This guy in Yak-50 photographed by Herve Champain (
herve@lpd700.lpd.supelec.fr:1999) calls himself
"Mad Russian"... Sounds nasty, but
David Sutton provided
history of this nickname!; See more planes and pilots (not all
mad!)
on impressive Herve's
Page;
Yak-50 is a single seat aerobatic/trainer taildragger with retractable main gear.
Those two photos (12k,24k) show Yak-50's resembling the Great Patriotic War
Yak-3
color schemes. The "White 50" aircraft belongs to
David Sutton