Plant Joint Stock
engineer at an aviation plant in 1931, whereCompany in March 1992, although the two
his first design bureau of lightweightcompanies continued to be operated
aviation was established in 1932. He becameseparately. It later underwent privatization
the main designer in 1935, then the chiefand became Yak Aircraft Corporation. The
designer (1956-1984) of aircraft for theRussian government is planning to merge the
Yakovlev  Design  Bureau.holding company with Mikoyan, Ilyushin,
Irkut, Sukhoi and Tupolev as a new company
He was a Vice-Minister of Aviation Industrynamed  United  Aircraft Building Corporation.
between  1940-1946.
The firm is the designer of the Pchela
He was a correspondent-member of the USSR(Russian: ?????, "bee", drone reconnaissance
Academy of Science in 1943, and was awardedaircraft) (bee), and is perhaps best known
the Hero of Socialist Labor in both 1940 andfor its highly successful line of World War
1957. In 1946 he was awarded the titleII-era  piston-engined  fighter  aircraft.
"General-Colonel of Aviation". In 1976 he
became academician of the USSR Academy ofThe name "Yakovlev" is used commonly in the
Science.  Yakovlev  retired  August 21, 1984.West, but in Russia it is always abbreviated
as Yak (Russian language: ??) as a part of
Yakovlev was awarded many medals and honorsaircraft name. The German transliteration,
during  his  career.often used by the Russians, Poles, and others
as well, is Jak.
A.S. Yakovlev Design Bureau JSC is a Russian



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