Yakovlev Yak-152

The Yakovlev Yak-152 is a Russian primary trainer aircraft from the Yakovlev Design Bureau, part of the Irkut Corporation. Development began in the 1990s alongside the Yak-130 jet trainer, based on the successful Yak-54, with similar cockpits so pilots could move easily between the two. In 2001 it was selected as the future main primary trainer of the air force. The prototype first flew on 29 September 2016, powered by a RED A03 diesel engine rated at 500 shp, and it was ordered by the Russian Aerospace Forces to replace the ageing Yak-52. Chinese investors earlier financed an offspring, the Hongdu Yakovlev CJ-7. It is built in Irkutsk.