MUST SEE: Yakovlev YAK-40 Take Off at Airport Bern-Belp (Spectacular View)

Kerosene in the air, awesome engine sound in the ears and my heart pounded wildly. A Yakovlev YAK-40 made me very enthusiastic. The Russian / Soviet aircraft was developed in the 1960s. The Yakovlev YAK-40 (OM-BYL) is owned by the Government of the Slovak Republic for VIP-transport. After a short visit to Berne the aircraft took off at Airport Bern-Belp in Switzerland. The trijet is powered with three relatively small Ivchenko AI-25 turbofans engines with 14.7 kN (3,300 lbf) of thrust each. The climb rate
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