page_title: Yakovlev Yak-18
section_title: Variants
hierarchical_section_title: Yakovlev Yak-18 / Variants
caption_attribution_description: Yakovlev Yak-18A
context_page_description: The Yakovlev Yak-18 is a tandem two-seat military primary trainer aircraft manufactured in the Soviet Union. Originally powered by one 119 kW Shvetsov M-11FR-1 radial piston engine, it entered service in 1946. It was also produced in China as the Nanchang CJ-5.
context_section_description: Yak-18
  The original production version. Retractable main undercarriage, fixed tailwheel.
  Yak-18U
  This version was built in small numbers. It had retractable tricycle landing gear.
  Yak-18A
  Cleaned up version of the Yak-18U, powered by a 194 kW (260 hp) Ivchenko AI-14 FR engine. Built in large numbers.
  Yak-18P (NATO reporting name Mouse)
  Single-seat aerobatic aircraft for use by flying clubs. Adaptation of Yak-18 two-seat trainer.
  Yak-18PM
  Single-seat aerobatic aircraft with retractable tricycle landing gear.
  Yak-18PS
  Aerobatic aircraft with retractable tailwheel.
  Hongzhuan-501 (Red Craftsman)
  Probable original designation for early CJ-5 production aircraft.
  Nanchang CJ-5
  The Yak-18 was built under licence in China as the CJ-5 for use by the PLAAF, PLANAF and civilian flying clubs; 379 CJ-5s had been built when production ended in 1958.
caption: Yak-18A
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