Yakovlev Yak-12

Yak-12
Yak-12 (basic model) at the Polish Aviation Museum
Role Utility aircraft
Manufacturer Yakovlev
First flight 1946
Introduction 1947
Status In use in civilian aviation
Primary user Soviet Air Force
Number built 4,992 (without China)
Developed from Yakovlev Yak-10
Variants PZL-101 Gawron
Polish Air Force Yak-12M
Polish civilian Yak-12M taking off towing a glider
Tied down at the Franklin County State Airport, Highgate, Vermont

The Yakovlev Yak-12 (Russian: Яковлев Як-12, also transcribed as Jak-12, NATO reporting name: "Creek") is a light multirole STOL aircraft used by the Soviet Air Force, Soviet civilian aviation and other countries from 1947 onwards.