Manufactured in Kunovice, Czech Republic and delivered in 1956 (as LET C-11), the Museum’s Yak-3 was originally built by the Czech company LET Kunovice, as a C-11 (Yak-11). This two-seat training aircraft served with the Egyptian Air Force until the early 1970s. It was dismantled and stored until 1985. By 1988, it was on static display at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford, England. In 1991, it was converted into a Yak 3U replica by Strela Aircraft Company at Orenburg, Russia. Final restoration to flight was done at the Museum in 2011. It is flown in the markings of Normandie-Nieman ace Marcel Albert, who achieved 8 of his 23 victories flying a Yak-3.
Status: Flyable |
Manufacturer: A.S. Yakovlev Design Bureau |
Year: 1956 |
Model: Yak-3U Replica (Originally LET C-11) |
Registration Number: N130AM |
Serial Number: 170101 - Mfg. c/n 533 |
Crew: 1 |
Max T/O Weight: 5,946 lb. |
Span: 30 ft. 2 in. |
Length: 27 ft. 11 in. |
Height: 7 ft. 11 in. |
Maximum Speed: 401 mph |
Cruise Speed: 285 mph |
Rate of Climb: 3,645 ft/min |
Power Plant: 1 × Klimov VK-105PF2 V-12 liquid-cooled piston engine, 1,290 hp |
Range: 340 miles |
Service Ceiling: 10,400 ft. |
Armament: 1 × 20 mm ShVAK cannon; 2 × 12.7 mm Berezin UBS machine guns |