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23rd April 2004
YAK 52TD takes to the air, very good climb rates, very good max speed, exceptional modification.
14th March 2004
Inlet manifold drain kits
Kits are now available manufactured by AEROSTAR SA Romania. These are standard equipment of the YAK 52W, there purpose is to enable easy draining of the inlet manifold of any oil that may have drained down since the last flight. Access is from outside of the cowling making this task very easy. Cost £310 plus 3 hrs fitting.
August 1999
Mark Jefferies
Wins the British National Aerobatic championships in his home built Laser Z 200. This is after competing in the World championships placing 20th. The British team won 3rd place behind the Czech's and Russians.
6th March 1999 Report in the Times news paper of the 6th March 1999 "Fast fun in Saddam's avenger"
6th Febuary 1999
3 recent accidents in YAK 52, (2 writing the aircraft off beyond ecconomic repair,) could have been prevented by using the check list and fitting of bulliten 7/95. This bulliten prevents the engine from being started with the air turned off. Accident number 1, Aircraft started with inexperianced pilot at the controls with a non YAK pilot saying "you dont need to turn the propeller before starting just press the starter button with the throttle open and do one cylinder at a time" she turned the mags on, it started and charged off out of control into a wooded area, fuselage bent, wings with trees up to the spars, propeller way shorter than a gear up landing, and a total mess. Accident Number 2. Whilst taxing to holding point over shot the hold went into a field and turned over in soft ground. Canopy crushed, fin & rudder damage, fuselage bent, shock load and propeller. Number 3, Military pilots took of with air turned off and did not notice the reds for gear up, then for landing did not check 3 greens and the nose wheel was not forward and locked, another shock load, propeller and this time a cowling. The air flow pushed the mains down and it appears locked them. Free falling geasr does not always allow the internal ball locking system to operate. Bulliten 7/95 is not a mandatory directive whist operating on any register apart from the Britsh register where the UK CAA have issued what is called a Mandatory Permit Directive. The kit of parts costs £195 GPB and about 5 hours labour to fit. Is this cheap insurance?
Luckly in all incidents the only damage was to the aircraft.
A YAK 50 landed gear up at Brieghton (UK) and a AN2 broke free of its morings and badly damaged a YAK 18T at White Waltham (UK) in the same period.
3rd Febuary 1999,
30th September 1998
Duel cockpit gills control kits $900, ideal for instructers.
1st September 1998
The European round was held in Neuchatel Switzerland over the weekend of the 29th & 30th August. The setting was over the lake adjacent to the town with spectators vantage points all over the town with Hotel balconies being favourites. (waiter service!!) Both days Inc the practice day on Friday were clear blue skies, some catabatic winds causing slight turbulence at times.
Placing went to Dominique Roland, Peter Besenyei, Jurgis Kairys took 1-2-3 placings. Kairys who is well known for his very small loops & eight's below stall speed added a new figure to his catalogue. Basically from a helicopter side slip/ knife edge a loop is done whilst in the knife edge plain. Apparently it requires very delicate control imput's!!!
Euro sport were fitting mini cams to every a/c with live air to ground pictures displayed on a large screen. This was very popular with the public. Svetlana with her long flowing hair thrashing about during her sequence even found time during lomcovak type of rotations to wave and smile at the camera on 3 occasions. The lake and town with blue skies were all visible within a second or two! A line of barges had been moored as the display axis. Judges sat on the roof of a Hotel centre box. About 100 ft high.
Introduced for the first time by the FAI was the formation team competition. This is open to Military and civilian teams (each in there own class)
The civilian teams were:-
Aerostars flying the YAK 50 and 52 for the UK (7 a/c)
Sky box with the Zlin 50 (4a/c) for Czech republic
Marche Verte with CAP 231 (7a/c) for Morocco
Patrouille Adecco with Pilatus PC7 (4 a/c) for France.
The Aerostars are a bunch of pilots who purchased YAK's from YAK UK Ltd some 5 years ago and initially got together at the "Squadron" north Weald and flew one of the formation weeks under the guidance of current military instructor pilots of the RAF. These training weeks have proved very popular and are now organised twice yearly by the Squadron. From the early beginnings the "team" was part of the red star racing team with 9 a/c doing mock air races on the UK and near continent air display circuit, this was for a period of 2 years. Last year a more challenging teak was sought and from the nucleus of 9, 5 pilots formed the Aerostars in 1997 with the aim of doing formation acrobatic displays. For 1998 2 additional members joined. To make a 7 ship.
