1/48 Mikro Mir Lavochkin La-9 Soviet Fighter 48-005

The Lavochkin La-9 (NATO reporting name Fritz) was a Soviet fighter aircraft produced shortly after World War II. It was a piston engined aircraft produced at the start of the jet age.

This fighter had all-metal construction and a laminar flow wing. Weight savings due to elimination of wood from the airframe allowed for greatly improved fuel capacity and four-cannon armament. The new fighter, officially designated La-9, entered production in August 1946. A total of 1,559 aircraft were built by the end of production in 1948.

A handful of others remain in museums in China, Korea and one in Romania.

• Length – 8625 mm
• Wingspan – 9800 mm
• Height – 3560 mm
• Weight – 3676 kg
• Speed max. – 690 km/h
• Range – 1735 km
• Rate of climb – 1064 m/min.
• Ceiling – 10800 m
• Engine – АSh-82FN
• Armament – 4 х 23 mm guns NS-23