The Ultimate Corporate Aircraft

[2000flyer]

And for those who need that extra little umph in performance, the Super Yak 40! With an improvment of over 20ft in TO distance.

This one will surely reach Mach 0.42...
Mach .85? Overated!!!

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/629816/L/

The prop on the front is the Russian version of a Ram Air Turbine (R.A.T.)

2000Flyer

 

[crash-proof]

The prop on the front is the Russian version of a Ram Air Turbine (R.A.T.)

2000Flyer

Which makes it suitable for over-the-pond flying, as opposed to the Falc2000.

Can you say SEXY?
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/698018/L


Also, what do the accountants here have to say in regards to depreciation on the Yak 40? I'd say this photo is testament to it's durability!
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/618738/L



this is fun, thanks!

 

[rchcfi]

....the nose of a Gulfstream

....the empenage of a 727

.....the wing of a DC-3

....the cabin space of a Global

....the windows of a Falcon

....the tires of a B-17

....the avionics of a Lear 23

and most importantly,

....the performance of a WSCoD!

!

.....and those big flaps make it resemble a B-52 on take-off. (nose down yet still climbing)

 

[Groundpounder]

You have to admit, the Russians did have some cool designs. The Yak 40 was built to be able to fly off a dirt strip, flown by a vodka preserved flight crew, and fixed by a mechanic with a monkey wrench, ball peen hammer and duct tape. I don't think our G's, Falcon's and EMB's could put up with some of the conditions those Yaks saw.

 

[2000flyer]

Which makes it suitable for over-the-pond flying, as opposed to the Falc2000.
this is fun, thanks!

Ya had to be the smart a** Good one!

2000Flyer (livin' life on the edge without my RAT )

 

[Throttlebender]

WSCOD= Whistling Sh!tcan Of Death

 

[gear_guy]

Air Conditioning

Who needs bleed air when you can have 2 ergonomicaly positioned oscilating fans. Reminds me of the old days riding the yellow bus to school. And no it wasnt the short one!

 

[2000flyer]

WSCOD= Whistling Sh!tcan Of Death

Thanks Throttle...I surely would have never figured that one out!

2000Flyer

 

[bart]

The best part about the fans is they are not sissified capitalistic pig-dog fans with guards around the blades. Comrades do not need guards on their fans nor filters on their cigarettes.

Long Live the Revolution!

 

[Lead Sled]

So I'm waiting on the ramp in Khartoum the other day and checking out a Yak-40 nearby, and as I study it I have an epiphany....."I'm looking at the perfect corporate airplane!" Why?, well it should be obvious, since it incorporates many features of airplanes some of you think are so great. For instance, it has.....

....the nose of a Gulfstream

....the empenage of a 727

.....the wing of a DC-3

....the cabin space of a Global

....the windows of a Falcon

....the tires of a B-17

....the avionics of a Lear 23

and most importantly,

....the performance of a WSCoD!

...and, and, AND.... Yak-40's are cheap as dirt to buy, so applying the same, now-famous "Less $$$ for a Legacy = Just as Good an Airplane as a Gulfstream" Formula we have all been priviledged to learn here on these threads from LegacyDriver to a WSCoD, it's clear that Yak-40s friggin' rule!

In fact, the more I think about it, probably the only reason Fortune 100 companies don't literally stuff their hangars full of these winged gems is the xenephobic bad-mouthing they recieve on these threads just because of it's pinko-commie heritage. News flash; The Cold War is over folks!

Well, the airport landscape is gonna change...I can feel it... so listen up you arrogant, close-minded WSCoD/G-whiz/Falcon/Challenger drivers with your Girlie-man toys and cockpit gizmos and egos! Not only can you mount a Trimble GPS on the glareshield like on the one I saw, but the Yak-40 is a REAL aiplane...derived from a REAL airliner....get it? I'm talking about a REAL honest-to-god, Chunk 'o Tundra-bustin', Cossack-haulin' Soviet Steel AIRLINER built to conquer a manly place like Siberia, not some flimsy aluminum eggshell Pretend-airliner that's been piano-wired together in some wussy tropical zone like Brazil where they probably can't handle their Vodka and wear shorts to work.

Furthermore, I feel, I'm sure, and doubt that anything can match the Yak for reliablity, since if one can make it all the way to Sudan where I saw it, they can surely make it anywhere. That, in addition to it's aforementioned attributes, should be good enough for any CEO dammit and if they choose to purchase an aicraft other than the Yak-40 it's obviously a waste of money for the sake of an ego-stroke, and given it's solid features, personally there's nothing I'd rather crash in or try to break in half on landing.

Yes, once the beancounters at most corporations realize how cheaply these awesome machines can be aquired compared to, say, a WSCoD, with lots of money left over to do other stuff, in no time flat the ramps at Teterboro and Van Nuys and Luton will be lousy with 'em, teeming like Caspian Sea beluga sturgeon. This is my prediction, and frankly sometimes I'm so smart I scare myself!

Yaaaks Forever!

Ya, but is it RVSM certified?

 

[Rick1128]

Ya, but is it RVSM certified?

Why bother, it can't get that high. Maintenance loves the Yak. No special tools. Always needs work (job security), no engine overhauls (just take the old one off and put the new one on). Accounting has mixed feeling about it. Cheap to buy, just steal one off the ramp. The previous owner is glad to get rid of it.

 

[Lead Sled]

Maintenance loves the Yak. No special tools...

Ya... No special tools. I remember something our mechanic once said. Something along the lines of "I only need three tools - a hammer, a pair of pliers, and a screw driver." Personally, I believe that you can tell how good your mechanic is by the number of parts left over when he's finished.

I only have one Yak storey. About 8 years ago I ran into a Yak crew that was on their way to deliver one in Lima Peru. A couple of weeks later I was on my way down to Santiago Chile and made a tech stop in Lima. The Yak hade already made the headlines - it had crashed the previous day killing all aboard.

'Sled

 

[JimNtexas]

What's all that crap on the Yak's glare shield between the fans and the KMartski GPS?

 

[Gatorman]

Yak...isn't that what you do when you wake up the next morning and drink warm beer and eat cold pizza?

 

[Bad-Andy]

Laugh all you want, but I hate to admit it but the Yak will out last the WSCoD. I have flown both. They had a -40 in FGSL when I was there and we got to know the mechanics pretty well. They ended inviting me for a ride one day on the jumpseat. That ended up with me in the right seat. Talk about a truck with wings... Flying it was like driving my old F-150 without power steering. (It may be a little underpowered, but with long runways at sea level and no terrain to hit, who cares???? It will eventually fly). As for the Vodka preserved crews, talk about some of the best crews around. They may not follow local procedures, the regs, the may not speak a lot of English, and they may be drunk most of the time. But, with the equipment they had to fly (multiple decades old) in the conditions they fly (third world, always overweight, etc), the ones that survive to be old are amazing!!!!!

 

[movingviolation]

What's all that crap on the Yak's glare shield between the fans and the KMartski GPS?

Super high tech PFM radar

 

[jergar999]

Ok CatYaak, I have some old green shag carpeting and countless rattle cans of Krylon laying around in my garage. I don't know how to do it, the materials aren't approved, and it's probably not legal, but in the true Russian aviation tradition lets refurbish one of these things and sell fractions.