Lavochkin La-11
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The Lavochkin La-11 is an early post-World War II Soviet long-range piston-engined fighter aircraft. The design was essentially that of a Lavochkin La-9 with additional fuel tanks and the removal of o
A La-11 mounted on a memorial in Zaporizhia, Ukraine.
A Soviet Lavochkin La-11 in Sweden, May 1949
Lavochkin La-11 in the Indonesian Air force Museum, Yogyakarta
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15
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The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 is a single-seat transonic jet fighter aircraft developed by Mikoyan-Gurevich for the Soviet Union. The MiG-15 was one of the first successful jet fighters to incorporate s
Lavochkin La-11
…the jet engine led swiftly to the La-11s (and La-9s) in most frontline Soviet Air Force (VVS) units being replaced with early Soviet jets such as the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15. While quickly ousted from service with the VVS, the La-9 and 11 would both see service well into the 1950s and 1960s with the Chinese People’s Liberation…
PZL Mielec Lim-2, Polish variant of the MiG-15bis
Front view of a MiG-15
MiG-15UTI Trainer version, Chino Planes of Fame Air Museum
Split forward air intake