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| | The IAK-52 Story |
 | | Among the aircraft manufacturers from the former USSR, the OKB A.S. Yakovlev developed a wide range of types, from small light trainers (UT-2, Yak-18, Yak-50,-52,-53,-54,-55), to fighters equipped with piston engines (Yak-1,-3,-7,-9) or jet engines (Yak-15,-17, -19, -21,-23,-25,-28), including VTOL fighters (Yak-36,-38,-141) and to business/regional transport aircraft (Yak-40, Yak-42). |
 | | It was handed-over to the Soviets after the official reception flight performed on July 22,1978 by Dmitri Mitikov, test pilot of Yakovlev OKB. |
 | | Although the intergovernmental agreement provisions allowed deliveries of the aircraft to Eastern Block countries, after completing the deliveries to the USSR, due to the huge quantity order by the Soviets, they were the only customers of the aircraft during that period. |
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