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Soviet Transport Aircraft Since 1945

Soviet Transport Aircraft Since 1945

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{detailed description}Aeroflot is in a sense the world's biggest airline but, unlike other airlines, it is responsible for a wide range of operations which include ambulance flying, survey, fire protection, agricultural work and heavy lifting. Because of the expanse of territory for which it is responsible and these multifarious duties, Aeroflot has a very varied fleet which includes short-, medium- and long-range turbojet aircraft, a variety of propeller-turbine types, many single-and twin-engined piston aircraft, and a whole range of helicopters including the biggest in the world.
In recent years Soviet aircraft have been seen almost all over the world, and much more has been learned about their design and operation.
This new work, by the author of European Transport Aircraft since 1910, describes in great detail the 40 types of Soviet transport aeroplanes and helicopters which have been produced since the end of the Second World War. As far as possible the design history, layout, structural characteristics and service life of each type has been fully covered. Each type is illustrated by rare photographs and there are three-view drawings of the most important aircraft.
This is the first book, in English, which provides a detailed study of any category of Soviet aircraft and it is the result of a long period of intensive research. It contains much hitherto unpublished information and gives for the first time a realistic impression of the vast Soviet air transport system.
For many years almost every aspect of Soviet air transport has been hidden by a veil of secrecy and there are still aspects which are kept from view, but many readers will be surprised by the amount of detail disclosed in this new book.
Particularly detailed are the descriptions of the jet and propeller-turbine aircraft with which Aeroflot began re-equipping in the late 1950s and of the new types still to enter service. The development of the entire Tupolev jet series is fully described, as are the Ilyushins, the Antonov propeller-turbine transports and the Mil family of helicopters.
The appendices show the organization of Aeroflot and the equipment used in different regions, the Soviet routes operated by each type of aircraft, the world records held by Soviet transport aeroplanes and helicopters, and the fleets of Soviet aircraft — some 1,200 individual aircraft being listed.
{Author / Publisher / Date}by John Stroud
1968 1st edn. 318pp
{condition}foxing to edges otherwise near fine in slightly edge-worn and spine faded d/j.
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