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EARLY SOVIET JET BOMBERS
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EARLY SOVIET JET BOMBERS

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EARLY SOVIET JET BOMBERS - Red Star Vol. 17 by Yefim Gordon As World War II drew to a close, the Soviet Government was well aware that today’s allies would soon be tomorrow’s adversaries. This meant new bombers had to be developed for dealing strikes at the potential adversaries’ military and political centres. Having gained access to German jet...

ANTONOV'S JET TWINS
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ANTONOV'S JET TWINS

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ANTONOV'S JET TWINS - The An-72/-74 Family - Red Star Vol. 21 by Yefim Gordon & Dmitriy Komissarov The need to provide a state-of-the-art jet successor to the ubiquitous An-26 led Antonov to develop a twin-turbo-fan tactical airlifter, the An-72, which made use of the Coanda effect, improving wing lift and field performance dramatically. The prototype...

SOVIET/RUSSIAN AWACS AIRCRAFT - Tu-126, A-50, An-71 & Ka-31
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SOVIET/RUSSIAN AWACS AIRCRAFT - Tu-126, A-50,...

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SOVIET/RUSSIAN AWACS AIRCRAFT - Tu-126, A-50, An-71 & Ka-31 (Red Star Vol. 23) by Yefim Gordon & Dmitriy Komissarov The need to ensure effective protection of the Soviet airspace in areas lacking adequate cover by ground radars led the nation’s aircraft designers to start working on airborne early warning systems. The Tupolev OKB was the first among...

ILYUSHIN IL-12 AND IL-14
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ILYUSHIN IL-12 AND IL-14

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IL-12 AND IL-14 (Red Star Vol. 25) by Yefim Gordon & Dmitriy Komissarov Work started in the autumn of 1943 on a 29-seat modern airliner designed to supersede the Lisunov Li-2. With its tricycle undercarriage, it represented quite an advance over the Soviet-built DC-3. Flight testing began in 1947 and the Il-12 was introduced to Aeroflot's...

LISUNOV Li-2: The Soviet DC-3
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LISUNOV Li-2: The Soviet DC-3

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LISUNOV Li-2: The Soviet DC-3 - Red Star Vol. 27 by Yefim Gordon & Dmitriy Komissarov When they bought a manufacturing license for the DC-3 in 1935, the Soviet aircraft industry's decision makers had no way of knowing the place the Douglas airliner would come to occupy in aviation's hall of fame. Yet, even less did they know of the part the Soviet...