​YAK 3UA 
Along with several other Yak3s, this Yak3 was rebuilt in 2001 by Strela using the original factory jigs at the Orenburg factory, approximately 700 miles south east of Moscow. An Allison V1710 engine was used, as the original Klimov VK107 engines could no longer be sourced.
The aircrafts paint scheme depicts the Yak3 flown by Sqn Leader Louis Delfino CO of the Normandie-Niemen Free French Squadron in October 1944.
​The fighter moved to the UK from Germany in 2015 and was successfully placed on the UK register. Since that time it has been displayed at a number of major UK and European air shows. Its high speed and great agility demonstrate how effective Yakovlev’s design was and illustrates the problem the aircraft presented to the Luftwaffe during WW2. ​

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BUCKER BESTMANN BU-181 MK6 
The Bü-181 Bestmann prototype
first flew in 1939 with a Hirth engine and was an instant success, being ordered in large numbers by the Luftwaffe as a trainer.
In the 1950s, the Heliopolis Aircraft Works in Egypt acquired a licence for the type and built around 300 Gomhourias, with a 145hp Continental engine, for the Egyptian and other Arab Air Forces. In all, 3,400 aircraft were built, only a handful of which survive today, of which this is one. 
This aircraft was imported into the UK in 2011 from Oldenburg in Germany and after a restoration has displayed at many UK and European airshows.
​This type of aircraft is most famous for its role in the film 'The Great Escape'.

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