Russia Flight Tests New VK-800 Turboprop Engine On Yak-40

The Yak-40 flying lab with VK-800 on the nose is towed for flight trials.

The Yak-40 flying lab with VK-800 on the nose is towed for flight trials.

Credit: SIBNIA
Russian aircraft manufacturer Ural Works for Civil Aviation (UWCA) has conducted the first flight trials of its new VK-800 turboprop engine. The July 14 tests saw the engine mounted on the nose of a Yakovlev Yak-40 trijet, serving as a flying laboratory, at the Siberian Scientific Research Institute...

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