20.07.2009, 12:17
I brought up this question because i noticed several people asking in that other thread questions like "Is this real?" "I never heard of this variant before" and such.
Obviously, there are some here who are confused by it. Not all of us here are history buffs and grognards, though some clearly are
Re: the La-7R - it doesn't matter if it was put in service or not, it physically existed, it flew and it's performance was recorded. Therefore it is real even if there were only two of them.
On the other hand i couldn't find any historical reference to back up the LaGG-3RD. There was a somewhat similar La-152 but the similarity seems superficial - like with Yak-15 and Yak-17, they both look similar on the outside but the airframe is in fact very much different. The La-152 does not look like it is using a LaGG-3 airframe like the plane we have in game does.
So if someone has evidence that can back up the existence of the LaGG jet i'd be very much interested in seeing it.
Obviously, there are some here who are confused by it. Not all of us here are history buffs and grognards, though some clearly are
Re: the La-7R - it doesn't matter if it was put in service or not, it physically existed, it flew and it's performance was recorded. Therefore it is real even if there were only two of them.
On the other hand i couldn't find any historical reference to back up the LaGG-3RD. There was a somewhat similar La-152 but the similarity seems superficial - like with Yak-15 and Yak-17, they both look similar on the outside but the airframe is in fact very much different. The La-152 does not look like it is using a LaGG-3 airframe like the plane we have in game does.
So if someone has evidence that can back up the existence of the LaGG jet i'd be very much interested in seeing it.