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Breaking Mach 1.0 — Soviet Style
Posted by HW on 26 Dec 2012 /
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Published on December 26, 2012 The Lavochkin La-176 was a competitive Soviet jet fighter prototype that competed against the MiG-15 for selection as the Soviet Union’s premiere jet fighter of the upcoming 1950s. Yet while the MiG-15 was easier and cheaper to build, the La-176 was actually a more sophisticated bit of engineering. As a [...]
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