.jpg "Yak-9P Fighter. First flight: 1943 © Konstantinos Panitsidis")
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The Yak-9 Soviet fighter planes, in versions D, M and T created the heavy arms nucleus in the 4 Polish Air Force regiments fighting on the Eastern Front in the spring of 1945.
The Yak-9P was the final serial version of the Yak family of fighter aircraft which was still powered by a piston engine. This version of the plane was powered with a new version of the engine, one with greater power as well as with on-board enhancements. The first 10 Yak-9P fighters were introduced to the 1st “Warszawa” Air Force Fighter regiment in November of 1947.
During the late 1940's and into the 1950's the Yak-9P was the standard plane in the Polish Air Force, where it served as a bomber-fighter-on September 1, 1949 of the 170 Yak-9Ps in service in the Polish Air Force, a total of 93 were Model Yak-9 version P.
The fighter on exhibit was used by the 1st “Warszawa” Air Force Hunter regiment.
Technical specifications
| DESIGNER | OKB Yakovlev |
| COUNTRY | Russia |
| TYPE |
Fighter
|
| CREW | 1 |
| POWER-PLANT | One piston engine VK-105PF |
| Power, h.p. | 1x1.180 |
| DIMENSIONS | |
| Length, m | 8,50 |
| Height, m | 3,00 |
| Wing span, m | 9,74 |
| Wing area, m2 | 17,15 |
| WEIGHT | |
| Maximum take-off, kg | - |
| Normal take-off, kg | 3.820 |
| Empty aircraft, kg | 2.222 |
| Internal fuel, kg | - |
| Warload, kg | - |
| PERFORMANCE | |
| Maximum speed, km/h | 576 |
| Max speed in low height, km/h | 505 |
| Cruising speed, km/h | - |
| Range, km | 730 |
| Combat range, km | - |
| Service ceiling, m | 11.000 |
| Rate of climb, m/min | 926 |
| Maximum overload, g | - |
| ARMAMENT | One 20 mm cannons ShVAK (120 rounds) and one machine-gun ShVAK (SP-20 with175 rounds). |
Photos Yak-9P Fighter aircraft
