Popular Science Edition. The history of the creation of the first aircraft of the outstanding aircraft designer A.S. Yakovlev - AIR-1, AIR-2, AIR-3, AIR-4 and AIR-8, as well as gliders AVF-10 and AVF-20 is described. Their variants and modifications are described, technical descriptions with attached drawings are given. The publication is illustrated with a large number of photographs and color projections of aircraft. For a wide range of readers interested in the history of domestic aviation.