By: yakman - 5th December 2007 at 07:16
do someone have news about that yak11 in the USA ?
By: Will J - 18th March 2005 at 23:20
That single seat configuration looks a lot like a Yak 7 doesn’t it.
Will, isn’t the original militairy stock configuration of the Yak 11 with that spinner?
J.V.
With the spinner it has a more ‘stock’ look for a Yak C11, I think the modified version with a single cockpit and no spinner is represenatative of some of the earlier radial engined Yak fighters. I suppose my liking for the version without the spinner is more on aesthetic grounds (pesky design students, what do they know 😀 ), and that it was how I first say it at a damp, wet ‘legends a few years ago.
By: TEXANTOMCAT - 18th March 2005 at 18:42
Bump
No Yak11 wasnt he was at Sywell on Tuesday, eating Sandwiches.Or being a wheel chock (depending on sources~)
By: srpatterson - 18th March 2005 at 16:46
Yes, the Yak-11 does have a spinner. It’s a NOS spinner for a Constellation.
By: Stieglitz - 18th March 2005 at 13:25
That single seat configuration looks a lot like a Yak 7 doesn’t it.
Will, isn’t the original militairy stock configuration of the Yak 11 with that spinner?
J.V.
By: Will J - 18th March 2005 at 10:50
Random link… some interesting Yak images here, probably of more use if you can read the Russian text. 🙂
By: Will J - 18th March 2005 at 09:03
Looks superb with the wings on, I can’t wait to see the flying pictures. Will the propeller have a spinner? It is interesting how the similarly re-engined (but single seat, a regular at legends) French example changes in character when the spinner is added….
I prefer it in its earlier spinnerless incarnation, see pics borrowed from airliners.net,
By: DaveM2 - 18th March 2005 at 05:56
Steve
Don’t know if you got my email, but a package on its way to you ( and no..it isn’t a Spitfire )
Dave
By: srpatterson - 18th March 2005 at 04:54
Looks like the first flight of the Yak will be sometime within the next few weeks. The wing is now attached, and the pneumatic, hydraulic, and fuel systems will soon be operational. The prop should be installed next week, then ground runs can begin.
Stay tuned for further updates as we near a first flight…
Steve
By: T J Johansen - 18th March 2005 at 04:34
Hi TJ
I am 5,000 miles from my files so I can’t look it up
Really John, can’t you be trusted to come up with anything? Even though you’re just down the street… Disappointing.. :rolleyes: 😉 😀
T J
By: DaveM2 - 18th March 2005 at 04:10
Gents
Yes 41 Yaks were extracated from the Egyptian store yard along with around 80 tons of spares. Most were relatively low timed airframes due to the fact they didn’t operate well in the hot conditions and consequently didn’t see much service, apart from the occasional recce along the Israeli border.
There was an artilce on their recovery in an old WWW, and I have just done a five part series on all the Yak fighters for ‘Classic Wings’, the latest features the stock Yak 11s and those heavily modified for Reno racing.
Dave
By: setter - 18th March 2005 at 01:38
Hi TJ
Yes there was and I think in Classic wings as well but I am 5,000 miles from my files so I can’t look it up – Dave McDonals will know though.
Regards
John P
By: T J Johansen - 18th March 2005 at 01:32
I remember seeing photos of the Yaks in Egypt parked in a huge yard and it was wall to wall – what a site.
Regards
John P
Wasn’t there an article with some photos of the Egyptian yard in Warbirds Worldwide back in time?
T J
By: setter - 18th March 2005 at 00:58
Hi Melve
Warm up a seat at Potsdam or wherever it is you sit – serious slagging off needs to be done when I go to Leg Ends – I have taken notes and am up to 3 exercise books of acidic comments that need to be made. Very happy the Rewind Clobbermiester flies – proud little lad you must be.
Now to Yak 11s – yes this was a HUGE effort getting 30 plus Yaks and sundry other bits out of there and yes it was our French bretheran who did it – in terms of scale it was easily as large as the Iraq sea/Fury effort I think most of them are dispersed now all over the world – we even have one in Australia. I suggest that Dave McDonald should hop in here as he has just penned a fantastic series in Classic Wings on the Yaks and must be some sort of a subject guru by now. I remember seeing photos of the Yaks in Egypt parked in a huge yard and it was wall to wall – what a site.
Regards
John P
By: Melvyn Hiscock - 18th March 2005 at 00:41
Most of the Yak 11s around came out of Egypt via La Ferte Alais and Jean Salis.
M
By: macky42 - 17th March 2005 at 22:54
What’s the knurled knob coming straight out at the top of the panel? Looks like a health and safety issue 🙂
By: Arthur - 17th March 2005 at 22:43
Thanks Steve. Considering how the Egyptians looked at the end it’s definately improved!
By: srpatterson - 17th March 2005 at 20:08
Bob Chinnery said that this plane came out of Egypt with several other Yak-11s, he thought maybe to a French buyer. John Garric bought maybe 5 or 6, and Bob purchased one, around 1987. The project came with two original engines, which Bob sold to Kermit Weeks, after a recommendation from Steve Hinton to install the P&W R1830-75.
Bob has some photographs of when he first got the project, and I’ll try to get some scanned. You can still see the Egyptian roundels on the wings, but the plane was a real basket case.
By: Mark V - 17th March 2005 at 16:13
Wwill someone please clean that floor!
By: srpatterson - 17th March 2005 at 16:09
Very nice. Any idea where it comes from?
I’ll ask Bob today, but if I remember correctly he purchased her around 1980 from John Garric, the guy who does the Yak-3 conversions with the Allisons.
As I recall he had several Yak-11 projects for sale at the time. I believe a complete airplane was around $50K.
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