A quick copy/paste from the first post in that haystack:
There are about 53 Yak-3/9/11 & LET C-11 type aircraft flying in the world: Belgium: 1 (D-FENK) Czech Republic: 2 (OK-JZE, OK-KII) Finland: 1 (G-YCII) France: 10 (F-AYAK, F-AZFJ, F-AZIR, F-AZJB, F-AZLY, F-AZNN, F-AZOK, F-AZOS, F-AZXZ, F-AZYF) Germany: 8 (D-FAFA, D-FJII, D-FLUG, D-FMAX, D-FYAC, D-FYAK, D-FYGJ, D-FYWM) Italy: 1 (D-FIST) Netherlands: 1 (F-AZZK) New Zealand: 2 (ZK-VVS, ZK-YOV) South Africa: 1 (N17ZA) United Kingdom: 6 (F-AZIM, G-BTUB, G-BTZE, G-BZMY, G-OLEG, G-OYAK) United States: 20 (N102Y, N1157H, N11WY, N130AM, N16YK, N18AW, N2124X, N219Y, N25YK, N261MS, N316DH, N42YK, N43UP, N4425S, N498SD, N529SB, N5943, N6373Y, N6388U, N854DP)
-----Purposely not included: F-AZZV and G-CDBJ, which I believe are undergoing repairs. I have removed ZK-YYY from the list, as it was severely damaged/wing torn off at Warbirds Over Wanaka after clipping a cherry picker left on the grass runway. N7YK (**new/future reg required**) in New Zealand is undergoing overhaul/restoration work at Omaka.
Allison-Engined Yak-3 New Production (12): D-FLUG, D-FYAC, D-FYGJ, (F-AZZV), (G-CDBJ), G-OLEG, N102Y, N17ZA, N42YK, N529SB, N854DP, ZK-VVS Allison-Engined Yak-9 New Production (10): D-FAFA, D-FENK, D-FIST, HB-RYA, N1157H, N219Y, N4425S, N6373Y, N6388U, (VH-YIX) Allison-Engined Yak-3 Conversions (built from LET C-11's): F-AZLY, F-AZXZ, N130AM, (ZK-YYY) N7YK is converted from a LET C-11 to resemble a Yak-7, and powered by an Allison engine
There are about 12 MiG-15's flying in the world: Canada: 1 (C-FMVN) Czechia: 1 (OK-UTI) Norway: 1 (N104CJ) Poland: 1 (SP-YNZ) Russia: 1 (RA-0488G) United States: 7 (N15UT, N87CN, N996, N669MG, N515MG, N157GL)
There are about 10 MiG-17's flying in the world: United States: (N117BR, N1710, N1713P, N17HQ, N217SH, N406DM, N620PF, N6953X, N717MG, N917F)
-----Purposely not included: N1426D, N217JG, N217RH, N711TF, and N905DM, which haven't appeared to be active in the last few years.
There are 2 Mig-3's flying in the world: Russia: (RA-1563G, RA-2224G)
-----Purposely not included: N107FB, which has not flown since arriving in the US several years ago.
There are only one or two Polikarpov fighters currently in the world (only a few flown): Germany: (I-16 "D-EPRN") Spain: (I-16 "EC-JRK")
-----Purposely not included: The I-153 EC-LPC in Spain is not known to be an active flyer. All five the of the US-based Polikarpov fighters, the I-15 "N3815R", I-153 "N153RP", I-16 "N1639P", I-16 "N30425", and I-16 "N7459", are not active. All four of the Russian-based Polikarpov fighters, the I-15 "02089", I-15 "RA-0281G", I-153 "RA-1562G", and I-16 "RA-1561G", are said to be undergoing major overhauls..
There is 1 Ilyushin IL-2 flying in the world: Russia: (RA-2783G)
I have not searched through the rest of the thread for all the updates, but I have a feeling that as this first post has been updated recently, this is a pretty good summary of today's situation.
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