First untethered, hover flight of the Yakovlev Yak-36

Wednesday, January 9, 1963

 

Description

The Yak-36 was a vectored thrust VTOL demonstrator. It performed a complete VTOL transition on Sep 16, 1963.

Source: AHS V/STOL Wheel entry for this aircraft

 

Aircraft related to this milestone
Yakovlev Yak-36

Attribution