WarbirdsExtreme 2.06

WarbirdsExtreme will soon be conducting Warbird Adventure Flights from Lismore, Ballina or Byron Bay (Tyagarah Airstrip).
The experience will be tailored to the customers' expectations and can be from a 20 minute cruise over the coast to a 20 minute experience of Unlimited Aerobatics.

Aircraft:
WarbirsExtreme operates the Yak-52. The Yakovlev Yak-52 (Як-52) is a Soviet primary trainer aircraft which first flew in 1976. It is still being produced in Romania by Aerostar, which gained manufacturing rights under agreement within the now defunct COMECON socialist trade organisation. The Yak-52 was designed originally as an aerobatic trainer for students in the Soviet DOSAAF training organisation, which trained both civilian sport pilots and military pilots. The Yak-52 was first flown in 1976 and is a Dual seat, tricycle undercarriage version of the legendary Yak-50 aerobatic aircraft.

General characteristics
Crew: 2
Length: 7.745 m (25 ft 5 in)
Wingspan: 9.30 m (30 ft 6¼ in)
Height: 2.70 m (8 ft 10¼ in)
Wing area: 15 m² (161.5 ft²)
Empty weight: 1,015 kg (2,238 lb)
Max. takeoff weight: 1,305 kg (2,877 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Vedeneyev M-14P 9-cylinder radial engine, 268 kW (360 hp)

Performance
Never exceed speed: 360 km/h (194 kn)
Maximum speed: 285 km/h (154 kn) at sea level
Cruise speed: 190 km/h (103 kn) econ cruise at 1,000 m (3,280 ft)
Stall speed: 85-90 km/h (46-49 kn)
Range: 550 km (296 nm)
Service ceiling: 4,000 m (13,125 ft)
Rate of climb: 7.0 m/s (1,378 ft/min)
Power/mass: 300 W/kg (0.18 hp/lb)