Yakovlev Yak-3 Landing incident at Warbirds over Wanaka 2018
Apr 29, 2018 20:29:36 GMT
Post by Pete Webber on Apr 29, 2018 20:29:36 GMT
As some may know Yak-3 ZK-YYY was badly damaged landing at Wanaka this year, here is my view of what happened.
Yakovlev Yak-3 ZK-YYY takes off to open the show along with Yak-3 ZK-VVS
ZK-YYY by wiltshirespotter, on Flickr
The two then land back, ZK-VVS on the hard and YYY on the grass, during roll-out it collides with a cherry picker
ZK-YYY by wiltshirespotter, on Flickr
ZK-YYY by wiltshirespotter, on Flickr
No injuries thankfully
ZK-YYY by wiltshirespotter, on Flickr
Here you can see the cherry picker on the right. These were to be used to sling up a target for sport aircraft to fly under later in the show
ZK-YYY by wiltshirespotter, on Flickr
Recovery
ZK-YYY by wiltshirespotter, on Flickr
ZK-YYY by wiltshirespotter, on Flickr
Sadly this all caused a number of the acts to be cancelled in the morning flying display till everything was cleared away and all emergency services available again, including the RNZAF Seasprite which I was quite looking forward to!
Yakovlev Yak-3 ZK-YYY takes off to open the show along with Yak-3 ZK-VVS
ZK-YYY by wiltshirespotter, on FlickrThe two then land back, ZK-VVS on the hard and YYY on the grass, during roll-out it collides with a cherry picker
ZK-YYY by wiltshirespotter, on FlickrZK-YYY by wiltshirespotter, on FlickrNo injuries thankfully
ZK-YYY by wiltshirespotter, on FlickrHere you can see the cherry picker on the right. These were to be used to sling up a target for sport aircraft to fly under later in the show
ZK-YYY by wiltshirespotter, on FlickrRecovery
ZK-YYY by wiltshirespotter, on FlickrZK-YYY by wiltshirespotter, on FlickrSadly this all caused a number of the acts to be cancelled in the morning flying display till everything was cleared away and all emergency services available again, including the RNZAF Seasprite which I was quite looking forward to!