AMO 7282 Yakovlev Yak-17UTI Soviet jet fighter

In 1946 (he first Soviet jet fighters successfully passed State tests and were adopted by Air Forces. Practically at once the need for corresponding planes with double-manning appeared. The serial fighter Yak-15 was taken as a base of the construction of training aircraft Yak-21 in Yakovlev design office. The armament was taken away and on its place in front of pilot`s cabin, designers placed the second cabin for the trainee.

Simultaneously with Yak-21, with regard for heightened demands to lighter, the staff of Yakovlev design office was worlting out a single-seater fighter Yak-17 and a two-seater fighter Yak-21T(Yak-17UTl). Flying tests of the first training aircraft Yak- 21 started in April, 1947. Although the aircraft flew well, the tests were stopped, because it had already become clear that Yak-21 T(Yak-17UTI) would have better characteristics.