Yak-1 series 43 to 65 2025-06-16

[Captain Kurt]

Captain Kurt submitted a new resource:

Yak-1 series 43 to 65 - Yakovlev Yak-1 series 43 to 65

Yakovlev Yak-1 series 43 to 65
Unit: 1 GvIAP sometime in 1942
Pilot: unknown

The Yakovlev Yak-1 was the first variant of the Yak fighter aircraft family. Early production Yakovlev fighter aircraft were among the greatest piston-engine fighters created during World War II, despite often being overshadowed in media by their Western counterparts. The Yakovlev bureau created the Yak-1 in response to a Soviet government request in 1938 for a fighter made mostly of wood for ease of maintenance...

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[UncleTgt]

An interesting choice there Kurt

 

[Priller]

Lovely!! Bring it to MSFS please!!

Priller

 

[Shadow Wolf 07]

Thanks Kurt! I can use her in my Kursk VVS install.

BTW: F all of you, the opening scenes of this film are pretty good: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14303882/ At least watch the trailer.

 

[Browncoat]

Fantastic Yak-1 Captain! Thank you! This is certainly a modern and wonderful stablemate to Thicko's Yak-1.

Any chance for any other Yaks in the pipeline?

If fo0lks are looking for a sound pack. I'd recommend either Lawdog's Hispano Suiza, or the his P-40.

 

[kdriver]

Great work Kurt - thanks very much!

Lawdog did sounds for the LaGG-3 which used the same Klimov engine as the Yak.

 

[Browncoat]

Thanks KD! I completely forgot about that!