Photograph by my British friend, Ken Palmer, taken at Old Warden Aerodrome, Bedfordshire, on 2 May 2004.

Photograph by my British friend, Ken Palmer, taken at the Midldenhall Air Fete in 2000.

Photograph by my British friend, Ken Palmer, taken at Rougham, Suffolk, on 26 June 2004.

Photograph by my British friend, Ken Palmer, taken at Rougham, Suffolk, on 20 August 2000.

Photograph by my British friend, Ken Palmer, taken at Old Buckenham airfield, on 30 June 2001.

Photograph by my British friend, Ken Palmer, taken at Rougham, Suffolk, on 26 June 2004.

Photograph by my British friend, Ken Palmer, taken at Rougham, Suffolk, on 26 June 2004.

Photograph by my British friend, Ken Palmer, taken at Duxford on 7 October 2004.

Photograph by my British friend, Ken Palmer, taken at Elmsett Airfield, Bucks., on 3 July 2004.

Photograph by my British friend, Ken Palmer, taken at Rougham, Suffolk, on 26 June 2004

Photograph by my British friend, Ken Palmer, taken at Rougham, Suffolk, on 26 June 2004

Photographed by my friend in Britain, Ken Palmer at Old Warden on 2 August 2009.

Photographed by my friend in Britain, Ken Palmer at Rougham, Suffolk, on 20 August 2006.

Beautiful nose art captured by my friend Ken Palmer in England at Rougham, Suffolk, on 25 June 2006.

Photograph I took at a show in Frederick, Maryland, probably in the early 1990s.

Photo by my friend Ken Palmer taken at Rougham, Suffolk, on 13 August 1995

Photo by my friend Ken Palmer at Old Warden Aerodrome on 4 June 1995.

Photo by my friend Ken Palmer taken on 2 July 1995

Photo by my friend Ken Palmer at Old Warden Aerodrome on 4 June 1995.

Photographed by my British friend Ken Palmer at Rougham, Suffolk, on 30 June 2001.

Photographed by my British friend Ken Palmer at Seething airfield in Norfolk in September 1998.

Photographed by my British friend Ken Palmer

Photographed by my British friend Ken Palmer at Rougham, Suffolk, on 21 August 2005.

Photographed by my British friend Ken Palmer at Rougham, Suffolk, on 20 August 2000

Photo by my friend Ken Palmer at Old Warden Aerdrome on 4 June 1995.

Photo by my friend Ken Palmer at Old Warden Aerdrome on 4 June 1995.

Photo by my friend Ken Palmer at Old Warden Aerodrome on 4 June 1995.

Photo by my friend Ken Palmer at Rougham airfield, Sussex, on 27 June 2004.

Close up of nose art on Yak-52 taken by my friend Ken Palmer at Rougham airfield, Sussex, on 27 June 2004.

Photo by my friend Ken Palmer at Rougham airfield, Sussex, on 27 June 2004.

Photo by my friend Ken Palmer at Rougham airfield, Sussex, on 27 June 2004.

Photo by my friend Ken Palmer at Rougham airfield, Sussex, on 27 June 2004.

By a friend in the early 1990s.

Taken by my friend Ken Palmer at Little Snoring airfield, Norfolk, on 14 June 1996.

Taken by my friend Ken Palmer at Little Snoring airfield, Norfolk, on 14 June 1996.

Photo by my friend Ken Palmer taken at Old Warden Aerodrome on 5 June 2005.

Photo by my friend Ken Palmer

Photo by my friend Ken Palmer taken at Rougham airfield, Sussex, 13 August 1995.

Photo by my friend Ken Palmer

Photo by my friend Ken Palmer probably at Old Warden Aerodrome on 4 June 1995

Yak-52 photographed by my friend Key Palmer in England at Rougham, Suffolk, on 28 June 2003.

Yak-52 photographed by my friend Key Palmer in England at Rougham, Suffolk, on 28 June 2003.

Yak-52 photographed at Rougham, Suffolk, by my friend Ken Palmer on 29 June 2002.

Yak-52 photographed by my friend Key Palmer in England at Rougham, Suffolk, on 28 June 2003.

Photo by my friend Ken Palmer taken at Duxford airfield, 12 July 2002.

Yak-52 photographed by my friend Key Palmer in England.

Yak-52 photographed by my friend Key Palmer in England.

Yak-52 photographed by my friend Key Palmer in England.

Yak-52 photographed by my friend Ken Palmer in England.

I photographed this pair of Yak-52 at the local airport here in Moore County, North Carolina, in September 2014.

I photographed this Yak-52 at the local airport here in Moore County, North Carolina, in September 2014.

I photographed this Yak-52 at the local airport here in Moore County, North Carolina, in September 2014.

I photographed this Yak-52 at the local airport here in Moore County, North Carolina, in September 2014.

I photographed this Yak-52 at the local airport here in Moore County, North Carolina, in September 2014.

I photographed this Yak-52 at the local airport here in Moore County, North Carolina, in September 2014.

I photographed this Yak-52 at the local airport here in Moore County, North Carolina, in September 2014.

I photographed this Yak-52 at the local airport here in Moore County, North Carolina, in September 2014.

I photographed this Yak-52 at the local airport here in Moore County, North Carolina, in September 2014.

I photographed this Yak-52 at the local airport here in Moore County, North Carolina, in September 2014.

Photographed by my friend Ken Palmer in England.

Photographed by my friend Ken Palmer at Rougham, Suffolk, on 5 October 2003.

Another Yak-52 by my friend Ken Palmer in England taken at Rougham, Suffolk, on 13 August 1995.

Taken by my friend Ken Palmer at Old Warden Airfield on 4 June 1995.

Taklen by my friend Ken Palmerr.