Lavochkin La-168
| La-168 | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Type | Fighter |
| National origin | Soviet Union |
| Manufacturer | Lavochkin |
| Number built | 1 |
| History | |
| First flight | 22 April 1948 |
| Developed from | Lavochkin La-160 |
| Variant | La-15 |
The Lavochkin La-168 was a jet fighter developed for the USSR. Like the better known Mikoyan MiG-15 which was ultimately selected and went on to become one of the most successful jet fighters of its era, the Lavochkin La-168 was designed in response to a 1946 request for an advanced swept-wing jet fighter capable of transonic performance. It was to use new turbojet based on the Rolls-Royce Nene in competition with the design bureaus of Artem Mikoyan and Mikhail Gurevich, and Aleksandr Yakovlev. A scaled down version of this aircraft would lead to the production of the La-15, which performed well but would be dropped in favor of the MiG-15.