Dutch Thunder Yaks
Calendar and news
The training for the 2025 season has been planned. We will be flying at:
– April 13th Fly-by Commemoration Holten
– May 10th Fly-in Historic Hereos (EHHO)
– June 14th Airshow Gelnhausen (DE)
– Sept. 6th Fly-in Ballenstedt (DE)
About us
The Dutch Thunder Yaks is a group of pilots with a passion for Yak-52 aircraft, historical aviation and (formation) flying.
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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)
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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.”…
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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…
