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Title: Yak 3M makes Emergency landing at Norfolk, VA
Post by: ASTAC on September 24, 2005, 10:21:11 PM

Pilot OK, Don't know the condition of the Aircraft.

Story (http://www.wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=3894069)

Title: Yak 3M makes Emergency landing at Norfolk, VA
Post by: Toad on September 24, 2005, 10:29:52 PM

http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=92672&ran=59824&tref=po

Title: Yak 3M makes Emergency landing at Norfolk, VA
Post by: Wolfala on September 25, 2005, 01:41:18 AM

Guy flew F8's - doesn't surprise me a bit. Fleet seems naked without the 8, 14 and 6.

Title: Yak 3M makes Emergency landing at Norfolk, VA
Post by: Debonair on September 25, 2005, 03:36:30 AM

Guy flys a MiG Master then goes out & buys a Yak is a bit of a surprise.  He obviously has a sense of humor, so I'd have guessed he owned a MiG-21 (seeing how you can buy them on e-bay these days, for about what you would pay for a piston Jak, of course the cost of owning & operating the MiG jet is much higher)

Title: Yak 3M makes Emergency landing at Norfolk, VA
Post by: Toad on September 25, 2005, 10:45:10 AM

The actual owner of the Yak was flying an L-39 that day. One would presume he owned that too but it doesn't specify.

Care and feeding of an L-39 is much more reasonable than a MiG-21 and, within the current boundaries of US civil aviation, probably just as much fun.

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By then, however, the owner of the plane and fellow pilot, Art Nalls Jr., 51, was able to come alongside, flying an L-39 Albatross, a vintage Czechoslovakian fighter jet.

Title: Yak 3M makes Emergency landing at Norfolk, VA
Post by: Furball on September 25, 2005, 10:47:53 AM

not to mention you can fly the L-39 for longer than 5 minutes without turning into an expensive glider.