the Yak-38 was not the ‘death trap’ put out by western propaganda.
Sure, that’s why they didn’t dump them at the first opportunity and went on to further develop the idea – oh, no, hang on a mo…..
Quote from Red Star 36, Yak-36, 38 and 41 (same book)
If one takes a longer period, between 1974 and 1988, the overall amount of flight hours logged was 29,425 hours. This period saw 37 flight incidents/accidents: eight fatal crashes, 21 non-fatal accidents resulting in total hull losses which does testify to the insufficient reliability of the aircraft
Table you quoted was issued by the Yak design bureau during 1981 – not exactly comparing like-for-like and certainly issued to put their product in the best light possible, if anyone is guilty of propaganda its them
Then let’s not forget the trial in Afghanistan – couldn’t do hot ‘n’ high or take -off with a usable weapons load, sorry, it was a turkey
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