Dutch Thunder Yaks

Calendar and news

We will be flying at:
– November 8th Fly-by Remembrance Day
at Oostergaarde

Media

About us

The Dutch Thunder Yaks is a group of pilots with a passion for Yak-52 aircraft, historical aviation and (formation) flying.

  • Calender 2025

    Where can you see us in 2025:– April 13th Fly-by Commemoration Holten– May 10th Fly-in Historic Hereos (EHHO)– June 14th Airshow Gelnhausen (DE)– Sept. 6th Fly-in Ballenstedt (DE)

  • Fly-by For Willem “Bill” Abbot 2024

    Fly-by For Willem “Bill” Abbot 2024

    Before the 22-year-old New Zealand pilot William Gibbs Abbott (nickname Bill) is ordered to neutralize enemy transports in the Netherlands on September 9, 1944, he writes a letter to his father. “I want to help tidy things up,” he writes. In other words: “I want to make my contribution here, then I will come home.”…

  • Gelnhausen 2024

    Gelnhausen 2024

    Flugplatskerb Gelnhausen, a small airfield with biggest events (or as it was said “a small airfield with big balls”). The field has been around for 50 years and that was celebrated! An F4U Corsair, a PBY Catalina, a P51 Mustang, and several demos. After a period of few air shows and events, it was great…

Display Team

The Dutch Thunder Yaks also displays as an aerobatic formation display team. They regularly practice and fly together so that others can also enjoy these historic aircraft.

Airplanes

There are a number of Yak-52s registered in the Netherlands. Read more about the aircraft of the Dutch Thunder Yaks here.