The Yakovlev Yak-11 was a trainer aircraft used by the Soviet Air Force and other Soviet-influenced air forces from 1947 until 1962.
- Role: Fighter
- National origin: Russia
- Manufacturer: Yakovlev
- First flight: 10 November 1945
- Introduction: 1946
- Retired: 1962
- Status: Privately owned, or in museums
- Number built: 4.566
In total, Soviet production amounted to 3,859 aircraft between 1947 and 1955. with a further 707 licence-built by Let in Czechoslovakia as the C-11.
Military operators
- Royal Afghan Air Force
- Albanian Air Force
- Algerian Air Force
- National Air Force of Angola
- Austrian Air Force
- Bulgarian Air Force
- China – People’s Liberation Army Air Force
- Czechoslovak Air Force
- East German Air Force
- Egyptian Air Force
- Iraqi Air Force
- Hungarian Air Force
- Mongolian People’s Air Force
- North Korean Air Force
- Polish Air Force
- Romanian Air Force
- Somali Air Corps
- Soviet Air Force
- DOSAAF
- Syrian Air Force
- Vietnam People’s Air Force
- Yemen Air Force
Specifications (Yak-11)
General characteristics
- Crew: Two – student and instructor
- Length: 8.20 m (26 ft 10½ in)
- Wingspan: 9.4 m (30 ft 10 in)
- Height: 3.28 m (10 ft 5 in)
- Wing area: 15.40 m² (166 ft²)
- Empty weight: 1,900 kg (4,189 lb)
- Loaded weight: kg (lb)
- Max. takeoff weight: 2,440 kg (5,379 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Shvetsov ASh-21 air-cooled radial piston engine, 521 kW (700 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 460 km/h (289 mph)
- Cruise speed: 370 km/h (230 mph)
- Range: 1250 km (795 miles)
- Service ceiling: 7,100 m (23,295 ft)
- Rate of climb: 8.1 m/s (1,600 ft/min)
- Wing loading: 161 kg/m² (32.9 lb/ft²)
- Power/mass: 0.17 kW/kg (0.10 hp/lb)
Armament
- 1x nose-mounted machine gun, either 12.7 mm UBS or 7.62 mm ShKAS
- up to 200 kg (440 lb) of bombs on two underwing racks
