RAFAELYANTS

Aram Nazarovich Rafaelyants was chief engineer at GVF repair/mod shops at Bykovo on Volga 1929-59. Major improvements 1929 to transports, PR-5, U-2L and Li-2, and own-design RAF-1 ultralight 1925, RAF-2 2-seat monoplane 1926, RAF-11 twin-engine transport 1938 (production prevented by war) and Turbolyet jet-lift test rig designed with Prof. Matveyev 1957.

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