Swisskloten From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Posted (3 years 1 month 2 weeks 5 days ago) and read 350 times:
Is anyone familiar with the Yakovlev YAK40? How large is it compared to a Citation X? Is it considered a corporate jet or an airliner? I've once been told by another a.netter that it's NOT intended to be used exclusively as a corporate jet like the Citation X. Do you agree or disagree? Are there any corporate jets out there with rear stairs?
Doona From Sweden, joined Feb 2005, 2997 posts, RR: 18 Reply 2, posted (3 years 1 month 2 weeks 4 days 20 hours ago) and read 252 times:
777ER is correct, but since the break-up of the Soviet Union, many Yak-40s have been refurbished and are used as business jets. Can you imagine the USSR letting it's people fly around in private jets?
I met a russian who was like a maintenace engineer or something, and he used to work on Yak-40s. He thought it was funny that such a large number of A/C were being coverted for private use, and that private business jets themselves were a great big slap in the face of the communists, as this was probably the last thing the designers and decision makers had had in mind...
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