Ex OK-HFD, built in Czechoslovakia (as a license-built Yak-11) sometime before 1956 for the Egyptian Air Force as 533. Delivered to Duxford in June 1989 and rebuilt as a Yak-3U replica from mid 1991 by Yakovlev OKB. It returned to Duxford on 4 July 1999, restored to flying condition for The Fighter Collection having been registered as G-BTHD on 7 March 1991. Registration cancelled on 14 March 2005 when it was sold to the USA as N130AM. It is still current in 2023 with Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, California.
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