i imagine it's hard to find a good mechanic for your MiG-17
From: ComPilots.com - Aviation Portal - MiG-17 Crash:
"Searchers located Saturday the wreckage of a privately owned Soviet-era MiG-17 fighter plane that crashed, killing the pilot, while en route to the Arizona air show.The body of George Cambron, 50, of Louisville, was found in the wreckage 12 miles northwest of Truth or Consequences, state police Lt. Pat Werick said.[...]First manufactured in Russia in the 1950s, the MiG-17 was used in the Korean and Vietnam Wars. The FAA said the aircraft often are brought to the United States and converted into airplanes used for pleasure."
...50+ year old Soviet technology seems like an all-or-nothing proposition for the private sector: it's either the very picture of reliability-through-brutish-simplicity or certain doom.