Red Star 30: Soviet Rocket Fighters: v. 30 - Softcover

Gordon, Yefim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1857802454 ISBN 13: 9781857802450

Publisher: Midland Publishing, 2006

Synopsis

Soviet Rocket Fighters covers the fascinating subject of Soviet aircraft designers' efforts to achieve ever-faster speeds by using liquid-propellant rocket motors. This book describes in detail several Soviet attempts at these designs, their testing, and the many difficulties encountered. Also gives an account of the tests of captured Messerschmitt Me 163 rocket-powered interceptors in the Soviet Union.

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About the Author

Yefim Gordon was born in 1950 in Vilnius, Lithuania, and graduated from the Kaunas Polytechnical Institute in 1972 as an engineer/electronics designer. He has been a resident of Moscow since 1973, when, as a hobby, he started collecting photographs and books on the history of Soviet aviation. This has now developed into a major archive. Since the 1980s he has been a professional aviation journalist and writer, with over 80 books published on Soviet/Russian aviation in Russian, English, Polish and Czech, as well as close to 120 magazine features and photo reports. He is also an accomplished photographer, with countless photos published in the western press; the current edition of Jane's All the World's Aircraft features more than 50 of his photographs.

Edition details

• Publisher: Midland Publishing
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1857802454
• ISBN 13: 9781857802450
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128