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Welcome to Barry Smith's ACRO website

The world of serious sport and competition aerobatics is now almost exclusively dominated by aeroplanes that are operationally expensive, even in the lower competition levels, effectively preventing access to pilots with less expendable incomes.

In a sport that needs lots of regular practise to develop the essential skills, it’s inevitable that much talent is unnecessarily lost . . .

As the cost of fuel increases across the world, operationally affordable but competition capable aeroplanes must one day become fashionable and create a viable market to produce them.

ACRO Advanced
ACRO Advanced

In the meantime, in retirement, my vocation and enthusiasm continues in the design, development and operation of affordable aerobatic engines and aeroplanes.

Have fun! - Barry

Watch Barry demonstrate the Acro Advanced:
ACRO Advanced Video

2021 - Information

Yearby Weather is currently using the Weather34 Template (Yearby Weather 1) and Fresh WDL (Yearby Weather 2). Weather Display Live used Adobe Flash Player which has now reached 'End of Life' and will no longer work in browsers. FreshWDL runs on Javascript and HTML5. However, it cannot be customised in the same way as WDL.

Fighting Planning Applications for Wind Turbines near Airfields

The Planning Application that threatened Yearby Airfield was withdrawn.
We are happy to pass on any information that we learned, in the two and a half years of fighting this application, to help any aviation facility that is threatened in this way.

Wind Turbines next to Airfields video

Contact:

Telephone
01642 470322
Email acro@btinternet.com

Barry Smith

Yearby Airstrip Trust

Turners Arms Airstrip

Yearby

Redcar

TS11 8HH

United Kingdom

Location:

Articles:

Article on Carburettor Icing
Carburettor Icing
Article on Stall Spin Accidents
The Oldest Accident
Article on Evaluating Risk
Evaluating Risk
Article on Hidden Human Factors
Hidden Human Factors

Contact:

Telephone
01642 470322
Email
acro@btinternet.com

Barry Smith

Yearby Airstrip Trust,

Turner's Arms Farm

Yearby

Redcar

TS11 8HH

United Kingdom

Contact:

Telephone
01642 470322
Email
acro@btinternet.com

Barry Smith

Yearby Airstrip Trust, Turner's Arms Farm, Yearby, Redcar, TS11 8HH, United Kingdom

Location:

Articles:

Article on Carburretor Icing
Carburettor Icing
Article on Stall Spin Accidents
The Oldest Accident
Article on Evaluating Risk
Evaluating Risk
Article on Hidden Human Factors
Hidden Human Factors