On the flight line at Flying Legends 2011. This Yak-9 was built by Strela Aircraft Co. in Orenburg with an Allison V-1710 engine as the Klimov M-105PF was rare to find. The Yakolevs were the best of the big three Soviet fighter designs, Yaks accounting for half the Russian fighters built from 1941-45. About similar in performance to the Bf-109, the Yak-9 could more than hold its own below 15,000 feet.
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