Meeting des Ailes de Cambrai.2024 YakoTeam

Video from the channel duchateau hubert about Meeting des Ailes de Cambrai 2024, linked on its Above Ten Thousand entry. Duration: 9:07. Language: French. Video type: Air show.

The civilian team YakoTeam performs at the Meeting des Ailes de Cambrai 2024. One of its pilots explains over the PA that they have come from Blois, that the previous day's storms complicated the trip, and that they had already flown a display the evening before. Its members fly at weekends and have another job during the week. At the end they ask for support for an association that organises activities for people with disabilities.

The three aircraft fly in close formation, about 2 m apart and then around 1.5 m, change position to form a column with two aircraft below and behind the leader, and adjust their flight path to stay in front of the audience. In one figure, the leader flies a straight line while the other two circle around it with a load factor of about 5 g; the audience counts the turns. A loop follows, commentated live, with about 4.5 g on entry, almost 0 g at the top and again around 4 g on the way down, a final pass, and a formation landing.

According to the commentary, the Yak-52s can withstand +7.5 g and about −5.5 g, although in this display they do not exceed 4.5 to 5 g. All the aircraft have the same 360-horsepower engine.