Yakovlev Yak-23

The Yakovlev Yak-23 (in Russian Як-23 USAF-DoD reporting name Type 28 NATO reporting name Flora) was a jet fighter developed in the USSR in the 1940s used in early 1950s.

the acquisition of the first Soviet-built Yakovlev Yak-23 in 1953. This effort has continued to the present day.1
The Yakovlev Yak-23 ('Flora') was a Soviet single-seater fighter aircraft produced in 1947 as a significant improvement on the earlier Yak-17 and Yak-15 fighters, and was the first Soviet 2
The Yakovlev Yak-23 (in Russian Як-23, USAF/DoD reporting name "Type 28", NATO reporting name "Flora") was a jet fighter developed in the USSR in the 1940s, used in 3

Made by Yakovlev.

It is the successor of the Yakovlev Yak-17 Yakovlev Yak-19 .

The Yakovlev Yak-23 was the final iteration of the post-war turbojet designs beginning with the Yak-15 and continuing in the ...4
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More Users
Polish Air Force
Romanian Air Force
Height Main
3.31 m
Height Alt
330.2
Predecessor
Yakovlev Yak-17
Yakovlev Yak-19
Engine(jet)
Klimov RD-500
Length Alt
812.8000000000001
Max Takeoff Weight Main
kg
Thrust Main
15.6
Jet Or Prop
jet
Lists
* List of fighter aircraft* List of military aircraft of the Soviet Union and CIS
Range Main
1400.0
Loaded Weight Main
3384.0
Max Speed Alt
577 mph
Introduced
1949
Loading Main
251
Developed From
Yakovlev Yak-17
Yakovlev Yak-19
Max Speed Main
923.0
Max Takeoff Weight Alt
lb
Ceiling Main
14
800 m
Number Built
310
Crew
one
Thrust/weight
Loaded Weight Alt
7445.0
Retired
1951
1956
Thrust Alt
3500
Armament
1380.0
Area Main
13.50 m²
Primary user
Soviet Air Forces
Span Alt
873.7600000000001
Plane Or Copter?
plane
Sequence
* Yak-19 - Yak-20 - Yak-21 - Yak-23 - Yak-24 - Yak-25 - Yak-26
Manufacturer
Yakovlev
First Flight
8
Number Of Jets
1
Production End Year
1950
Climb Rate Main
41.4 m-s
Production Start Year
1949
Type of jet
turbojet
Climb Rate Alt
8150.0
Length Main
8.12 m
Span Main
8.73 m
Area Alt
145.0
Range Alt
875 mi
Similar Aircraft
* Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9* FMA Pulqui
Related
* Yakovlev Yak-15* Yakovlev Yak-17* Yakovlev Yak-19
Empty Weight Main
1980.0
Ceiling Alt
48500.0
Category
Soviet fighter aircraft 1940-1949
Yakovlev aircraft
Produced
October 1949-1950
Empty Weight Alt
4356.0
Loading Alt
51

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