Judging by the value of Yak machines at the moment

Zk-YYY had been on Trademe, NZ’s eBay clone, for more than a year before the accident, most recently for NZ$799,000 (I think). The listing’s gone now.

John: you mentioned the Tu-2, is Vadim Zadorozhny connected to this group at all? I seem to remember chat online or in a magazine of his interest in a flying example.

There’s an odd satisfaction to having paint peel off after being stripped! I’m very envious of the team who has this job!

A cool project, and from the sound of it invaluable therapy too. It’ll be great to follow along with this.

I’ve wondered that since I was a child, I can only guess they haven’t any?

Apologies for the email address faux pas, Admin. I didn’t think about that!

The magazine Classic Wings has done a few articles on the new-build Yaks and where they are now, as well as the original examples remaining. I’d love to see a documentary on the Flight Magic or Museum Of Flight programmes but I think it’s doubtful one exists.

Re the talk of Yak-7s, there’s one representative Yak-7 flying in the US but from memory it was converted from a Yak-11/C.11. It’s all white and has a somewhat pugnacious appearance.

I think B.IV DZ542 for the UK-based Mosquito Pathfinder Trust may be “it” for a while, although I’d be very happy to learn otherwise.