YAK 3 AWESOME V12 SOUND !!! 

Quoting from Wikipedia: "Marcel Albert, World War II French ace, who flew the Yak-3 in USSR with the Normandie-Niémen Group, considered it a superior aircraft when compared to the P-51D Mustang and the Supermarine Spitfire"

Beautiful airplane, very elegant lines! One of the very best fighter planes in ww2. Greetings from Germany!

One of the most under appreciated WW2 fighters imo

For French pilots, the aircraft were very popular. The French pilot with JAKs also flew to the winning parade in Paris in 1945.

Thank you. My dad was pilot fighter in 1944-45 on this Bird. Danke! Спасибо!

Ye gods, glorious 60 frames and no music! Thanks for sharing Paddy.

I can feel the bias entering my veins

No pilot in any air force in WW2 would have quibbled about flying an aircraft that performed like a Yak 3. One suspects that some people don't want to admit the excellent aircraft design skills that always existed in the Soviet Union. In fact, in view of the political structures there it is all the more amazing that they achieved anything !

Fighter aircraft of free french pilots from Normandie-Niémen

I am so jealous of the mechanics that make all this work. Their skill is unbelievable. There's no manual for these planes anymore. No easy "guide" to follow. I wish I knew how to fix cars and planes.

But yak 3cannot look like a P51 because it was developed before the P 51

What a great engine sound the YAK3 has, much much better than in the IL2 simulation :D

NOT a copy of the Mustang, contrary to popular belief. It was a development of the Yak-1, which predated the Mustang.

Yak 3 originally used the Klimow-WK-105PF2 V12 engine. Yak-3 WK-107 was an experimental non-production fighter, like the Yak-3 with 3x20mm guns, etc.

We should all be thankful to see these machines still flying today......even if it means using other engines etc... Brave men died on all sides.

It's a good looking fighter.

I heard this fighter was called "Airborne Private" as it was a soldier plane. Robust, small sized agile dogfighter easily manufactured in the country overwhelmed by war.

I love the lines, so clean :)

the shot at 2:50 is just spectacular

V12 sound = heaven! No stupid music = heaven cloud 9!

Congrates to the film producer and to the pilot who did some nice aerobatics. I have a picture of me next to a Yak in Novosibirsk. Not sure what it was but if I make another trip I will check.

I knew they were small, but next to other fighters, wow! that really shows this was a compact fighter.

Yakovlev Yak-3 is the warbird that become so superior in the sky of the Eastern Front during the war. It is nice to witness that there are some few flying worthy of this type of old combat aircraft on this present day.

Have seen one of these doing a flying display and it's fantastic. It looks so fast and clean in the air.

Airplane porn! What an awesome sound!!! Thanks for sharing

A masterpiece!!!This Allison engine sounds so beautiful!!!

As much as I love those Allison engines, I'd be ecstatic to hear what those original Klimovs sound like. Doubtful anybody has heard them for the last 60 years.

This plane was so underrated' it had the tighest turning raduis of any ww2 fighter' the german pilots were told not to mess with this bad ass with the under lying radiator cooler ' they feared it above all other russian fighters.

That's a beautiful looking plane.

Thank you very much for the information about the power rating of current Yak 3's. I think it roughly corresponds to the power rating of wartime Yak 1's.

Yak3 is a beast in dogfighting. The go-to plane when I am playing IL-2 years ago.

Why, when a video of a lovely old aircraft gets uploaded, do some people love to start talking shit?

Damn nice piece of kit!.

Yak-3 originally used the VK-105PF2 1240hp.

What happened to the supply of Klimow-WK-107A V12 engine that made it necessary for Yak-3s flying today to use the Allison V12? Seems logical that some of them should still be available. Dropping 410 HP is no small issue.

Damn good plane! The Yaks were up to par with everything the rest of the world was producing at the time, save the Mustang with its laminar flow wing. But it performed beyond expectations and saved Russia!

Something interesting I learnt few days ago. Where I live there was Soviet pilot who was fighting in WW2 flying this plane(or it was La not sure)and he had same name as me.

Looks exceptionally maneuverable. More stats would have been nice.

Yep, Rusky or not I like that, pretty and flies good too.

since the yak-3 is lighter in construction than the mustang, imagine the boosted performance with the allison engine

Just saw one today at an air show. Nice deep purr!

beatful sound, v12 in the radials old times.

Yak 3 my favorite!

Holy hell that 3 bladed yak 3 sounds mean as hell!!!

"So..... Grandpapi was shot down by one of these" some german somewhere is thinking of it.

Such a beautiful aircraft.

2:16 imagine you're in a retreating german line and you look back and you see this diving on you.

Almost as beautiful as a Spitfire from the same part of the timeline, and arguably as capable...

The cleanest lines of the era.

Thanks for the clarification. And thanks for posting.

I think I saw one a long time ago, but I didn't pay much attention to it on the flightline. I hope to see one fly someday.

