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Lavochkin La-5 1942 |
Adaptation of the basic LaGG-3 airframe for a 14-
cylinder two-row radial Shvetsov M-82 engine without
major redesign of fundamental components resulted ... read more ... |
The ultimate refinement of the basic La-5 rather than a
new design, the La-7 was developed from the autumn
of 1943 under ... read more ... |
Lavochkin La-7 1944 |
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Lavochkin La-126 1945 |
By the end of 1944, the Lavochkin bureau had abandoned
further development of the mixed-construction
La-7 in favour of an entirely new ... read more ... |
Closely related to the La-126, the La-130 - first flown on
16 June 1946 - embodied a number of refinements, both
aerodynamic ... read more ... |
Lavochkin La-9 1946 |
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Lavochkin La-150 1946 |
The Lavochkin bureau's response to Yosif Stalin's order
of February 1945 to design and build a single-seat jet
fighter around a Junkers ... read more ... |
Despite its designation, the La-152 bore little more relation
to the La-150 than its common design bureau
origin. The wing, although similar ... read more ... |
Lavochkin La-152 1946 |
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Lavochkin La-11 1947 |
Evolved from the La-9 to meet a requirement for a
fighter with sufficient range to fulfil the escort role, the
La-11 was ... read more ... |
The first Soviet fighter to utilise wing sweepback, and
consequently known unofficially as the Strelka (Dart),
the La-160 featured 35° of leading-edge ... read more ... |
Lavochkin La-160 1947 |
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Lavochkin La-15 1948 |
A replacement prototype for the La-172 was designated
La-174D (the suffix signifying dubler, literally "replacement"),
and entered flight test in August 1948. ... read more ... |
In March 1946, Yosif Stalin assigned the task of developing
advanced single-seat fighters around the
newly-acquired Rolls-Royce Nene turbojet to the design
bureaux ... read more ... |
Lavochkin La-168 1948 |
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Lavochkin La-172 1948 |
In parallel with the specification to which the La-168
was to be developed, a requirement was formulated for
a lighter "frontal fighter" ... read more ... |
Whereas sweptback surfaces had been adopted for
both the La-168 and La-172, the La-174TK, designed to
meet the demands of the same ... read more ... |
Lavochkin La-174TK 1948 |
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Lavochkin La-176 1948 |
Combining a fuselage essentially similar to that of the
Lavochkin La-168 with wings sweptback 45° at
quarter-chord, the La-176 was flown in ... read more ... |
Designed to meet a requirement formulated in 1948 for
a two-seat twin-engined all-weather interceptor, the
La-200 was flown for the first time ... read more ... |
Lavochkin La-200 1949 |
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Lavochkin La-190 1951 |
Owing little or nothing to earlier fighters from the
Lavochkin design bureau, the La-190 was conceived to
meet the demand of Yosif ... read more ... |
The issue in November 1951 of a specification for an all-weather
fighter capable of mounting standing patrols
led the Lavochkin bureau to ... read more ... |
Lavochkin La-200B 1952 |
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Lavochkin La-250 1956 |
Destined to be the last aircraft produced by the Lavochkin
design bureau, the La-250, known unofficially as
the Anaconda, was designed to ... read more ... |
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