Testing the mighty Allison V-1710 engine. The text on the side, СМЕРТЬ ФАШИЗМУ! (Smert' Fashyzmu!) means as much as Death to Fascism. One of a batch of 11 built in 1996 by Yakovlev in Orenburg, Russia, in this case for a US customer. Registered N234BJ and exported to Germany in 2005. Was for sale in May 2024 by the pilot still mentioned below the canopy: Gerhard Bumüller, "Viper".
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