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Our photographer Eric Coeckelberghs had a lot of fun the past weeks at Zoersel Chipmeet en Lens Fly-Inn. We could tell you all about it, but images tells more than 1000 words.Nice work Eric !

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Arriving Friday afternoon we were welcomed by the most friendly people of Zoersel Airport, as they usual do!Gena and Nicole ferried the Red Yak from Sanicole doing flick flacks humpty thumps revised hard to explain manoeuvres at Zoersel expecting the ground crew to watch them coming in… However the weather was so good, the ground crew wasn’t leaving there rendez vous terras in Eindhoven at that

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UPDATE APRIL 23Unfortunate we do have a cancelation of three aircraft due to a technical problem:- Yak-52 2x- Yak 50Our next training weekend will be April 25-26th at Zoersel Belgium. Confirmed aircraft:Etienne Verhellen - Yak52 JaniePeter Kuypers - Yak50 SashaStephen van Dijck - Yak52Hans Oortman - Yak52Lieven Buijse - Yak52Jerome van der Schaar - Yak52Pending:Hanne Wesdorp - T6Jean Michel Le

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Hello dear fellows, According to the airshow dates available it would suits me to organise the Fly For Fun In Lens ( LFQQ - 10Nm ) on the weekend of 16-17 may 2009, Let me know if you are interested and if the date would suit you. We do have a grass field , camping possibilities, bar, bbq,and a lot of nice trips to do with not more than 45nm distance ( Abbeville,St Omer,St Quentin,Merville,Calais

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Today our member of honour Ralph "Sheik" Aarts, demo pilot of the RNLAF went to Woensdrecht to pick his new colored demo F16, registration J-015. And what a beauty it is. Follow him at www.f16demoteam.nl

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It was time for the red Yak to return to it’s homebase in Belgium. And when the weather get’s tough, the tough go to Volkel airforce base in beautiful Brabant, home of the Tigers, 313 Squadron.Here our Yak found (a) shelter for the winter months. After a very warm welcome and meeting with several people of the F16 demoteam, I was taken to the shelter where our Yak was parked. Surprise, surprise.

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Just a short update regarding our traditional winter recess, this time it was Aruba. Our battery is charged again and ready for 2009 !!! Are you?See you all soon !The Paddock - Aruba Moomba Beach -thanks Micheal !!!The hardworking crew !

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After a lot of research we finally did find Emma's weblog, however it's in Dutch and German.Good to know what Emma is doing.http://weblogs.aviavision.nl/emmawereldwijd/ Dutchhttp://weblogs.aviavision.nl/emmaweltweit/ GermanGo Emma, GO !

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November 29, our friends of the 313sqn of the Dutch Royal Airforce had its 55th universal party at Volkel Air force Base. F16 and Yak demo pilot Sheik invited Yakkes to be special guest along with number of VIP’s as a very famous Dutch music band “Normaal”. After performing a low demo with his special painted anniversary F16, Sheik took lead singer Bennie Jolink for a cruel ride in the Yak, and

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Last weekend we were invited to visit Dieter Gehling for its end of season party. Dirty job, but somebody has to go. Theo, Sheik, Nicole and me grabbed two Yaks and off we go to Stadlohn. During our way there, off course Sheik had to show off again, the dude simply can’t fly straight and level. At Stadlohn Dieter welcomed us open armed, especially Theo, he does a lot of maintenance work there at

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Since our Yak's and T6 are not the most economical oil users, we made an deal with a huge oil distributor to get a good rate. You as Yakkes web visitor can join us in this deal and share the benefits; see our shop for the latest AVIATOR OIL deals.

