Editing Yakovlev Yak-141 (section)

{{Short description|Soviet vertical takeoff fighter prototype}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}
{{Infobox aircraft
 |name= Yak-141
 |image= File:Yakovlev Yak-141 at 1992 Farnborough Airshow (2).jpg
 |caption= Yakovlev Yak-141 at the 1992 Farnborough Airshow
 |alt=
 |type= [[VTOL]] [[fighter aircraft]]
 |national_origin= Soviet Union
 |manufacturer= [[Yakovlev]]
 |designer=
 |first_flight= 9 March 1987
 |introduction=
 |retired=
 |status= Cancelled in August 1991
 |primary_user= [[Soviet Navy]]
 |produced=
 |number_built= 4<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tmuseum.ru/posmotrite-na-sajte/galereya-eksponatov/aviatsiya/yak-141/ |title=Контактная информация |last=idea.lt |website=tmuseum.ru |access-date=22 April 2018 |archive-date=23 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423034137/http://www.tmuseum.ru/posmotrite-na-sajte/galereya-eksponatov/aviatsiya/yak-141/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.razlib.ru/transport_i_aviacija/ayerohobbi_1992_02/p6.php |title=Як-141: критический момент биографии / АэроХобби 1992 02 |website=razlib.ru |access-date=22 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navylib.su/ships/1143/04.htm |title=А.С. Павлов. Длинная рука Адмирала Горшкова. Палубный самолет для "Четверки" |website=navylib.su |access-date=22 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://army-news.ru/2016/03/axillesova-pyata-chast-i/ |title=Ахиллесова пята. Часть I – Армейский вестник |website=army-news.ru |access-date=22 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navy.su/aviation/airplanes-after1945/yak141/ |title=Морская авиация. Самолет Як-141 |website=navy.su |access-date=22 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.military-today.com/aircraft/yak_141.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150420215902/http://www.military-today.com/aircraft/yak_141.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-date=20 April 2015 |title=Yak-141 - VTOL multi-role fighter |last=ARG |access-date=22 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/aircraft/types/type-details/yakovlev-yak-41-freestyle.htm |title=Yakovlev Yak-41 'Freestyle' – Aeroflight |publisher=Aeroflight.co.uk |date=2016-06-26 |access-date=2022-05-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://russianplanes.net/planelist/yakovlev/yak-41/141 |title=✈ russianplanes.net ✈ наша авиация |website=russianplanes.net |access-date=22 April 2018}}</ref>
 |variants=
}}

The '''Yakovlev Yak-141''' ({{langx|ru|Яковлев Як-141}}; [[NATO reporting name]] "'''Freestyle'''"), also known as the '''Yak-41''', is a Soviet [[supersonic]] [[VTOL|vertical takeoff/landing]] (VTOL) [[fighter aircraft]] designed by [[Yakovlev]]. Intended as a replacement for the [[Yak-38]], it was designed as a supersonic fleet defence fighter capable of STOVL/VTOL operating from Soviet carriers. Four prototypes were built before the project's cancellation.<ref name=Gunston>{{cite book |first1= William 'Bill' |last1= Gunston |author1-link= Bill Gunston |first2= Yefim |last2= Gordon |title= Yakovlev Aircraft since 1924 |place= London, UK |publisher= Putnam Aeronautical Books |year= 1997 |isbn= 978-1-55750-978-9}}</ref>{{page needed|date=June 2014}}