{"product_id":"yak-23-flora-1-72","title":"Yak-23 'Flora' 1:72","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Yakovlev Yak-23\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(Russian: Яковлев Як-23; USAF\/DoD reporting name Type 28, NATO reporting name Flora) was an early Soviet jet fighter with a straight wing. It was developed from the Yak-17 in the late 1940s and used a reverse-engineered copy of a British engine. It was not built in large numbers as it was inferior in performance to the swept-wing Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15. Many Yak-23s were exported to the Warsaw Pact nations and remained in service for most of the 1950s, although some were still in use a decade later. On 11 March 1947, the Council of People's Commissars ordered several design bureaux (OKB), including that of Alexander Yakovlev, to develop a single-seat, straight-winged jet fighter to be equipped with a single British Rolls-Royce Nene or Rolls-Royce Derwent turbojet engine. The aircraft should have a maximum speed of 950 kilometers per hour (590 mph) at sea level and a speed of 1,000 km\/h (621 mph) at an altitude of 5,000 meters (16,400 ft). It should be able to climb to that altitude in 3.5 minutes or less and should have a maximum range of no less than 1,200 kilometers (750 mi). Alexander Yakovlev decided to develop two designs, the Yakovlev Yak-25 in accordance with the Ministry's order and a lightweight, more agile aircraft (the Yak-23) in the hopes that one or the other would win an order from the Ministry. Yakovlev's decision was a risky one as it could be construed as unauthorized use of state monies if discovered, which could have landed Yakovlev in a lot of trouble.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eKit Contents:\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Plane model\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Assembly instructions \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Russian aviation, 52nd Flora Soviet Air Force airbase, Ukraine 1953.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Adhesive for plastic models with a brush\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Polish Aviation squadron aviation of the Warsaw system air base Poland Warsaw-Okęcie 1955.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Czech Aviation Division 3 fighter Regiment aviation of Guildoslovakia, air base Brno-Turany 1955\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Bulgarian Aviation Division 41 RED Regiment, Bezemer airbase, Bulgaria May 1961.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Romanian Aviation Division 14 Regiment, Brasov air base Romania 1960.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdl class=\"data-sheet\"\u003e\u003c\/dl\u003e","brand":"Mistercraft","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43177084616881,"sku":"MIS042240","price":12.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0535\/0886\/6225\/files\/d-224-yak-23-flora-1-72.jpg?v=1702730309","url":"https:\/\/modellersden.myshopify.com\/products\/yak-23-flora-1-72","provider":"The Modellers Den","version":"1.0","type":"link"}