# yp140 Yak-17 Feather

10 inches wing span model of Yak-17 fighter on metal stand with engraved logo Yak on base. Few words on this aircraft of Yakovlev.The prototype Yak-17 was flown in mid-1947.Air Force testing passed without difficulty and production of plane was ordered at Tbilisi.Most series aircraft having a periscope above the windscreen.Single examples were presented to Czechoslovakia (designation S-100) and Poland.The USAF called Yak-17 the `type 16`, which was replaced by the ASCC name Feather. The same as Yak-15, because without tip tanks the two looked similar in flight.