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Soviet / Russian Awacs Aircraft. TU-126, A-50, An-71 and Ka-31

Categorie	Vliegtuigen & Luchtvaart
Boeknummer	#365259-KH4
Titel	Soviet / Russian Awacs Aircraft. TU-126, A-50, An-71 and Ka-31
Auteur	Komissarov, Dmitriy
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	Hinckley : Midland Publishing
Jaar van uitgave	2005
ISBN10	1857802152
ISBN13	9781857802153
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, illustrated with numerous photographs (mostly in colour), 4to. Red Star Volume 23.
Samenvatting	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 the nation's aircraft design bureaus to create an Âµeye in the sky', evolving the Tu-126 AEW aircraft from the Tu-114 long-haul turboprop airliner. The aircraft entered service in 1961, filling an important role with the Soviet Air Force until replaced in the early 1980s by the Ilyushin/ Beriyev A-50 AWACS based on the IL-76MD transport. In addition to these two types, the book describes the highly unorthodox Antonov An-71 with its tail-mounted rotodome (intended for operations from a large aircraft carrier which eventually never materialized) an... (Lees verder)d the Kamov Ka-31 shipboard AEW helicopter. Due mention is also made of projects that never got off the drawing board the Tu-156, IL-150 and Yakovlev Yak-44.
Pagina's	128
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 15,00

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