Plane-dle
Puzzle #74 was Yakovlev Yak-40.
The Yakovlev Yak-40 is a regional jet designed in Soviet Union by Yakovlev. The trijet's maiden flight was in 1966, and it was in production from 1967 to 1981. It was introduced to service in 1968, with export models following in 1970.
Read about it on Wikipedia →
What the record says
Puzzle 74 ran on 23 Sep 2026 and the answer was Yakovlev Yak-40, played with 6 guesses against 5 columns. On the record: Manufacturer - Yakovlev; Origin - Russia; Role - airliner. The numbers: First flight - 1960; Number built - 1,011.
Plane-dle builds its record from Wikidata - CC0 1.0. The description above comes from the same place the game credits on every reveal: English Wikipedia summary excerpt, CC BY-SA 4.0. The puzzle itself is still playable in the archive, and every answer that has been and gone is listed on the past-answers page.
How it scored
- Manufacturer
- Yakovlev
- Origin
- Russia
- First flight
- 1960
- Role
- airliner
- Number built
- 1,011