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14th July 2010 - Plymouth Air Show - Yakovlevs aerobatic display team

Plymouth Hoe is the venue for this years air show. This is the final display of the afternoon.

The Yakovlevs aerobatic display team is led by a Super Yak 52, followed by three Yak 50 Russian aerobatic aircraft.

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The team flies Russian aircraft made by the Yakovlevs design bureau.

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These reliable and robust aircraft were designed for training and world class aerobatic competitions.

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The Yak 52, known as the Super 52 is an unique two seater aeroplane specifically developed for the team.

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The Yak 50's are single seaters.

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For these images I decided to use Smeatons tower as a focal point.

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I lined up these two images to suggest the Yak50 flew straight into one window - and out of one on the other side!.

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As the team looped the loop right above the lighthouse.

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You can read more about the Yakovlevs team here.

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