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Weight savings due to elimination of wood from the airframe allowed for greatly improved fuel capacity and four-cannon armament. Mock combat demonstrated that the La-130 was evenly matched with the La-7 but was inferior to the Yakovlev Yak-3 in horizontal planes. The new fighter, officially designated La-9, entered production in August 1946.
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LA 9, LA-9, La-9, LA9 or La9 may refer to: . Lavochkin La-9, a Cold War-era Soviet fighter aircraft; Louisiana Highway 9, a north–south road in northern Louisiana; Louisiana's 9th State Senate district, a state senate district representing the Jefferson Parish city of Metairie, and incorporating smaller parts of Jefferson and Uptown New Orleans
The aircraft are light and stubby so as to maneuver quickly in the air. Each has a 8 ft 2 in (2.5 m) crepe paper streamer attached to the rear of the aircraft by a 3 m (9.8 ft) string. Each pilot attacks only the other aircraft's streamer, to attempt to cut it with their propeller or wing. Each cut scores 100 points.
Tiger Rat Pilot Alexander P. Russo O-5 Air Force Tiger Force Packaged with the "Tiger Rat" fighter plane. 1988 Spearhead and Max Pointman Peter R. Millman E-4 Army Night Force Max is Spearhead's bobcat. 1988 Storm Shadow: Ninja/Intelligence: Thomas S. Arashikage N/A Army Ninja Force This marks his first appearance as a member of the G.I. Joe ...
The Ring Raiders toy line featured an array of aircraft dating from World War II to the present day, including the then-"Futuristic" designs. With the exception of the fictional Nightingale helicopter, Airborne aircraft carriers and both Monogram and Testors versions of the F-19 Stealth Fighter model kits, all were based on real aircraft.
The Lavochkin La-7 (Russian: Лавочкин Ла-7; NATO reporting name: Fin) [2] was a piston-engined single-seat Soviet fighter aircraft developed during World War II by the Lavochkin Design Bureau. It was a development and refinement of the Lavochkin La-5, and the last in a family of aircraft that had begun with the LaGG-1 in 1938.
TWA pilot Executive Robert Tharp (R.T.) Smith (February 23, 1918 – August 21, 1995) was an American World War II fighter pilot and ace , credited with 8.7, 8.9 or 9 Japanese aircraft while fighting with the American Volunteer Group (Flying Tigers) .