Biography Yakovlev Designer

The father served as the head of the transport department in the oil company “Nobel Brothers Partnership”. Mother was a housewife. In the year, he entered the preparatory class of the private male gymnasium N. After the October Revolution, the gymnasium was combined with the women's school, became state and was called the “Unified Labor School of the 2nd Steps”. The school showed interest in technology and, in particular, in aviation.

In the year he built a flying model of the glider and successfully tested it in the school hall. There were other enthusiasts at the school, and in the year Alexander organized an aircraft model. Without throwing schools, he worked as a courier in years, then a student in the archive, secretary of the head of the department in Glavtop - an organization that distributed all types of fuel.

In August, after graduation, he organized the first school cell of the Society of Friends of the Air Fleet of the ODF in the city of Moscow. Aviation enthusiasts, and about 60 people got them at the school, built models, and then began to make a glider. In the same year, he built his first aircraft - the AVF glider, despite numerous requests and appeals, it was not taken to the Academy, due to "not proletarian origin." In July, the first Soviet world records were installed on this aircraft - the range of KM and the duration of 15 hours.

For these achievements, A. Yakovlev was enrolled as the listener at the Air Force Academy outside the competition. While studying at the Academy, he did not stop building aircraft. A group of enthusiasts, working under the leadership of A. The first plane created in a new place, AIR-9, was shown in the Paris Aviation Salon in the fall of the year. Later, an airborne for flying schools of the Air Force and flying clubs, produced in years, was created at its base.

In the year, A. Yakovlev became the chief designer. In the year, the OKB built its first combat vehicle-a two-engine bomber BB Yak-2 and Yak-4, the speed of which exceeded the speed of the best fighters of that time. Yak-2 and Yak-4 were built in serial. In January, he simultaneously worked as deputy commissar of aviation industry for experimental aircraft and science on January 13 of the year, a fighter and Yak was highly appreciated, and the chief designer became one of the first heroes of socialist labor.

During the Great Patriotic War, on the basis of the Yak-1, the Yak-7, Yak-9, Yak-3 and over 30 of their serial options and modifications were created-more than 30 thousand aircraft. They made up two -thirds of fighters released during the war. Replacement in the design of wood with metal, improvement of aerodynamics made it possible to increase flight speed.

The armament intensified, from 20 mm guns on the Yak-1 to 37 mm and 45 mm per yak increased the flight range, to km at the Yak-9DD. Until July, A. Yakovlev, leading the OKB, simultaneously worked as deputy commissar of aviation industry for experimental aircraft and science in the year - Deputy Minister for General Affairs. Major General of the Engineering and Aviation Service General Lieutenant of the Engineering and Aviation Service from a year until retirement A.

Yakovlev-General Designer of the OKB. In the post -war period, re -equipment of aviation reactive equipment occurred. He was followed by Yakuti, Yak, Yak - the first Soviet all -weather interceptor, high -altitude yakrv, the first supersonic intelligence officer of the YAKR, a family of supersonic yak aircraft, including the first Soviet supersonic front bomber. The landing devices - glider of the Yak and the Yak helicopter - the most lifting in the world in years entered service.

By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of July 12, for outstanding merits in the creation of new aviation equipment and the at the same time, the labor heroism of Yakovlev Alexander Sergeyevich was awarded the second gold medal “Sickle and Hammer”. He became twice a hero of socialist labor. Along with combat aircraft, the Yakovlevsk OKB produced equipment and civil purposes.

A whole generation of light-engine aircraft was created: training yak and yak, multi-purpose yak, the first Yak and Yak reactive educational and sports aircraft in the USSR transports Yak passengers-the only Soviet aircraft certified according to the Western norms of flight fit and bought by Italy, Germany and other countries. Later, a local yak was created, which has been highly economical.

In the year, the first Soviet aircraft of vertical take -off and landing of the Yak was demonstrated at the parade in Domodedovo, and from the year the Kiev class cruisers were armed with vertical and short take -off and landing of the Yak - the world's first deck SVVP. Yakovlev retired at the age of 78. In total, under his leadership, more than types of aircraft were created, of which more serial, on which 86 world records were installed at different times.

The author of the books “Tales of the Air Designer”, “The purpose of the life of a notes of the aircraft designer”, “50 years of Soviet aircraft construction”, “Soviet aircraft”.

He lived in Moscow. He died on August 22. He was buried in the Novodevichy cemetery in Moscow.The Lenin Prize State Prize of the USSR is six Stalin Prize Prize,,,, Colonel General of the Engineering and Aviation Service 9. It was awarded 10 Orders of Lenin, in addition, he was awarded the FAI gold aviation medal. The hero’s bronze bust is installed in Moscow. In Moscow, a memorial plaque is open at the house where he lived.

His name in the year named Street in the Northern Autonomous Okrug of the city of Moscow. In the year, the name of the aircraft designer A. Yakovlev was awarded to the design bureau, which he led for many years. Note: The 1st date of birth is confirmed by the metric book of the record of the birth of the Nikolaev Church in the Grasses of the Central State Archive of Moscow, Fund, Inventory, Case, P.