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Me too!
In your book did it think the YAK-3 was better than the YAK-7? I kind of thought that the number sequence indicated a better plane than the previous design.
I remember the follow on from the -7 was the YAK-9. It had a limited production run in the late 90's for the warbird market with an Allison engine. Performance similar to the Mustang at about 20% of the hull value.
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According to the book, the sequence was: Yak 1 The Yak 7 was derived from that. Yak 9 followed. "Outwardly it differed little from its predecessor yet it featured a host of improvements" and "Of all the fighter types operated by the Red Army Air Force, the Yak 9 was built in the greatest numbers." Yak 3 was the last and as you thought, was the best performing. And there were also a radial powered Yak 3M prototypes.
I could not find the reference, but I seem to remember reading that all three (3, 7, and 9) were developed from modified 1s. The 3 took the longest to develop because they kept making modifications as they learnt from the others.
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NJ Hunt
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