Fantastic takeoff!!!

an error in the description: the most Yak 3 use the klimov M105 PF2, the Klimov 107 and 108 was relative unreliable and use only in a small number at end of the war.The Klimov engine was a evolution from the french Hispano Suiza Y12 use in the Morane 406 and Dewoitine D520 because the soviet union did buy the license before the war...And the radiator system is similar as on the Dewoitine D520...

Yak-3 Flugzeug ist stark! Der stärkste ist der Ladenbesitzer!....

Красавчик!!!!👍

I presume that HP figure you gave for the Allison V-1720 is for an engine that's effectively de-tuned; running on lower-octane fuel with less manifold pressure than they did under combat conditions, right?

Nice looking plane

Video with the right kind of music: the sound of big bore V12 engines! Hope all the idiots who add some crappy noice they think enhance the video would learn from this. Brilliant video of brilliant plane!

Fast cheap to build most probably, lightly armed, but manoeuvrable.Good visability, good dogfighter, has some power to the engine. Look at the Junkers ju52 going past at 5:25

beautyful!

The Russians had no need for a high altitude interceptor or escort fighter, so they loved naturally aspirated V-12s, which outperformed the Merlins at low altitude. They even loved the Aircobra and King Cobra.

According to the description this isn't only a yak 3 it's a yak 3vk107!

красивый, красивый

fantastic ! ! !

sweet ride

Looks like a Spitfire and a Mustang has a baby . Great airplane .

Very nice and very sleek. Almost like the P-39 Cobra.

ive never seen russian planes before , but they do look good

this is such a magically beautiful sound to my ears! so orgasmic! THE INTENSE ROAR AS IT ZIPS PAST YOU! Imagine being a helpless little germam foot soldier, about to be shot by one of these XD

Як 3 и Ла 7 были лучшими истребителями из построенных в СССР

good film with no digital stopped props in flight

Hi there, Just wondering if I could use some of the clips from this video to use in a top 10 airplanes video for my youtube channel about airplanes. Thank you.

Славный самолёт. По некоторым параметрам превосходящий на то время всех (где-то и отставал разумеется). "Нормандии-Неман" Салют!!!

Lovely aircraft. Sounds much like a Merlin.

Fantastic to watch!

Як-3 один из лучших истребителей 2-й мировой.

Вот этот Истребитель,, Як-3. Наверное,, Когда то Советский Правительство,, подарили Французам ,,, Нормандия Неман,,,40- Самолёт. Як-3. Вот это наверно,, один из них. Истребителья Як-3.

Definelly the best fighter in the east front, at least until late German designs and modifications took place. The design is very pleasant for the eyes as well.

I wonder, what would it take to build a replica of original engine.

Самолет дивизии генерала Г.Н. Захарова . (молния на фюзеляже) . В эту дивизию входил французский полк "Нормандия".

Oh, gosh, that's wonderful. Oh, my.

Sweet. That thing is amazing!

Was that with a Klimov or was it swapped with a Merlin?

Lieutenant General Walter Schwabedissen wrote in the book The Russian Air Force in the Eyes of German Commanders: ‘Whereas the German Bf109G and Fw190 models were equal to any of the aforementioned Soviet fighter models in all respects, this cannot be said of the Soviet Yak-3, which made its first appearance at the front in the late Summer of 1944. This aeroplane was faster, more manoeuvrable and had better climbing capabilities than the Bf109G and Fw190, to which it was inferior only in armament’. Luftwaffe fighters in combat with the Yak-3 tried to exploit surprise. This happened on 17th September 1944, when Fw 190s attacked a formation of three Yak-3s of the 66th Fighter Air Regiment over the Riga district of the front by coming out of the sun, shooting down two of the Soviet aircraft. On 23rd September the regiment gained its revenge when a Yak-3 formation led by Major I Vitkovsky shot down seven Fw 190s in a single dogfight.

Are there any original Yak 3's left?

nice !!

Wow! 410 horse power less than original. Would be great to see the original performance.

Super. Dziękuję. Thank You.

super video

Nice!.. one of these in NZ👍✈️🇳🇿

same firing order as a merlin? the lovely sizzle sound

I guess they used the Allison because just finding a Klimov would be a success story never mind finding one suitable for rebuilding to flying condition.

The best fighter by far in WW2. Didn't took the deserved admiration to the west only because it was Soviet made.

Прекрасное видео! Хочется надеяться - самолёт восстановлен и «живет» в России! Ведь Bf 109 так бодро летает!!

I have a technical question: - Video says this Yak uses V12 engine. Also, F1 cars (especially Ferrari) from 1995 used V12 engines. Then why does this sound like low pitched grunting, while the Ferraris screamed in a shrill high pitch? What factor of engine design is responsible for difference in noise?

This does not look like a Yak 3. Cockpit too far forward?

what is that sole rod sticking out on the left wing for?

These sound just as good as the Merlin!!

Интересно, а нём так же, как и оригинальном, 90% дерева в фюзеляже и крыльях?

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