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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