Yakovlev Yak-27R Photographed at Monino Air Force Museum on 24 August 2009.
C/n 0115307. The Yakovlev Yak-27 was a family of supersonic aircraft, (NATO reporting name "Flashlight-C"), developed in 1958 from the Yak-121 prototype, including the Yak-27R, (NATO reporting name "Mangrove"), tactical reconnaissance aircraft.
This dedicated high altitude photo-reconnaissance development of the Yak-27 interceptor had its radome and radar replaced by a glazed nose for an observer/navigator, the starboard Nudelman-Rikhter NR-23 cannon was retained but the port gun was deleted and two reconnaissance cameras added. It had a longer wing with a span of 11.82 m (38 ft 9 in), with two Tumansky RD-9AF turbojet engines and had a top speed of about 1,285 km/h (798 mph) at high altitude, with a service ceiling of 16,500 m (54,000 ft) and a range of 2,380 km (1,480 mi) with two wing tanks. About 180 were produced in Plant No.292 in Saratov.
The Yak-27R entered service with the VVS in 1960 and was retired in the late 1970s.
Picture added on 06 January 2010 at 15:39
