Yakovlev Yak-1 Belvedere An early prototype version of

An early prototype version of the P-40 was the first American fighter capable of speeds greater than 300 mph

- Stowage box and gun travel lock tooled on engine deck

and separate rudder component

thanks to the General Electric J79 turbojet engine

The development of its engine has now been entrusted to Cosworth

Yakovlev Yak-1 Belvedere An early prototype version ofThe Yak 1 was the first fighter developed by the Yakovlev Design Bureau and first flew on 13 January 1940. The aircraft had a mixed construction with wooden wing and tip, trussed fuselage made of steel tubes with canvas skin. The fighter was well armed with one 20 mm ShVAK cannon and two synchronised 7. 62 mm SHKAS machine guns mounted above the engine. The Yak 1 was the most successful of the new pre war generation of serial Soviet fighters (MiG 3,