Yakovlev Yak-3UPW Replica, F-AZZK / 003, Private
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Registration: F-AZZK
Construction Number: 003
Code Number: 48 white
Model Yakovlev Yak-3UPW Replica
Operator: Private
Airport: Copenhagen - Roskilde (RKE / EKRK), Denmark
Photographer: Kurt Saxkjaer
Date Taken: 20/08/2017
Date Submitted: 19/02/2021
Engine running a little rich - flames pouring out under belly. Former registration: RA-3482K. Only a few prototypes of the Yak-3U were built before the work was discontinued in 1945. The engine was a Shvetsov ASh-82FN and the maximum speed was 438 mph (705 km/h) at 6,100 m. This aircraft is built by Avioane, Romania and has Pratt & Whitney radial engine.
Picture ID:1744572