YAKOVLEV Yak-18T

YAKOVLEV Yak-18T (N8018T) over New York Harbor

This is not your run-of-the-mill small airplane:

The Yakovlev Yak-18T is a four- or five-seat fully aerobatic utility aircraft developed by Yakovlev. Introduced to train Aeroflot pilots, it has gained some popularity as a sportplane both inside and outside the former USSR. It is powered by a 360-400 hp Vedeneyev M14P radial engine, and is designed for stresses of +6.48/-3.24 g.

Introduced in 1967, Yakolev built 700 of them.