For J-20 reproduced the whole system of the American fighter. China recently shot a very convincing video with a J-20 fighter, which was widely discussed in the world media. Perhaps this is a coincidence, but after a while, the video from the Su-57 was published by the Russian Ministry of Defense. In it, finally, the […]
Read MoreIn 1943, intensive experimental studies at TsAGI continued to further improve the aerodynamics of the La-5FN. At the same time, designers improved their aircraft. As a result, at the beginning of 1944, a new La-7 fighter was launched for testing. It was distinguished by a lightweight design (finally, metal spars appeared on La aircraft), reinforced […]
Read MoreLa-5 fighter appeared due to the modification of LaGG-3 to the new air-cooled engine M-82 A.D. Shvetsov, who at that time was not in demand. Due to its significantly greater power in comparison with the M-105P, the LaGG-5 fighter acquired those qualities that he so lacked: the speed and rate of climb increased significantly, and […]
Read MoreSingle fighter of the USSR. It was in service with the Red Army Air Force during the Second World War. It was used as a fighter, fighter-interceptor, fighter-bomber, reconnaissance aircraft. This fighter was developed under the leadership of the triumvirate of designers: S.A. Lavochkina. V.P. Gor6unova and M.I. Gudkova. Its prototype, called I-301, went to […]
Read MoreThe first two years of the war were a difficult test for the Red Army and the entire Soviet state. The military equipment created in the pre-war period — tanks, artillery systems, airplanes — underwent a serious exam. Only in 1942, Soviet industry was able to switch to military rails and significantly increase output. Evacuated […]
Read MoreThe Yak-7 is a Soviet single-piston fighter of the Second World War period, created at the Yakovlev Design Bureau on the basis of the Yak-7UTI training machine. The release of the aircraft began in late 1941 and continued until 1944. Yak-7UTI, being developed for training flight personnel, underwent a number of amazing transformations in the […]
Read MoreOvercoming in 1943 the shortage of light aviation materials, the TsAGI wind tunnel re-evacuation, as well as the experience gained, allowed OKB AS. Yakovlev finally begin to create a fighter capable of gaining air superiority on the Eastern Front. The basis was taken well-developed and finished fighter Yak-1. Its design was revised and a thorough […]
Read MoreThe Yak-1 is a Soviet piston fighter during the Second World War. He became the first combat vehicle developed at the Yakovlev Design Bureau and laid the foundation for a series of aircraft that became the basis of Soviet fighter aircraft during the Great Patriotic War. The Yak-1 fighter was put into service in 1940, […]
Read MoreThe aircraft, which became the most massive new generation fighter in the Red Army Air Force at the beginning of the Soviet-German war, was conceived as an interceptor fighter optimized for medium and high altitudes. Development under the code “K” (I-61) began in 1939 under the guidance of N.N. Polikarpova. In December 1939, the design […]
Read MoreThe history of the creation of the Petlyakov Pe-3 aircraft is quite twisty and represents the successive transformation of a fighter into a bomber, and then again into a fighter. Since 1938, the design team of V.M. Petlyakova was developing a twin-engine high-altitude fighter under the designation “100”. The triple monoplane with a two-winged tail […]
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