The team transited out to Switzerland on the Wednesday prior to the competition. Practice flights were flown morning and afternoon with some pairs also flying there separate pieces also. As with all competitions some pre comp nerves made the flying less smooth but all went well on the day.
The resulting placings were much to our surprise with the Aerostars taking second behind the Skybox. Next year the FAI is planning a 4 round competition.
Aerostars team, Mark Levy, Gene Wilson, Fred Basset, Garry Sharp, Andy Hammond, Jeff Stow, Mark Jefferies.
9th August 1998
The 1998 junior British National Aerobatic Champiosnships were held Fri & Sat 8th/9th August at Peterborough and was was open to novice and established aerobatic pilots .
Excellent weather conditions permitted over forty competitors from the UK & Ireland to make over 120 flights, and produced two new National Aerobatic Champions.
At Standard, or novice level, 50 yrs old John Askew from Huddersfield, Yorkshire, overcame considerable obstacles to win the title of 1998 British Aerobatic Champion at Standard level. John has only been competing for 12 months and, for the past four years, following a horse riding accident, has been confined to a wheelchair. John does not consider himself to be at any disadvantage despite British Aerobatic Association rules requiring all sequences to be flown 'solo'. He flies a YAK-52, Russian ex-military traning aircraft with slight modifications for his condition, and is fully licenced to fly the aircraft solo. John adds that '...since flying is a sitting down job, I have a strong advantage in that respect !' Second place went to 30yrs old Mark Waite flying a Pitts Special bi-plane.
2nd August 1998
Mark Jefferies returned from the European advanced aerobatic championships with a 3rd place in the free programme and a 6th overall after the 4 flights were completed at Murska Sobota, Slovenia. This is the highest placing for a UK national at either European or World contests in 18 years. 40 competitors competed in the contest over a 7 day period. Th tempratures being in the mid 30's for the period. Most aircraft were the Zlin 50 other aircraft types were the YAK 55, 54, Extra 200,
june 1998 The British Aerobatic team for the European Advanced championships to be held at Murska Sobota, Slovenia. July 23rd to Aug. 2nd Mark Jefferies, flying Laser-Z-200 Pictures and personal profiles of these team members can be found on the BAeA website at 
Mark jefferies wins place on British aerobatic team
Nick Buckenham, flying YAK-55M
Chris Noon, flying YAK-55M
Tim Shears, flying YAK-55M
Dave Kaberry, flying ZLIN-50LX
Kester Scrope, flying CAP-222
The BAeA's website www.aerobatics.org.uk will be carrying updates of each team's progress, starting with the journey to each contest and continuing with their individual progress. Official results will also be published here, on a daily basis.
6th June 1998
The YAK equipped British formation aerobatic team 'The Aerostars' made its mark on the UK air display scene this weekend (6th June 1998)when it was awarded the Shell Challenge Trophy at the International Air Fair, Biggin Hill.
Despite poor weather conditions, the team, flying seven YAK UK supplied YAK 52s and YAK 50s greatly impressed the Flying Display Committee with its tight and closely choreographed sequence, which, in the judges' own words "meant that there was always something exciting going on in front of the crowd throughout the display".
The team are justifiably proud of their achievement, especially since previous recipients have included the French 'Team Ecco' and the RAF's own 'Red Arrows'.
Team members are:- Mark levy Leader, Garry Sharp no 2, Fred Bassett, no3, Andy Hammond No4, Jeff Stow no5, Gene Wilson no6 & Mark Jefferies no7.
6th June 1998
Disabled in a riding accident and paralysed waist down achieved a very commendable first in the UK at Compton Abbas airfield last weekend (6th June 1998) flying in the Golding Barratt, standard level Aerobatic contest.
flying his YAK 52 modified by YAK UK Ltd for hand control of the rudder. The modification was approved by the (UK) CAA on the 21st December 1996, the aircraft being placed on the UK register as G-BWVR at this time (formally LY-AKQ) with no additional limitations.
John from Crosland , Huddersfield, HU4 7AA flies his aircraft from Barton, Nr Manchester. A special "transportable" wheel chair has been made that fits into the rear seat with wheels removed and stored each side, this allows a passenger to be taken to the competitions organised by the British Aerobatic association.
John enters the a/c from his chair by pulling himself up onto the training edge of the wing and then with a detachable tool looped over the cockpit side pulls himself up into the front seat. A special leg support with 2" velcrow holds his feet clear of the rudder pedals that remain in the a/c to enable an able bodied person to fly the aircraft.
