Welcome to the official home page of "White 100". This website provides you with the newest information about the aircraft.
Aeroplane February 2009 contains a feature article written by Richard Paver about "White 100", to download a copy of the article click here ; with kind permission from http://www.aeroplanemonthly.co.uk
Year of Manufacture: 1944/1992
Design and Manufacture: Yakovlev Design Bureau, Moscow and Strela, Orenburg, Russia
Serial Number: 0470107
Registration: D-FJAK
Airframe TT: 120 hours
Engine
Allison V-1710/111 rebuild by http://www.vintagev12s.com in 2007; TT: 15 hours
Additional oil filter
Oil coolers from DC-3: oil temperature never rises above 85 deg C
All hoses and fittings AN
Prop
Hamilton Standard from http://californiaprop.com TT: 15 hours
Equipment
Electric compressor (by Cornelius) for air system
2nd air bottle fitted
Mode-S transponder Becker BXP6402 (Level 2, class 1)
Apollo SL60 (Comm, Nav and GPS)
Russian BRIZ radio
Russian AI
Engine Monitoring GEM 1200 from http://www.insightavionics.com
Mount for Garmin 496
New front screen by http://www.mecaplex.ch/
New Paint using Akzo Nobel Advanced Coatings Products http://www.anac.com/ in 2008
Latest update: 10th January 2009