The Yakovlev Yak-42: The Soviet Union’s Modern Regional Jetliner

Video from the channel World's News Desk about Yakovlev Yak-42, linked on its Above Ten Thousand entry. Duration: 3:59. Language: English. Video type: Documentary.

An English-language explainer presentation, narrated over still images, summarizing the history of the Yakovlev Yak-42, a regional trijet developed by the Yakovlev design bureau as a successor to the Yak-40.

It places its first flight in 1975 and its entry into commercial service in the early 1980s, with Aeroflot as the major operator on domestic and regional routes. It describes it as a low-wing aircraft with three rear-mounted engines and capacity for between 100 and 120 passengers.

It mentions VIP and cargo versions, a production run that continued into the early 2000s, and its role in modernizing Soviet regional air transport.