Yakovlev Yak-52 aerobatic training aircraft, DOSAAF of Russia
Ark Models 48016

Dimensions: 162 (length) * 193 (wingspan)
No. of parts: 26

The Yakovlev Yak-52 is a Soviet two-seat primary training aircraft, which was created on the basis of the one-seat Yak-50 in the Yakovlev Experimental Bureau under the leadership of the Chief Designer V.P. Kondratiev in 1974. After modifications and testing the plane put into production in 1978. Since 1979 the aircraft were delivered to the Soviet DOSAAF flying clubs. The Yak-52 replaced the Yak-18 as a primary training plane for both civilian sport pilots and military pilots. The aircraft is in demand and popular in the West, in the U.S. and Canada. There were around 1900 Yak-52 planes of all modifications built at the Aerostar S.A. factory in Bacău, Romania by 2013.