Yakovlev Yak-19

Yakovlev · Soviet Union · first flew 1947 · fighter

The Yakovlev Yak-19 was a Soviet experimental jet fighter of 1947, representing the transitional generation between early straight-wing jets and the swept-wing fighters that would follow. It used a nose-mounted air intake feeding a single turbojet.

Recognition (WEFT)

W — WingsMid-mounted, straight
E — Engines1 × turbojet, fuselage-mounted
F — Fuselage8.36 m fuselage
T — TailConventional

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A compact, straight-wing single-engine jet with a nose intake, broadly similar in concept to early Western jets but with distinctly Soviet construction details.

Specifications

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History

The Yak-19 flew in 1947 as one of several Soviet designs exploring jet propulsion in the immediate postwar period. It competed against contemporaries like the Mikoyan I-300 (MiG-9) and Yakovlev's own Yak-15 and Yak-17. The design did not advance to production, as swept-wing technology quickly made straight-wing jets obsolescent. It contributed to Soviet understanding of jet flight characteristics.

Variants

No production variants; remained a single prototype.

Where you'll see it

Purely experimental; used for flight testing in the Soviet Union with no operational deployment.

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