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by **Gavin Conroy** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 6:11 pm

Was a great day today at Omaka as the Yak 3 fired into life for the first time.
The engine was run twice and the testing was flawless, which is a great testiment to the work of JEM aviation.
It is always a great experience to see an engine fired up in a restoration project for the first time.
It sounded wonderful :-)

Arthur still has his Yak 3 in town so we are a bit spoilt at the moment.

Utube link.

http://youtu.be/USTjMu3tJxo

Utube link.

http://youtu.be/USTjMu3tJxo

by **Naki** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 8:26 pm

Great stuff cant wait to see both Yak-3s together

by **Gavin Conroy** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 8:58 pm

Have just added an update to my website covering todays engine runs.

by **Ian Warren** » Sat Oct 08, 2011 7:32 am

You look at that shear size , what size , its easy to see how one off these things can kill you , That Allison tucked away able to make 400 MPH , and wait i see a tool box in the background , sure it looks like mine

... I could be a real GEM off a worker .

by **connor** » Sat Oct 08, 2011 9:18 am

Looks great, a really nice looking plane the Yak-3's

by **Gavin Conroy** » Sat Oct 08, 2011 9:38 pm

Here are a couple more video links and some extra photos from today.

A bit more power during yesterdays second run.

http://youtu.be/V_Ewn75u1lE

The pair running together.

http://youtu.be/cMvIK_4B4ls

Finally one last photo taken this morning just as the weather was turning from good to not so good.

by **Ian Warren** » Sat Oct 08, 2011 9:50 pm

Just lay back and listen , the whined up , in the pitch , the remarks at shutdown , missed em but great . ... PS: Reinstalled FS9 so i can take my YAK out .

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