[img]https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images//4649813/84d3f61792b91f84561d0abe7f51954caa6e90e2.png[/img] On March 21st, 1942 the La-5, a Soviet fighter aircraft designed by Semyon Lavochkin, made its maiden flight. It was an evolution of LaGG-3 that replaced an inline engine with the stronger and more widely available Shvetsov ASh-82 radial engine; that allowed the USSR to quickly produce a huge number of new fighters. In the skies La-5 was a strong competitor to the German Bf 109, and its modifications were used until the end of the War. [h2][quote]To commemorate this day, from March 21st (14:00 GMT) until March 24th (12:00 GMT) La-5FN from the German research tree will be available for purchase for Golden Eagles.[/quote][/h2] [img]https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images//4649813/4acb4cf6c0721115d90a2fa812d9cf55b653896d.jpg[/img]