Yak-11 restorations

[T J Johansen]

There is a pair of stock Yak-11's being just about ready to fly having been recently restored, possibly in Eastern Europe. Does anyone know if these two, or either of them has flown yet?

T J

[warbird51]

There are 2 stock Yak 11's have been restored in Switzerland. The first one is ready to fly and is for sale. They were listed on Clasic Wings. One was recently damaged in a hanger fire, but is fixable.

[T J Johansen]

Ah, so not flown yet then.

T J

[Rob Mears]

Don Talley bought and restored a Yak-11 in East Texas back in the late 1980s. The last I saw the plane was at the Breckenridge Air Show around 1992. I had heard a rumor that the plane had been damaged, but I lost touch with Mr. Talley and never heard of or saw the Yak-11 again.

Every time I see a new Yak-11 restoration reported, I wonder if it may be Don Talley's old plane resurfacing. Does anyone know what might have happened to this plane?

[Warbirdnerd]

According to Goodall's list, Mr Talley's Yak 11 has been rebuilt as an Yak 9 and is now overseas.

172612 • LET C.11 (to Egyptian AF as ........)
wfu, open storage dism. El Aakha AB, Egypt 70/85
Alain Capel & Jean Salis partnership, La Ferté-Alais .85
(shipped to La Ferté-Alais, France .85 ex Egypt)
Don C.Talley & C.A.Barnes, Longview TX 88
N9YK Don Talley/ Talleys Warbirds, Longview TX 3.89/95
Yak-9 repl. (rebuilt as single-seat Yak-9 replica,
ff 20.9.91 as Soviet AF "11")
George W. Gossman, Louisville KY 8.11.95
W. J. Bourdis, Coraopolis PA 98/99
Yves Jean-Marie Garric, Harlingen TX 00/02
sale rep., USCR 03/06
F-AZOS J. M. Delimbeuf: reg. res. 1.06/07

[T J Johansen]

I remember seeing Talley's Yak at Breckenridge in 1991. Cool to see, although calling it a Yak-9 is somewhat weird considering that the Yak-9 variants were V-12 powered...

Anyway, I asked about it on the Flypast forum some years back, and this is the reply (post #21 and #22):
http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthre ... ks-of-Yaks

T J

[C VEICH]

I think Talley's Yak was the only one I have ever seen Stateside flying with the original Russian radial powerplant. I assume if it is being called a Yak-9 now that it has been re-engined with an Allison. No?

Photo by Stephen Rister. Thanks Stephen!

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[BenG]

If Goodall infos are correct - the Yak became a Yak-3U after being rebuild by JM Garric.
JM Delimbeuf sold the project early this year and rebuild is now underway with Bruno Ducreux at Aéro Restauration Service:
http://www.aero-restauration-service.fr ... php?id=177

[Stephen Rister]

Hi Everyone,

Enjoyed seeing the Don Talley YAK-11 at BKD posted. That was a picture I took at the Breckenridge 1992 show from
our Navion/L-17A. If I remember right Lynn Allen or Dick Phillips was aboard also. Later we put together a formation
with the YAK-11 and Bill Laws in his YAK-18. If anyone remember's the YAK-18's registration I'd like to know.

Stephen

[T J Johansen]

Thanks for the info on F-AZOS Ben!

Looks like you took good care of young, promising Dick Phillips there Stephen. Here is a photo (not that good) of the very same Mr. Phillips climbing aboard the Navion one year earlier, in 1991.



And here is Don Talley's Yak-11 in 1991. Gotta admit that it looks so much better in the white colors.



T J