Lavochkin La-250
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The Lavochkin La-250 Anakonda was a high-altitude interceptor aircraft prototype developed in the Soviet Union in the 1950s. Its nickname anaconda was invented during the flight test and referred to both the elongated body shape as well as the relatively critical flight characteristics of the machine.

Su-15, Lavochkin La-250 and MiG Ye-152! In 1955, the USSR Council of Ministers was spurred by the thread from the U.S.1
Lavochkin La-250 Anakonda prototypes at the same time prior to confabulating them into one project somehow.2

Made by Lavochkin.

Another of the Lavochkin La-250's firsts was the use of an analogue "iron bird" simulator to test the flight control system on the ground before the first flights of the aircraft.3
Lavochkin La-250 "Anakonda" was a 1950s Soviet high-altitude interceptor aircraft prototype.4
Height Main
6.50 m
Height Alt
650.24
Engine(jet)
Lyulka AL-7F
Length Alt
2679.7000000000003
Max Takeoff Weight Main
27500.0
Thrust Main
98.0
Jet Or Prop
jet
Lists
* List of fighter aircraft* List of military aircraft of the Soviet Union and the CIS
Range Main
2000.0
Loaded Weight Main
24500.0
Max Speed Alt
994 mph
Loading Main
306
Max Speed Main
1800
Max Takeoff Weight Alt
60500.0
Ceiling Main
17
000 m
Number Built
5
Crew
2
Thrust/weight
Max Speed More
with missiles
Thrust Alt
22050
Armament
* 2 × Air-to-air missiles on underwing pylons
either 275
277
279
or 280.
Area Main
80.0 m²
Primary user
Soviet Air Forces
Span Alt
1389.3799999999999
Plane Or Copter?
plane
Manufacturer
Lavochkin
Status
Cancelled 1959
First Flight
1956
Number Of Jets
2
Loaded Weight Alt
53900.0
Type of jet
turbojet
Empty Weight Alt
41775.0
Thrust More
afterburning thrust
Length Main
26.80 m
Span Main
13.90 m
Area Alt
860.8
Range Alt
1
240 mi
Similar Aircraft
* F-101 Voodoo* F-106 Delta Dart
Related
* Tupolev Tu-28
Empty Weight Main
18988.0
Ceiling Alt
55760.0
Category
Abandoned military aircraft projects of the Soviet Union
Interceptor aircraft
Lavochkin aircraft
Soviet fighter aircraft 1950-1959
Loading Alt
63

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