The Yak-11/C.11 fighter trainer evolved via the Yak -3UTI from the excellent wartime Yak-3U low altitude fighter. A new fuselage center section and radial engine were the main differences. The prototype first flew in October 1945 and production began in 1946. License production in Czechoslovakia began in 1953. A total of 3,859 aircraft were built before production ended in 1956. Yak-11/C.11's were exported to Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland and the United Arab Republic (Egypt). NATO gave the trainer code name "Moose". In 1951, a Yak-11 set a world Class C-1 record at 292.88 mph over a 500 kilometer course. The "Moose" has been called the Soviet Harvard.

The Museum's aircraft is one of 41 Yak-11/C.11's and Yak-18's recovered from Egypt by Jean Salis and returned to France. It was rebuilt in 1987 at Chino, CA, with a 1350hp Pratt & Whitney R-1830-94 fourteen cylinder radial engine. The increased power radically increases performance. The Planes of Fame Yak is painted in the markings of a Lavochkin LA-7 fighter flown by Ivan Kozedub, the top Soviet ace. He scored 62 victories in World War II.

   

 
                  Power: 680/730hp Shevtsov Ash-21
                              7 cylinder, air-cooled radial.
                  Wing Span:   30 ft. 10 in. (original clipped wing: 32 ft. 7 in.) 
                  Length: 27 ft. 10.6 in. 
                  Loaded Weight: 5,512 lbs.
	          Armament: 1 x 7.7 mm or 12.7 mm machine gun in cowl
                                    and two 110 lb. practice bombs. 
                  Max. Speed: 286 mph at 7,380 ft.
                  Service Ceiling: 23,295 ft. 
                  Max. Range: 800 miles. 
 

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