Article link via our local paper:
http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=92676&ran=198502
Nice work in salvaging what could have been a VERY ugly situation! Damage appears to be minimal as well, so it shouldn’t be too long before she’s back in the air.
Lynn
By: Rob Mears - 27th September 2005 at 01:50
This is one of the suped up Yak’s modified by Bruce Lockwood’s outift a couple of years back. It has the extended canopy, upgraded dual cockpits, and a Merlin rather than an Allison if I recall correctly. He was offering this upgrade package in Warbirds International I’d guess about two years ago. He was quoted as saying the plane in this configuration would outperform a Bearcat with no problem, and was vastly more affordable.
By: SadOleGit - 25th September 2005 at 20:59
http://forums.ubi.com/groupee/forums/a/tpc/f/23110283/m/6841008063
By: Oleg - 25th September 2005 at 19:48
seems like one from 23 Yak-3M and Yak-9M from Orenburg factory – new made replica without any original parts or parts from Yak-11.
By: DazDaMan - 25th September 2005 at 16:31
Is it not one of the new-build jobs?
By: Pete Truman - 25th September 2005 at 16:29
Fantastic pictures, and skillfully flown, how original was the aircraft, was it a composite or original restoration or a Yak 11 with an Allison engine and reworked cockpit.
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September 25, 2005 at 4:18 pm