ISBN10: 1857801393, ISBN13: 9781857801392, [publisher: Midland Publishing] Softcover New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1.27
[North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2002]

ISBN10: 1857801393, ISBN13: 9781857801392, [publisher: Midland Publishing, Hinckley, England] Softcover Inhalt: The First Mikoyan Jet, The Jet Tadpoles of Aleksandr Yakovlev u.v.m. By the end of the Second World War the USA and Great Britain had developed viable jet fighters, even if these aircraft came a bit too late to have a significant impact on the course of the conflict. Germany achieved greater success, using the Me 262 and He 162 jet fighters operationally in the closing stages of the war. In contrast, the Soviet Union lagged behind, even though research on turbojet engines had begun in the USSR in the late 1930s. This deficiency was recognized and at the end of the war, captured German jet aircraft and engines enabled the USSR to reverse-engineer the technology. Even so, the USSR struggled to catch up until in 1946, the British Labor government gifted the Soviets the latest in propulsion technology, the Rolls-Royce Nene and Derwent V engines. This inexplicable action allowed a much more capable generation of Soviet jet fighters to be born and by the end of the 1940s Soviet industry had caught up with, and in some respects surpassed the West, in jet aviation.Because of the Stalinist era in which the first Soviet jets were developed, up until now little has been known about the early post-war designs from the design bureaus of Mikoyan, Yakovlev, Lavochkin, Sukhoi and Alekseyev and the background to even relatively well-known types such as the MiG-9, La-9 and ...

Published by Midland Publishing, Date: 2002. 1st edition.. Paperback. Fine. Fine condition. Red Star Volume 4. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w & a few colour photos & illustrations. 143 pages. 2002. Published by Midland Publishing ISBN 1857801393 9781857801392 [GB]

ISBN10: 1857801393, ISBN13: 9781857801392, [publisher: Midland Publishing, England] Softcover Cover creased in corner. Text clean. Red Star volume 4. Partial contents: The First Mikoyan Jet; The Jet 'Tadpoles' of Aleksandr Yakovlev; Yak-19 and Yak-25 - Yakovlev's Last Straight-wing Fighters. --- We are a Benedictine Monastery / Seminary library; thank you for your purchase!
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ISBN10: 1857801393, ISBN13: 9781857801392, [publisher: Voyageur Press (MN)] Softcover May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.32
[AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2002]