Looking for your favorite Yak-52 paint scheme...

Fri Sep 04, 2009 9:09 am

I'm working on a little project right now and I'm interested in seeing pictures of your favorite Yak-52 (no CJ's please!) paint scheme. It's OK if it's your aircraft. Would also like to see some historical stuff...

Ryan

Fri Sep 04, 2009 9:55 am

This airplane belongs to my friend, Ed Noel. Through his generosity, I get to fly the airplane. This was the judges choice Yak at OSH 2008.

Fri Sep 04, 2009 10:23 am

Nice! Surely there are some more Yak pics floating around on WIX members' computers...

Ryan

Fri Sep 04, 2009 12:03 pm

Photos of a number of different paint schemes can be found at this link:

http://www.yakuk.com/52altpics.asp

Personally, for Russian aircraft I like the dark grey with red trim scheme as seen on the LA-9 (or on the Yak-3U "Steadfast"):

Fri Sep 04, 2009 12:28 pm

I don't have any pictures as I didn't have a camera but I have seen a Yak 52TW in green with Japanese markings. Didn't look half bad. If I had one I would duplicate the Finnish Continuation War camouflage scheme for impressed captured aircraft and paint YK 52 as an aircraft number.

Fri Sep 04, 2009 5:41 pm

Bump...

Does anyone have a picture of that Yak with pseudo-Japanese markings? Sure it wasn't a Nanchang?

Ryan

Fri Sep 04, 2009 6:24 pm

Japanese Yak is N522TW (Google for pics)

http://www.yak-census.com/Yak-52sn/52-TW/0312407.php

Fri Sep 04, 2009 6:31 pm

Here's my bother's 52.

I'm partial to the ident...C-FUNR

Fri Sep 04, 2009 9:23 pm

Ryan,

I've got a few posted here:

http://www.sfahistory.org/allredstar.htm

http://www.sfahistory.org/allredstar3.htm

http://www.sfahistory.org/allredstar4.htm