The Yak 3 Russian fighter was imported and lovingly restored by its Blenheim-based owner Graeme Frew and first took to the Kiwi skies in 2012. Photo: fighterflights.co.nzThe world’s only airworthy Avro Anson MK 1 bomber and a Russian fighter Yak 3 plane called Full Noise will be landing at Ashburton Airport next month - and there’s an opportunity for a once-in-a-lifetime spin in both. The Avro Anson, called Gentle Annie, will take people on a 25-minute flight for a cost of $990. The Avro flight would offer a more sedate ride and taste of what it was like to fly as crew in a World War 2 reconnaissance bomber. Janett said the aviation museum was planning to have a World War 2 morning at the airfield on August 20.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 22, 2020 03:56 UTC