1952 YAKOVLEV YAK-11 SOLD

History & Background Built in 1952 at Yakovlev facility with serial number Y-5434, this aircraft was used by the Egyptian Army & is part of a batch of aircraft that was recovered & brought from Egypt by Raymond Capel & Salis Aviation. In 1982, on the initiative of Alain Capel who discovered the existence of some Yak 11s in Egypt & the possibility of recovering them, Salis Aviation negotiated the acquisition of the lot with the Egyptian authorities. With the combined resources of Jean Salis, Capel & Jacques Raymond Bourret, the contract was signed in June 1983. It was then arranging the dismantling of the abandoned machines at the El Khanda depot in the Nile Delta, loading into containers, transporting them by truck to port of Alexandria in Egypt & by ship to Marseille. Arriving in France with other spare parts, this Yak-11 was purchased & restored by Philippe Joyet, a friend of the Salis family, in Lausanne, where it made its first post-restoration flight in 1994. It was based in Lons until 2005, then in Germany until June 2011, when it was purchased by the Salis family in La Ferté Alais. It has been sold to Italy & was based at Ravenna Airport since Summer 2015. Airframe 320 hrs since restoration Engine Svetsov ASH 21(700 hp) Original 7-cylinders air-cooled radial piston engine 320 hrs since restoration Propeller Wish 2-bladed constant speed propeller 20 hrs TSO Radios/Avionics New Garmin transponder & radio Options Smoke system Equipment & Documentation Tow bar Original headset helmet & musk Canopy cover Manuals, books & parts