{"id":211921,"date":"2026-04-04T18:06:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T16:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/?p=211921"},"modified":"2026-04-07T10:13:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T08:13:15","slug":"worlds-only-airworthy-yak-7b-takes-flight-at-wanaka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/worlds-only-airworthy-yak-7b-takes-flight-at-wanaka\/","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s Only Airworthy Yak-7B Takes Flight at Wanaka"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style>\n\n\n\n<table style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;margin-bottom:24px;font-size:15px;line-height:1.6\">\n<thead><tr><th colspan=\"2\" style=\"background:#1a1a2e;color:#fff;padding:12px 16px;text-align:left;font-size:16px\">Quick Facts<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr><td style=\"padding:10px 16px;border-bottom:1px solid #eee;font-weight:600;width:35%\">Aircraft<\/td><td style=\"padding:10px 16px;border-bottom:1px solid #eee\">Yakovlev Yak-7B (Flugwerk reproduction, ZK-YKB)<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background:#f9f9f9\"><td style=\"padding:10px 16px;border-bottom:1px solid #eee;font-weight:600\">Status<\/td><td style=\"padding:10px 16px;border-bottom:1px solid #eee\">Only airworthy Yak-7B in the world<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td style=\"padding:10px 16px;border-bottom:1px solid #eee;font-weight:600\">First Flight<\/td><td style=\"padding:10px 16px;border-bottom:1px solid #eee\">March 26, 2026 \u2014 Omaka Aerodrome, Blenheim, NZ<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background:#f9f9f9\"><td style=\"padding:10px 16px;border-bottom:1px solid #eee;font-weight:600\">Owner<\/td><td style=\"padding:10px 16px;border-bottom:1px solid #eee\">Mike O\u2019Rourke (New Zealand)<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td style=\"padding:10px 16px;border-bottom:1px solid #eee;font-weight:600\">Restored By<\/td><td style=\"padding:10px 16px;border-bottom:1px solid #eee\">JEM Aviation, Blenheim (Jay McIntyre)<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background:#f9f9f9\"><td style=\"padding:10px 16px;border-bottom:1px solid #eee;font-weight:600\">Colours<\/td><td style=\"padding:10px 16px;border-bottom:1px solid #eee\">Normandie-Niemen Free French fighter squadron<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td style=\"padding:10px 16px;font-weight:600\">Airshow Debut<\/td><td style=\"padding:10px 16px\">Warbirds Over Wanaka, April 3\u20135, 2026<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px\"><img data-opt-id=181038760  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/b\/b3\/Yak-7B_fighter_aircraft.jpg\/960px-Yak-7B_fighter_aircraft.jpg\" alt=\"Yakovlev Yak-7B Soviet fighter aircraft\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">A Yakovlev Yak-7B in wartime colours. Over 6,300 were built between 1941 and 1944. (Wikimedia Commons)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On March 26, 2026, a sound not heard in eight decades filled the sky over Blenheim, New Zealand. A Yakovlev Yak-7B \u2014 the only airworthy example of its type on Earth \u2014 lifted off from Omaka Aerodrome wearing the colours of a Free French squadron that fought alongside the Soviet Union against Nazi Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Days later, the aircraft made its public debut at Warbirds Over Wanaka, the legendary biennial airshow in the mountains of Otago. For the warbird community, this is more than a restoration milestone. It is a resurrection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"padding-top:22px\">A Fighter That Won the Eastern Front<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Yak-7 entered service in 1942 during the most desperate phase of the Eastern Front. The Yak-7B variant was the definitive model: powered by a Klimov M-105PF inline engine, light, agile, and easy to fly \u2014 critical when the Soviet Union was training thousands of new pilots under wartime pressure. It carried a 20mm ShVAK cannon and a 12.7mm UBS machine gun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over 6,300 Yak-7s were built between 1941 and 1944. They bridged the gap between the Yak-1 and the legendary Yak-9, holding the line during 1942 and 1943 while more advanced types entered production. Without the Yak-7, the air war over Stalingrad and Kursk would have looked very different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px\"><img data-opt-id=1486547554  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/d\/db\/Yakovlev_Yak-7DI_prototype.jpg\" alt=\"Yakovlev Yak-7DI prototype fighter\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">The Yak-7DI prototype that evolved into the Yak-9. The Yak-7 was the backbone of Soviet fighter aviation during the darkest years of the Eastern Front. (Wikimedia Commons)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"padding-top:22px\">The Normandie-Niemen Connection<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The colour scheme on this Yak-7B represents the Normandie-Niemen regiment \u2014 Free French volunteer pilots who flew Soviet aircraft on the Eastern Front from 1943 to 1945, earning 273 confirmed aerial victories. Owner Mike O\u2019Rourke chose the scheme because his wife Chantal is French \u2014 a personal tribute woven into a historical one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"padding-top:22px\">Seven Years to Fly Again<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>O\u2019Rourke brought the aircraft to New Zealand in 2019 as a Flugwerk reproduction. Getting it to flying condition required years of work by Jay McIntyre and his team at JEM Aviation. The restoration went far beyond cosmetics \u2014 numerous upgrades transformed it from an average warbird to an outstanding flying machine. The historically accurate paint scheme was researched and applied by Marty Nicoll at JEM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When ZK-YKB lifted off from Omaka, it was the culmination of seven years of work and the birth of the only Yak-7B flying anywhere in the world. At Wanaka it joins Spitfires, Mustangs, and Cold War jets \u2014 but nothing else on the field carries quite the same historical weight. The Eastern Front has come to the Southern Alps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Sources: Warbirds Over Wanaka, Scramble Magazine, Vintage Aviation News<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quick Facts Aircraft Yakovlev Yak-7B (Flugwerk reproduction, ZK-YKB) Status Only airworthy Yak-7B in the world First Flight March 26, 2026 \u2014 Omaka Aerodrome, Blenheim, NZ Owner Mike O\u2019Rourke (New Zealand) Restored By JEM Aviation, Blenheim (Jay McIntyre) Colours Normandie-Niemen Free French fighter squadron Airshow Debut Warbirds Over Wanaka, April 3\u20135, 2026 A Yakovlev Yak-7B in 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