Interesting point about the pneumatic system,I remember being at Sleap a couple of years ago and seeing one taxi straight into the fuel pumps,the prop then threw a deckchair up about 50' which then came crashing down onto a Laser 200's canopy !OWW.
I'd imagine that the lady in question never forgot to turn the air on again.
Another thing I've witnessed with a YAK 52 is a wheels up landing,apparently it was designed to be able to do this,the one I saw rolled along the ground just lovely,the only damage being a substantially shortened prop but being wood it did not shock load the engine - very clever !!!!!
I wonder why the Ruskies used pneumatic systems so much,was it somthing to do with the cold ?
Anyway Firkin, get a Yak the noise footprint/sound is far superior,just go to Little Gransden,AWESOME
