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A.S. Yakovlev Design Bureau JSC is a Russian aircraft designer and manufacturer (design office prefix '''Yak'''). It was formed in 1934 under designer Alexander Sergeevich Yakovlev as ''' OKB -115''' (the design bureau has its own production base at the facility №115), but the birthday is considered on 12 May 1927, the day of maiden flight of the '''AIR-1''' aircraft developed within the Department of Light Aircraft of GUAP (Head Agency of Aviation Industry) under the supervision of A.S. Yakovlev. During World War II Yakovlev designed and produced a famed line of fighter aircraft. It was merged into the Yak Aviation Company with .'' February 22 , 2006 . The firm is the designer of the Pchela (, "bee", drone reconnaissance aircraft), and is perhaps best known for its highly successful line of World War II-era piston-engined fighter aircraft. The name "Yakovlev" is used commonly in the West, but in Russia it is always abbreviated as Yak ( Russian Language : Як) as a part of aircraft name. The German transliteration, often used by the Russians, Poles, and others as well, is '''Jak'''. ''See also:'' SOKOL Aircraft Building Plant YAK AIRCRAFT .]] |
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