Lavochkin La-150

La-150
General information
Type	Jet fighter
Manufacturer	Lavochkin
Designer	Semyon Lavochkin
Status	Project cancelled
Primary user	Soviet Air Force
Number built	8
History
First flight	11 September 1946
Developed into	Lavochkin La-152

The Lavochkin La-150 (also known as the Izdeliye 150 – Aircraft or Article 150,^{[Note 1]} USAF/DOD designation Type 3),^[1] was designed by the Lavochkin design bureau (OKB) in response to a 1945 order to build a single-seat jet fighter using a single German turbojet. By this time both the Americans and British, as well as the Germans, had already flown jet fighters and the single Soviet jet engine under development (the Lyulka TR-1) was not yet ready for production. The design was completed quickly, but the construction of the five flying prototypes was protracted by the factory's inexperience in building metal aircraft. The aircraft made its first flight in September 1946, but proved to require extensive modifications to meet the Soviet Air Forces' requirements. These took so long to make and test that the aircraft was essentially obsolete by the time that they were completed. Even one variant with a much more powerful engine was inferior to other aircraft that the OKB had under development and all work was terminated in 1947.

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