Yakovlev Yak-30 (1960)

Yak-30
General information
TypeTrainer
ManufacturerYakovlev
Primary userSoviet Air Forces
Number built4
History
First flight20 May 1960
VariantsYakovlev Yak-32

The Yakovlev Yak-30 (NATO reporting name Magnum), originally designated Yakovlev 104, was Yakovlev's entry in a competition for the first military jet trainer aircraft designed for Warsaw Pact nations. Designed to succeed the Yak-17UTI, it also led to the development of the Yakovlev Yak-32 sport jet. The Yak-30 lost to the L-29 Delfin, and neither it nor the Yak-32 entered production.[1]

  1. ^ Gunston, 1997