[Soviet Ace]

Originally Posted by Panzergranate

I was refering to this misguided comment, but what with the pace of replies, it seems to have been forgotten.

The "Yak" is a large slow witted herbivore, an unusual choice for an aircraft name.

It didn't fair at all well against that other fighter named after a even larger slow witted herbivore, the "Buffalo" either.

If you want to see some weird names for aircraft, just check out the Royal Australian Airforce's name choices..... "Boomeriang", "Kangaroo", Wapitty", etc.

Originally Posted by flynlion

Yak is short for Yakolev, the Soviet bureau that designed it. I have no idea how the Brewster Buffalo got its name LoL.

Yeah, what Flynlion said. It's not named after the creature, Yak.

Yakovlev