One such iconic warplane was the Yakovlev Yak-3—which would go on to become the mainstay of Soviet aviation during the Second World War, and influence the nation’s aircraft for decades more.

The Yak-38 was the Soviet Union’s attempt to rival the British Harrier in vertical flight. Unlike its Western counterpart, it ...

Read this pilot report about the Yak-40, a Soviet feederliner jet transport built in classically rugged Russian design. Our reporter, Herbert J. Coleman, said it was an easy aircraft to fly with ...

His Yak-3U, manufactured in 2005 ... The late Jim Wright set the record for propeller aircraft under 6,600 pounds, flying his replica H-1 in 2002 at 304 mph. (Howard Hughes set the unlimited ...