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6 MAR 07: RUSSIAN REPAIRS

PROBLEMS with repairing the engine of a UK-based Yak-11 have led to a new company being started to cater for the Russian vintage radials.

Shvestov Engineering may sound as though it belongs deep behind the former Iron Curtain but it's actually based near Stratford-on-Avon. It will repair and overhaul the famous Russian Shvetsov series of engines, including the ASh-82 (Lavochin La-5 fighter), ASh-62 (Antonov AN-2 biplane) and ASh-21 (Yak-11 advanced trainer).

It was set up by Andrew Holman-West, who told LOOP, "I am fortunate enough to operate a Yak-11 but it has been grounded for 18 months due to metal in the oil. "I tried for over a year to find a repair shop which I was confident could both repair and zero-time overhaul the engine according to the manufacturer's specifications. Ultimately I concluded such an outfit didn't exist in the west so I decided to set up a facility. If I felt frustrated in this way, others must too."
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