Sukhoi Su-9 (1946)

This article describes the first aircraft to carry the Su-9 designation. For the later supersonic interceptor, see Sukhoi Su-9
Sukhoi Su-11 (1947) redirects here. For the later supersonic interceptor, see Sukhoi Su-11
Su-9
Sukhoi Su-9 (1946)
General information
TypeFighter aircraft
National originSoviet Union
ManufacturerSukhoi
StatusCancelled
Primary userSoviet Air Forces
Number built2
History
First flight13 November 1946

The Sukhoi Su-9 (Russian: Самолёт K, lit. 'Aircraft K'; USAF/DoD designation: Type 8)[1] was an early jet fighter built in the Soviet Union shortly after World War II. The design began in 1944 and was intended to use Soviet-designed turbojet engines. The design was heavily influenced by captured German jet fighters and it was subsequently redesigned to use a Soviet copy of a German turbojet. The Su-9 was slower than competing Soviet aircraft and it was cancelled as a result. A modified version with different engines and a revised wing became the Su-11 (Samolyot KL), but this did not enter production either. The Su-13 (Samolyot KT) was a proposal to re-engine the aircraft with Soviet copies of the Rolls-Royce Derwent turbojet as well as to modify it for night fighting, but neither proposal was accepted.

  1. ^ Parsch, Andreas and Aleksey V. Martynov. "Designations of Soviet and Russian Military Aircraft and Missiles." designation-systems.net, 2008. Retrieved: 19 August 2011.