For the second aircraft family in this series I focus on the legacy of the Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov designed LaGG-3 and, its far more successful follow-up, the La-5. This aircraft family often played second fiddle to the better liked Yak series, however, with 6,528 LaGG-3s and 9,920 La-5s completed before the end of the war, its hard…
Tag: La-5
IL-2 Christmas/New Year’s Sale Extended
Announced in a post today, the IL-2 Christmas/New Year’s Sale has been extended until January 9th – only on the IL-2 website store. Sale recap Here’s the breakdown of what’s on sale: 66% OFF Battle of Stalingrad (website). Please note that having at least the base game (Stalingrad) on Steam means you can launch it from the…
Revisiting the LaGG-3
Being the very first aircraft to be flyable in the new IL-2: Great Battles series, the LaGG-3 Series 29 has long since been the centre of any excitement or hype. It was in many ways the “default” fighter and as a result it’s been overshadowed. But is it deserving of its “mediocre” reputation? Let’s revisit…
IL-2’s Holiday Sale Extended
If you’ve been waffling on purchasing one of the various IL-2 Collector Planes or the IL-2: Battle of Stalingrad or Battle of Moscow title, you have a little more time to waffle. Jason Williams, IL-2’s Lead Producer, announced today that the sale has been extended to January 9. Sale recap Here’s a recap of everything…
Final flight of 2017
We’re in the last hours of 2017 now and I thought I might be able to squeeze in one last flight of the year. Jumping into multiplayer For today’s mission I decided to jump into the EU Official 1CGS server. This is a Normal settings server with slightly relaxed settings and featuring both aircraft and…
The IL-2 and Rise of Flight holiday sale is on!
The holidays approach! Last minute shopping is on and so is the IL-2 and Rise of Flight holiday sale. Here are the details! Collector planes First up, we have collector planes on sale at 40% and 50% off depending on the aircraft. The La-5 Series 8 and FW190A-3 are both on for 50% off. These…
What I’m playing now and looking forward to
Been busy playing a bunch of IL-2 and DCS right now and I thought I’d share what I’m flying right now and new things I’m trying to tackle in both sims. Also, I talk a little about what’s coming up and what I’m most excited about. Flying the Lavochkin and Macchi When I bought IL-2:…
We’re basically getting an early La-5F
In the last developer update it was announced that a new technology had been added to the game that would allow modifications to include new engine options and that the first two instances of this would be the FW190A-5/U17 with a 1.65ATA boosted engine and an La-5 with a M-82F engine. We’re basically getting an…
Stormbirds 