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Yakovlev Yak-3U F-AZZK | Soest Flugtage 2016

Rick van der Graaf showing off his Yakovlev Yak-3U F-AZZK at Soest on a beautiful evening. What a great looking WWII-era fighter! Although most Yak-3s had an inline liquid-cooled engine, the later Yak-3U variant had a Shvetsov ASh-82FN air-cooled radial engine. This is a new-build replica manufactured at Avioane Craiova in Romania, using Yak-3M/U blueprints and a Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin-Wasp air-cooled radial engine for reasons of availability. The propeller is a Hamilton-Standard 3 bladed design.

 

Special thanks to George Cordos for making it possible for me to attend this airshow.

 

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Yakovlev - Yak-3 - Warbirds - Vintage Aircraft - Soest 2016

 

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Uploaded on September 13, 2016
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