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{{Aircraft infobox
| name = Yakovlev UT-2
| image = UT-2-1978.jpg
| caption = Yakovlev UT-2. Photo: Leo Medvedev/Лев Леонидович Медведев, CC BY-SA 4.0, via [[commons:File:UT-2-1978.jpg|Wikimedia Commons]]
| make = Yakovlev
| type = Trainer
| origin = USSR
| first_flight = 1935
| produced = 1936 to 1948
| status = retired (at least one flyable today)
| number_built = 7,243
| seats = 2
| engine = Shvetsov M-11D, 93.2 kW
| cruise = 99 km/h (UT-2, 1940 standard)
| developed_from = AIR-10, Ya-20
| category = Military aircraft
}}

The '''Yakovlev UT-2''' is a Soviet two-seat low-wing monoplane trainer, the standard Soviet trainer of World War II.<ref name="wp"/> The Soviet air force used it from 1937 until the [[Yakovlev Yak-18|Yak-18]] replaced it in the 1950s, and 7,243 were built.<ref name="wp"/> None are on the U.S. civil register.<ref name="faa"/>

== History ==
The old [[Polikarpov Po-2|U-2 (Po-2)]] biplane was no longer a good trainer for the faster modern airplanes coming into service. Alexander Yakovlev's team designed the UT-2, first called the AIR-10, to fill the gap.<ref name="wp"/> It was based on the AIR-9 but simpler, with open tandem cockpits and no slats or flaps. It first flew on July 11, 1935.<ref name="wp"/> NATO called it "Mink".<ref name="wp"/>

== Specifications (UT-2, 1940 standard) ==
<div class="aw-wide">
{| class="wikitable"
! Item !! UT-2, 1940 standard
|-
| Crew || 2
|-
| Length || 7.15 m
|-
| Wingspan || 10.2 m
|-
| Height || 2.99 m
|-
| Engine || Shvetsov M-11D, 93.2 kW (5-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine)
|-
| Propeller || fixed-pitch propeller
|-
| Maximum speed || 210 km/h
|-
| Cruise speed || 99 km/h
|-
| Range || 1,130 km
|}
</div>
Figures as given in the Wikipedia article and its sources.<ref name="wp"/>

{{Owner notes}}

== Photos ==
<gallery mode="packed" heights="170">
File:Yakovlev UT-2 Yakovlev UT-2 Yakovlev Museum Moscow Sep93 3 (16944166937).jpg|Yakovlev UT-2. Photo: San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives, Public domain
File:Yakovlev UT-2 Yakovlev UT-2 Yakovlev Museum Moscow Sep932 (17125607616).jpg|Yakovlev UT-2. Photo: San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives, Public domain
File:Yakovlev UT-2 Yakovlev UT-2 Yakovlev Museum Moscow Sep93 1 (17125610506).jpg|Yakovlev UT-2. Photo: San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives, Public domain
File:Yakovlev UT-2, Russia - Air Force AN1480394.jpg|Yakovlev UT-2. Photo: parfaits, CC BY-SA 3.0
</gallery>
All photos are from [[commons:Main Page|Wikimedia Commons]]; click a photo for its full credit and license.

== Buying a Yakovlev UT-2 ==
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== Sources ==
<references>
<ref name="wp">Wikipedia, "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakovlev_UT-2 Yakovlev UT-2]", read November 1, 2026. Airplane Wiki's text is written in its own words; facts are checked against this article and its sources.</ref>
<ref name="faa">Federal Aviation Administration, [https://www.faa.gov/licenses_certificates/aircraft_certification/aircraft_registry/releasable_aircraft_download Releasable Aircraft Database], file dated October 30, 2026. Valid registrations of fixed-wing airplanes whose FAA maker and model names belong to this family. Airplane Wiki uses only counts from this file, never owner names or addresses.</ref>
</references>

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