Yakovlev Yak-25 (1947)
| Yak-25 | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Type | Interceptor aircraft |
| Manufacturer | Yakovlev OKB |
| Status | Project cancelled in 1948 |
| Number built | 1 |
| History | |
| First flight | 2 November 1947 |
| Variants | Yakovlev Yak-30 |
The Yakovlev Yak-25 was a Soviet military aircraft, an early turbojet-powered fighter aircraft designed by the Yakovlev OKB. The designation was later reused for a different interceptor design. Tasked by the Council of Ministers in a directive issued on 11 March 1947, with producing a straight winged fighter similar to the earlier Yak-19, but powered by a Rolls-Royce Derwent V, OKB-115 swiftly produced the Yak-25, which blazed several trails as the first Soviet fighter with a fully pressurised cockpit, air conditioning, jettisonable canopy, and hydraulic airbrakes on the fuselage amongst other innovations.