Hi folks,
It appears that a Yak-9U was taken up on it’s first post-restoration flight at Gympie,Queensland on April 2nd. There are some photo’s of the machine on the link below, the captions of which suggest it’s an original Yak-9 rather than a new build. It looks Allison powered if you ask me,but i’m no expert.Prepare yourself for the unusual markings!! :rolleyes:
http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?regsearch=VH-YXI&distinct_entry=true
By: DROPTANK - 5th April 2004 at 13:27
On the subject of genuine YAK 9s does anybody know what happened to the Richard Goode example i thought it was up for sale a while back.
By: Ant.H - 4th April 2004 at 23:47
According to Bill Gunston’s “Encyclopedia of Russian Aircraft 1875-1995” the majority of Yak-3’s had wings of mixed wood/metal construction. There were small batches of specialist high performance variants produced with all metal construction,but no more than a few dozen were built (all just post-war and unsuccessful,VK107 engines taken out and fitted to Yak-9U’s.)
To go back to your post Yak11,according to Gunston you’re basically right,although a number of Yak-9’s had mixed construction wings aswell.It’s worth mentioning that the Yak-11’s all metal wing appears to have been inherited from the Yak-3U, which was fitted with an ASh82 radial engine and formed the basis for the Yak-11 programme. This would mean that the Yak-11’s wing is not directly related to those on the standard production Yak-3’s.
By: Melvyn Hiscock - 4th April 2004 at 23:12
Originally posted by Yak 11 Fan
Yak 1 and 7 had wooden wings, 3, 9 and 11 were metal
The ‘3 in the Musée de l’Air has wooden wings. I think later ones were metal, early ones wood.
MH
By: Yak 11 Fan - 4th April 2004 at 19:48
Yak 1 and 7 had wooden wings, 3, 9 and 11 were metal
By: Archer - 4th April 2004 at 19:32
I seem to remember that one had wooden wings (Yak-3?) and the other metal ones.
By: Whiskey Delta - 4th April 2004 at 18:34
Thanks, I might just do that. 🙂
By: Chris Broad - 4th April 2004 at 17:43
The yak 9 was developed as a long range, long term fighter as a development of the yak-1b and the yak-3 was designed to be a fast produced nimble dog fighter with a relatively shorter life span. With a smaller wing span and a cleaner profile than the ‘9’ the yak-3 certainly was good at it’s job.
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By: Whiskey Delta - 4th April 2004 at 16:32
What’s are the differences between the Yak-9 and Yak-3? I’ve only seen pictures of both but they look very, very similar.
By: mmitch - 4th April 2004 at 13:51
The caption says that it is an original one shot down in 1943, recovered in 1997.
mmitch.
By: Archer - 4th April 2004 at 11:37
If that is the original that I read about a while ago (a couple of new-built ones will be created as well) then it is Klimov-powered. The new-built ones will get Allisons.
It looks great (although the markings are different to say the least!)
By: Stieglitz - 3rd April 2004 at 16:00
Yes, The markings are unusual indeed, but I like it. A good alternative for the Harvard!
Nice work!
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