
AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY
19 June 1952 – maiden flight of Yakovlev Yak-25
The maiden flight of Yakovlev Yak-25 (NATO reporting name Flashlight), turbojet interceptor aircraft. Yak-25 (initially developed as Yak-120) was answering the requirements for a long-range, high-altitude interceptor fighter, to be used in the northern and […]