Will J,
Slightly off topic – Shouldn’t your user title be “Dakota Promota”?
My very first flight was in a Dakota – 3 months old I was – in 1956, from London to Wick if IRCC 😀

I guess so! I put in the user title before the magazine title was decided upon, I try to avoid plugging it to much here to avoid treading on Key Publishing’s toes 😀 , if you have a copy, any constructive criticism would be greatfully accepted via PM.

PS Proof that the title existed long before my installation as ‘AACF graphics dept’ . 🙂

Ah, fair enough, I was half right, although I’m sure there was something about the wingtips being the wrong shape?

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.

😀 😀 😀

But probably true 😮

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,

I suppose that makes it a Dak-11 😀 , thats a thought, one of those would make a fantastic ‘toy’ for hangar 7 at Baginton, plenty of spare parts!

Maybe an inverted V-8 from a storch? (uneducated speculative wild guess..)

Currently this rather striking Sea Fury from http://www.ezellaviation.com, up until a few days ago it was something more Dakota-related 🙂