[rossmum]

We don;t need another noob plane...

No such thing. Anyone who knows how to handle their own can take down the so-called 'noob' planes, and if they honestly can't even do that, there's nothing stopping them from taking it up themselves.

Sorry if that came off as rude, but as someone who flies the Spitfire Mk.IX almost exclusively, I'm sick to death of (mainly 109) pilots constantly on the moan about how it can out-turn them or out-speed them. A good pilot never blames his plane - or the enemy's.

As for the La-9, I'd like to see it ingame; in any case, it's hardly a 'noob' plane when there are Sabres on the loose to wipe the floor with it.