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Jetliners of the Red Star

Categorie	Vliegtuigen & Luchtvaart
Boeknummer	#364219-XL7
Titel	Jetliners of the Red Star
Auteur	Kennedy, Charles
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	Astral Horizon Press
Jaar van uitgave	2018
ISBN10	0993260438
ISBN13	9780993260438
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original silver decorated burgundy cloth, dust jacket, map on ndpapers, illustrated with numerous colour photographs, 8vo.
Samenvatting	This book tells the story of every jetliner produced by the Soviet Union, including the Tupolev Tu-104 (the world's first successful passenger jet), the Ilyushin Il-62 (Aeroflot's flagship) and the supersonic rival to Concorde, the Tu-144. Other chapters cover the Tu-154 workhorse, the Il-86/-96 jumbo jet and the world's first regional jet, the Yak-40 (and -42). The meltdown of political certainties coincided with the Tu-204, which was able to form a bridge out of the old Soviet era into the current age. The story of commercial aviation and aero engineering behind the Iron Curtain is told in fascinating detail accompanied by beautiful illustrations taken from Russian archives by Charles Kennedy, one of aviation's best-known writers. Not only for aviation fans but also a fascinating look So... (Lees verder)viet history, European socialism and the evolution of technology.
Pagina's	152
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 20,00

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