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Sport Aircraft Builders Club Annual Fly-in, Serpentine Airfield: 27 October 2019

VH-WOQ Pitts Model 12 Macho Stinker (MSN 343) owned by Rodney Edwards, and VH-YGJ Yakovlev Yak-52 'Yakka' (tailwheel conversion) (MSN 822802), named 'Hard Yakka', owned by Gordon Johanson, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield - 27 October 2019. VH-YGJ: A tailwheel conversion of a Yak-52, formerly operated by DOSAAF, a Soviet paramilitary organisation which trained pilots. Built in 1982, ex DOSAAF-134, N25239. VH-WOQ: The Macho Stinker was designed by Curtis Pitts during 1993-1995, and he released the design on his 80th birthday in December 1995. It is a high-performance aerobatic biplane with a Russian Vedeneyev M14P/PF radial engine. It can be built from plans, kits, or can be factory-built. It uses fabric-covered, welded steel tubing for the fuselage, and fabric-covered wings and wood spars. Photo © David Eyre.

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Sport Aircraft Builders Club Annual Fly-in, Serpentine Airfield: 27 October 2019

David Eyre 27 October 2019

Copyright © 27 October 2019 – David Eyre The Sport Aircraft Builders Club held their Annual Fly-in at Serpentine Airfield on Sunday 27 October 2019. SEE OUR PHOTOS FROM...