| Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev (April 1, 1906 | | | | aircraft designer and manufacturer (design |
| - August 22, 1989) was a Russian aeronautical | | | | office prefix Yak). It was formed in 1934 |
| engineer and airplane designer. He designed | | | | under designer Alexander Sergeevich Yakovlev |
| the Yakovlev military aircraft and founded | | | | as 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 aviation | | | | the day of maiden flight of the AIR-1 |
| modeling, air gliding, and aviation sport. He | | | | aircraft developed within the Department of |
| built the AVF-10 glider in 1924 and | | | | Light Aircraft of GUAP (Head Agency of |
| ultralight aircraft AIR-1 in 1927. These were | | | | Aviation Industry) under the supervision of |
| his very first aircraft used for sport and | | | | A.S.Yakovlev. |
| training. | | | | |
| | | | During World War II Yakovlev designed and |
| He worked as a motor technician beginning in | | | | produced a famed line of fighter aircraft. |
| 1924, and then became a student of the Air | | | | |
| Force Academy of RKKA (Red Army), named after | | | | It was merged into the Yak Aviation Company |
| Prof. N.E.Zhukovski (1927-1931). He was an | | | | with Smolensk Aviation Plant Joint Stock |
| engineer at an aviation plant in 1931, where | | | | Company in March 1992, although the two |
| his first design bureau of lightweight | | | | companies continued to be operated |
| aviation was established in 1932. He became | | | | separately. It later underwent privatization |
| the main designer in 1935, then the chief | | | | and became Yak Aircraft Corporation. The |
| designer (1956-1984) of aircraft for the | | | | Russian 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 Industry | | | | named 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 awarded | | | | aircraft) (bee), and is perhaps best known |
| the Hero of Socialist Labor in both 1940 and | | | | for its highly successful line of World War |
| 1957. In 1946 he was awarded the title | | | | II-era piston-engined fighter aircraft. |
| "General-Colonel of Aviation". In 1976 he | | | | |
| became academician of the USSR Academy of | | | | The 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 honors | | | | aircraft 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 | | | | |