The Osprey Encyclopedia of Russian Aircraft - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Osprey Encyclopedia of Russian Aircraft write by Bill Gunston. This book was released on 2000-05-25. The Osprey Encyclopedia of Russian Aircraft available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Sweeping away the "red herrings" and spurious details invented in the West between 1950 and 1970, this exhaustive volume can be offered to the public with the knowledge that it documents the true histories of some 1000 aircraft types. Much of what was believed to be fact has been proven wrong in various degrees, and it can confidently be claimed that no book in the history of aviation has ever contained so much new information. The volume is prefixed by sections on aircraft designations, engines, air launched weapons and much more - this really is the definitive work on Russian aircraft.
Russian Aviation and Air Power in the Twentieth Century
Russian Aviation and Air Power in the Twentieth Century - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Russian Aviation and Air Power in the Twentieth Century write by John Greenwood. This book was released on 2014-06-11. Russian Aviation and Air Power in the Twentieth Century available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In the light of new archival material the editors take a fresh look at Russian aviation in the twentieth century. Presenting a comprehensive view of Russian aviation, from its genesis in the late czarist period to the present era, the approach is essentially chronological with a major emphasis on the evolution of military aviation. The contributions are diverse, with appropriate attention to civilian and institutional themes.
Foundations of Russian Military Flight, 1885-1925
Foundations of Russian Military Flight, 1885-1925 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Foundations of Russian Military Flight, 1885-1925 write by James K Libbey. This book was released on 2019-05-15. Foundations of Russian Military Flight, 1885-1925 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Foundations of Russian Military Flight focuses on the early use of balloons and aircraft by the Russian military. The best early Russian aircraft included flying boats designed by Dimitrii Grigorovich and large reconnaissance-bombers created by Igor Sikorsky. As World War I began, the Imperial Russian Navy made use of aircraft more quickly than the army. Indeed, the navy established a precursor to the aircraft carrier. The Imperial Russian Army came to respect over time the work of aircraft that evolved from reconnaissance and bomber to fighter planes. Over 250 army pilots during the war received awards of high distinction for their wartime flights. After the 1917 revolution, both the new Bolshevik government and the reactionary White forces created air arms to combat each other. In the 1920s, the Soviet Union and Germany negotiated agreements that allowed Germany to violate the Treaty of Versailles by building military aircraft and training German military pilots in the USSR. This provided the Soviet Union access to the latest aviation technology and prevented them from falling too far behind the West in this crucial sphere.
Encyclopaedia of Contemporary Russian
Encyclopaedia of Contemporary Russian - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Encyclopaedia of Contemporary Russian write by Tatiana Smorodinskaya. This book was released on 2013-10-28. Encyclopaedia of Contemporary Russian available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Encyclopedia is an invaluable resource on recent and contemporary Russian culture and history for students, teachers, and researchers across the disciplines.
Soviet Aces of World War 2
Soviet Aces of World War 2 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Soviet Aces of World War 2 write by Hugh Morgan. This book was released on 2013-01-20. Soviet Aces of World War 2 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. No single volume in English has ever appeared in the West dealing with this intriguing subject area, but now that restrictions have relaxed in the former Soviet Union, records of the deeds of the elite pilots of the various Soviet Air Forces are coming to light. Although initially equipped with very poor aircraft, and robbed of effective leadership thanks as much to Stalin's purges in the late 1930s as to the efforts of the Luftwaffe, Soviet fighter pilots soon turned the tables through the use of both lend-lease aircraft like the Hurricane, Spitfire, P-39 and P-40, and home-grown machines like the MiG-3, LaGG-3/5, Lavochkin La-5/7/9 and the Yak-1/3.
