Red Yak-(3?) spotted going south...

[Hawkeye]

Re: Red Yak-(3?) spotted going south...

Maslin's Yak is still under rebuild. Maniyak has been restored after Nesgoda crashed it in 2000. It's based in Airizona. Maybe it was a Yak 52 as there is an all red one in the Bay Area.

[AirDOGGe]

Re: Red Yak-(3?) spotted going south...

No, couldn't have been the '52. The planform of said aircraft looks all wrong from what I saw:

YAK-52 three-view image:

http://www.redstaraviation.com.au/YAKS/YAK_52/YAK52SCH.jpg

This blueprint is the shape I saw, maybe only 1000 feet overhead. The wings of the '-11 and '-9 look similar from below, but it definitely had a short-but-wide stubby nose, so it couldn't have been a V-engine. No mistaking that BIG radial sound too, which is what drew me outside in the first place.

Yak-11 blueprint view:

http://www.the-blueprints.com/blueprints-depot/modernplanes/modern-xyz/yakovlev-yak-11-2.gif

Ah well. Maybe something new will be showing up on display on the west coast this airshow season (fingers crossed).

Thanx all.
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[Shawn Aro]

Re: Red Yak-(3?) spotted going south...

shawn

[Lockheed Bob]

Re: Red Yak-(3?) spotted going south...

The picture that Shawn posted looks like Eddie Andreini's Red Yak-9 out of Half Moon Bay,CA. Yes it is powered by an in-line Allison.

[taglialavore]

Re: Red Yak-(3?) spotted going south...

Is Wildfire painted red?

[ebutner]

Re: Red Yak-(3?) spotted going south...

Most likely no paint on it.

[Leo]

Re: Red Yak-(3?) spotted going south...

Plus he said it was FLYING due south....



Sorry to you Wildfire fans, could'nt resist.