Not a passenger. A participant.

Most historic fighter aircraft today sit behind ropes in museums. You can walk around them, Look into the cockpit and Imagine what it must have been like to sit in that seat.

The Yak-7B Liberté offers something different.

In this aircraft, you take the controls. Not as a spectator. But as a participant. Hosted by your pilot, you experience the aircraft from the controls while they guide the flight.

Why This Aircraft Is Different

The Yak-7 was developed as a two-seat training fighter, allowing experienced pilots to train new fighter pilots in the aircraft itself. That design still exists today.

Most fighter aircraft of the Second World War were built with a single cockpit, the Yak-7 has two cockpits and two full sets of controls.

You Take the Controls

Climb into the cockpit and the aircraft immediately feels alive.

Your hands settle on the control stick.
Your feet on the rudder pedals.
Ahead of you, the long nose of a wartime fighter.

The fighter responds as it banks through the sky.

Small movements on the controls translate directly into the movement of the aircraft.

You begin to experience how these aircraft were flown.

The Character of a Fighter

The Yak-7B was built for moments like this.

More than 1,000 horsepower pulls the fighter forward as it accelerates down the runway.

Moments later the aircraft lifts cleanly into the air.

From the cockpit, the experience is real and raw.

You feel the movement of the aircraft as it turns, climbs and settles into flight.