Shvetsov ASh-82
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The Shvetsov ASh-82, also known as the M-82, is a Soviet 14-cylinder, two-row, air-cooled radial aircraft engine developed from the Shvetsov M-62, which in turn was the result of development of the M-
Preserved Shvetsov ASh-82 at the Prague Aviation Museum, Kbely
ASh-82T aircraft engine. The black metal plates mid-engine are baffles that re-direct airflow from the front of the engine (on the right in this image) over the heads of the cylinders.
Lavochkin La-5
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The Lavochkin La-5 was a Soviet fighter aircraft of World War II. It was a development and refinement of the LaGG-3, replacing the earlier model's inline engine with the much more powerful Shvetsov AS
Shvetsov ASh-82
…of Soviet aircraft. It powered the Tupolev Tu-2 and Pe-8 bombers and the inline engine-powered LaGG-3 was adapted for the ASh-82 producing the famous Lavochkin La-5 fighter and its development, Lavochkin La-7, additionally the Lavochkin La-9 with its Lavochkin La-11 escort variant and Ilyushin Il-14 airliner were…
Lavochkin La-5F
Replica of Capt. Georgii Dmitrievich Kostylev's La-5 of the 4th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment, White 15 that served in Leningrad 1943, at the Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Moscow, 2005.
La-5
La-5F