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Experience a Yak-52 Formation Flight

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Key Takeaways:

  • AirVenture attendees can experience flying a Yak-52 in formation with the Aerostars aerobatic team using a specially modified Redbird simulator.
  • The simulation challenges participants to maintain position on the lead pilot's wing, with guidance from an Aerostars pilot.
  • Successfully completing the formation challenge enters participants into a drawing for a flight in a real Yak-52.
  • The drawing for the actual Yak-52 flight will take place at the Redbird tent on Saturday, August 3rd.
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If you’ve always dreamed of becoming a pilot flying with a formation team at the biggest airshow in the world, here is your chance to give it a try. If you plan to attend AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, next week you can get behind the controls of a Yak-52, to fly with the Aerostars aerobatic team.

All you need to do is get over to Redbird Flight Simulations’ booth. Like last year, when Redbird offered flights in its Piper Cub simulator in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Cub, the Austin, Texas-based company has created a one-off simulator to entertain AirVenture attendees. This year, Redbird has created a simulated Yak-52 formation scenario based on an Aerostars aerobatic team flight. Do a good job in the simulator and you could get to fly the real thing.

Pia Bergqvist

Pia Bergqvist joined FLYING in December 2010. A passionate aviator, Pia started flying in 1999 and quickly obtained her single- and multi-engine commercial, instrument and instructor ratings. After a decade of working in general aviation, Pia has accumulated almost 3,000 hours of flight time in nearly 40 different types of aircraft.

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