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Team Bad Yak going vertical Olympic Airshow 2011

2011 Schedule

February 25-26
Northwest Council of Air Shows

May 11-14
Acro Camp - Pendleton, Oregon

June 17-19
Olympic Air Show
Olympia, Washington

June 24-25
Apple Cup Aerobatic Contest
Ephrata, Washington

July 22- 23
Cut Bank, Montana

July 29-31
Tri-City Water Follies
Kennewick, Washington

August 26-27
Airshow of the Cascades
Madras, Oregon

September 17th
Astoria Airshow
Astoria, Oregon
Team Bad Yak brings to any event a fun and exhilarating air show, with it's thundering sounds of a 400 horsepower radial engine, attention grabbing aerobatics, and blood pumping sound track. This air show appeals to the young as well as the young at heart.

Team Bad Yak is dedicated to bringing to your event a full service air show including media rides, interviews, autographs, merchandise, and of course, an impressive but safe air show. Noel Jones the pilot, who has a six year old daughter, loves to talk to the kids about aviation and usually has a sticker or coloring page just for them.

Bad Yak is a one of a kind, highly modified Russian built Yak 52, producing over 400 H.P. from it's supercharged nine cylinder radial engine. Everybody loves the sound of a radial engine flying overhead! Bad Yak has had more than 240 pounds removed which makes this large aircraft one of the lightest most powerful Yak 52 in the world.

Noel Jones, the pilot of Bad Yak is an experienced competition aerobatic pilot who has flown the Yak 52 in the Intermediate Category in the IAC. Noel is a multi engine commercial pilot with over 3000 hours in more than 60 different aircraft.