4Kᵁᴴᴰ Yakovlev Yak-3 Awesome Sunset Display @ Oldtimer Meeting Hahnweide 2019

Yak-3UA (Yak-3M) in the colours of the Normandie Niemen, flown by Commander Louis Delpino in 1944 on the Russian front. Originally based at Bremgarten-Germany, sold to the current owner Will Greenwood in 2015, and now based at Sywell Aerodrome, UK.

Specifications (Yak-3)

General characteristics

Crew: 1
Length: 8.5 m (27 ft 11 in)
Wingspan: 9.2 m (30 ft 2 in)
Wing area: 14.85 m2 (159.8 sq ft)
Airfoil: root: Clark YH (14%) ; tip: Clark YH (10%)[17]
Empty weight: 2,346 kg (5,172 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 2,697 kg (5,946 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Klimov VK-105PF2 V-12 liquid-cooled piston engine, 960 kW (1,290 hp), Jak-3UA: 1x Allison V-1710 V-12 liquid-cooled piston engine, 911 kW (1,240 hp)
Propellers: 3-bladed constant-speed propeller

Performance

Maximum speed: 646 km/h (401 mph, 349 kn) at 4,100 m (13,451 ft)
Combat range: 550 km (340 mi, 300 nmi)
Service ceiling: 10,400 m (34,100 ft)
Time to altitude: 5,000 m (16,404 ft) in 4 minutes 30 seconds
Power/mass: 0.35 kW/kg (0.21 hp/lb)
Take-off run: 345 m (1,132 ft)
Landing run: 580 m (1,903 ft)
360° turn: 17 seconds

Armament

Guns: ** 1 × 20 mm ShVAK cannon, with 150 rounds
2 × 12.7 mm Berezin UBS machine guns with 170 rpg

Data from wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakovle...