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The Lavochkin La-11 (NATO reporting name Fang) was an early post-World War II long-range piston-engined Soviet fighter aircraft. Lavochkin Design Bureau ( OKB-301) was a Soviet aircraft design bureau (OKB now defunct named for its head designer Semyon Lavochkin. NATO reporting names are unclassified Code names for military equipment of the Eastern Bloc ( Soviet Union and other nations of the Warsaw pact World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including A soviet (сове́т, "council" originally was a workers' local council in late Imperial Russia. A fighter aircraft is a Military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat with other Aircraft, as opposed to a Bomber, which is designed

1 Development
2 Operational history
3 Users
4 Specifications (La-11)
5 References
6 External links
7 See also

Development

One of the recommendations from the government testing of Lavochkin La-130 (Lavochkin La-9 prototype) was to further develop it into a long-range escort fighter. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The escort fighter was a World War II concept for a Fighter aircraft designed to escort Bombers to and from their targets The resultant La-134 prototype (also sometimes referred to as La-9M) featured increased fuel and oil capacity. Armament was reduced to three cannons. The prototype flew in May 1947. This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1947 Events January January 26, A KLM Douglas Dakota crashed The second prototype, La-134D had fuel capacity increased by an additional 275 liters (73 US gallons) with wing and external fuel tanks. The aircraft was fitted with larger tires to accommodate the increased weight and amenities for long flights such as increased padding in the seat, armrests, and a urinal. In addition, a full radio navigation suite was installed. Not surprisingly, combat performance with a full fuel load suffered. However, as the fuel load approached that of La-9, so did the performance. The aircraft was found to be poorly suited for combat above 7,000 m (23,000 ft). The new fighter, designated La-11 entered production in 1947. By the end of production in 1951, a total of 1,182 aircraft were built. This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1951: Events February February 21 - an English Electric Canberra

Operational history

First documented combat use of La-11 took place on April 8, 1950, when these fighters shot down an American Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer over the Baltic Sea with all 10 crew lost. The Baltic Sea is a Brackish inland sea located in Northern Europe, from 53°N to 66°N Latitude and from 20°E to 26°E Longitude. Later the same year, La-11 shot down a Lockheed P2V Neptune. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout By July 1950, La-11 were flying combat air patrol missions over North Korea. This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1950: Events Arrow Air is founded March Combat air patrol (CAP is a type of flying mission for Fighter aircraft. North Korea is the commonly used short form name for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (or DPRK) a State located in East Asia, The aircraft's main target during the Korean War was the Douglas A-26 Invader night bomber, although numerous skirmishes with North American P-51 Mustangs also took place. The Korean War refers to a period of military conflict between North Korean and South Korean regimes with major hostilities lasting from June 25 1950 until the See also Martin B-26 Marauder WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page Attempts to intercept Boeing B-29 Superfortress bombers proved fruitless. La-11 required 26 minutes to reach B-29's cruise altitude and once there had a speed advantage of only 20 km/h (12 mph) making it easy for the B-29 to evade the attacker in a shallow dive.

Users

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Soviet Air Force

People's Republic of China
North Korea

Specifications (La-11)

General characteristics

Crew: One
Length: 8. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 The Soviet Air Force, also known under the abbreviation VVS, transliterated from Russian: ВВС, Военно-воздушные силы ( Voenno-Vozdushnye Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES North Korea is the commonly used short form name for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (or DPRK) a State located in East Asia, 62 m (28 ft 3 in)
Wingspan: 9. The wingspan (or just span) of an airplane or a Bird, is the distance from the left wingtip to the right wingtip 80 m (32 ft 2 in)
Height: 3. 47 m (11 ft 5 in)
Wing area: 17. 6 m² (189 ft²)
Empty weight: 2,770 kg (6,107 lb)
Loaded weight: 3,730 kg (8,223 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 3,996 kg (8,810 lb)
Powerplant: 1× Shvetsov ASh-82FN air-cooled radial engine with a two-stage supercharger and fuel injection, 1,380 kW (1,850 hp)

Performance

Maximum speed: 674 km/h (420 mph) at altitude
Range: 2,235 km (1,393 mi)
Service ceiling 10,250 m (33,620 ft)
Rate of climb: 758 m/min (2,486 ft/min)
Wing loading: 212 kg/m² (44 lb/ft²)
Power/mass: 0. The Maximum Takeoff Weight or Maximum Takeoff Mass of an Aircraft is the maximum weight at which the pilot of the aircraft is allowed to attempt to take off WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The radial engine is a reciprocating type internal combustion Engine configuration in which the cylinders point outward from a central A supercharger is an air compressor used for Forced induction of an Internal combustion engine. Fuel injection is a system for mixing fuel with air in an Internal combustion engine. In Aviation, V-speeds or Velocity-speeds are standard terms used to define Airspeeds important or useful to the operation of Aircraft, such The maximal total range is the distance an Aircraft can fly between Takeoff and Landing, as limited by fuel capacity in powered aircraft or cross-country In Aeronautics, a ceiling is the maximum Density altitude an aircraft can reach under a set of conditions In Aerodynamics, the rate of climb RoC is the speed at which an Aircraft increases its Altitude. In Aerodynamics, wing loading is the loaded weight of the aircraft divided by the area of the wing Power-to-weight ratio (specific power is a calculation commonly applied to Engines and other mobile power sources to enable the comparison of one unit or design to another 37 kW/kg (0. 23 hp/lb)

Armament

3x 23 mm Nudelman-Suranov NS-23 cannons, 75 rounds/gun

References

Notes

Biblliography

Gordon, Yefim. The NS-23 was a 23 mm aircraft cannon designed by A E Nudelman, A Lavochkin's Piston-Engined Fighters (Red Star Volume 10). Earl Shilton, Leicester, UK: Midland Publishing Ltd. , 2003. ISBN 1-85780-151-2.
Kopenhagen, W (ed. ), Das große Flugzeug-Typenbuch (in German). Transpress, 1987, ISBN 3-344-00162-0

External links

http://www.aviation.ru/La/#11

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