The Yakovlev Yak-43 was a Soviet VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) fighter designed as a successor to the ill-fatedYakovlev Yak-141M, which failed to reach production. Like the Yak-141M, the Yak-43 was also not produced.[1] The Yak-43 was to have been the third generation VTOL/STOL fighter, to...