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Monday, 1-9-2008 I was contacted via Seppe Air Service if I was available for an aerobatics trip on Wednesday 3-9-2008 for a television program. We aimed to start the flight at approximately two o'clock in the afternoon. The complete session would take some two hours. I was quite happy to oblige, as it had been some time since I flew the YAK upside down. I had to reschedule one appointment on

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With a lot of patience, blood, sweat and tears, Jean Micheal Le Grand finished his Yak-18 project with OO-IAK “MAX “ and we are proud to welcome him within the Yakkes Foundation.June 12 was D-Day, the Yak-18 was airborne for the first time since a long time. Jean Micheal is a proud man, and he should be, what a beauty!The Yak-18 prototype was nicknamed “MAX” by the NATO and has flown for the

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Over the years many people have asked me how and why I got into this curious business which is, I suppose, totally fascinating and absorbing, but also utterly frustrating in probably equal amounts!It all went back to the 1978 World Aerobatic Championships - the first in which I had competed; I was then flying a Pitts Special. I was totally in awe of the Yak-50s, which had of course, dominated the

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Schaffen-Diest was pretty much end-off-airshow season for 2008. We will have some more photo and training flights in the next months, but its end for public events.There will be an end of year party somewhere in November, keep visiting us for the details. The 25th Schaffen-Diest Fly-Inn was a good one, over 300 aircraft have visited the small airfield. Eric Coeckelberghs did do some excellent

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Preventing the undercarriage from slamming down into position with the aircraft on jacks while doing the annual undercarriage extension test (it WILL get your attention), can be eliminated. First let me explain why the undercarriage slams into position when using the normal emergency undercarriage extension procedure. This procedure instructs us to move the undercarriage handle to the NEUTRAL

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From 15 till 17 August 2008, Diest Aero Club will organise the 25th edition of the international oldtimer fly in at the airfield of Schaffen-Diest in Belgium. They will expect again hundreds of oldtimer airplanes from all over Europe. Of course the Yakkes Foundation will be there. A nice weekend out for you and your family http://flyin.dac.be/. See you all there. For affiche, click here: http://

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Guess where we 'borrowed' the sticker :-)

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After a very slow start of Yakkes season finally everything is back on track. The red Yak suffered some problems and in combination with bad weather makes that our baby was more in the hangar than outside. The bus also suffered a lot of problems with its chassis. We’ve renovated the bottom of the bus completely and it will be ready for the airshows.Last weekend, it was Sanicole Airshow time. The

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The 2008 Texel Fly-inn was, .as always, well planned and a joy to visit for the red Yak. Perfect weather, with a gusty wind later in the afternoon, attracted all sorts of flying machines. For Yakkes Erik Kraaijenhof and Eric Coeckelberghs (los dos Enricos), took off from Eindhoven to grab some pictures, preferably from the air, of the DC6, Catalina and the DC3 at Texel.Unfortunately the DC6,

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Gravitypark

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by Theo Hendriks G.W.K.,A & P,I.A. FLAME MAINTENANCEIt started with a smoke system that is designed for Yak52 and can be purchased via Spruce.The Baggage compartment seems to be the best place, but when I did a bit research with our Russian mechanic, he adviced me to install behind the baggage compartment there used to be 20 Kg of radio equipment that was removed, so no center of gravity problems

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Probably the most important part for our party bus will be something magic Hans ‘Kazan” Oortman did fix with his handy fingers…. This is where our bus will be famous about! He managed to reconfigure a B25 Mitchell Cylinder into a Jupiler draft tap!!! Hans, you are our hero !

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Look what they are doing to our bus !!!This is a mighty GAP, this is where the bar will be, so it will accessible from the outside also. Handy Hendriks installed a smoke system to the red Yak. I took him a bit time more than planned but it's installed now. Theo installed it in a way that we still can use our cargo hole, some smart work. So it's testing time! Light her up Theo. No doubts it works

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Finaly the bus has arrived. After cleaning it is dropped of at Aviation Cosmetics who are doing a great job again, as usual. Hereby some images, tomorrow it will be painted red. And here it is !Fixing the hornSandpapering the upperdeckThe Yak is watching his new friend closely

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