Yakovlev Yak 23

Author : Marian Mikolajczuk
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9788389450548
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Yakovlev YAK-23 written by Marian Mikolajczuk and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Yak-23 was the final development of the highly successful Soviet fighter series which began with the Yak-1 in 1940. Its immediate predecessors were the Yak-15 and Yak-17, both simple jet-powered Seriesversions of the wartime Yak-3; the Yak-23 was an updated all-metal version of the basic design. It saw service with several Warsaw Pact air forces, as a lightweight fast-climbing interceptor. The design, development and operations of the Yak-15, -17 and -23 are described and illustrated in this book, which is complete with photos, scale plans, drawings and color profiles. An essential guide to these first-generation Soviet fighter aircraft!

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ISBN 13 : 9788366549234
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Single No. 29 Yakovlev Yak-23 written by and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-15 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book compiles the 4-view color profiles, scale plans, and photo details of the single variant of the Yakovlev Yak-23. Scale plans in 1/72 and 1/48 scales plus drawings from wartime technical manuals. Also included are photos of the details in B&W and color.

Author : George Mellinger
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782005536
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Yakovlev Aces of World War 2 written by George Mellinger and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-10-20 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Yak-1 entered Soviet service in 1941, one of three modern types of aircraft accepted for production just prior to the German invasion of the USSR. Despite initial shortcomings, it soon proved to be the thoroughbred of the Soviet Airforce. Indeed, it remained in production until the end of the war, modernized but fundamentally recognizable. By VE-day about 33,100 Yakovlev fighters had been built. Virtually all Soviet fighter regiments flew at least one variety of Yak for a time, including those which gained their fame identified with other aircraft, and consequently many pilots known as Airacobra or Lavochkin aces also scored victories with the Yak. Many other famous aces were exclusively 'Yak patriots', including the French Normandie pilots. This book focuses on the Soviet aces who scored all, or most of their victories in the Yak, drawing informaion from official unit histories and memoirs of the Soviet pilots themselves.

Author : Yefim Gordon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781902109350
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Early Soviet Jet Fighters written by Yefim Gordon and published by . This book was released on 2014-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 YAK-15 is barely documented. Other early jet types, proposals and projects were virtually unknown in the West. This gap is now redressed by the famous Soviet aviation historian Yefim Gordon and in his latest work he draws on extensive research in design bureau files, official documents and military archives, many of which have only very recently become available, having been labelled 'Top Secret' for decades. This volume presents, in considerable detail, the development, history and technical specifications of the earliest Soviet jet fighters and the extensive illustrations-around 750 photos, over 50 specially-commissioned color drawings and a host of line drawings--are mostly from previously classified sources the majority of which are previously unseen. This book is certain to be essential reading for aviation historians, enthusiasts and modelers.

Author : Bill Gunston
Publisher : Brassey's
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Yakovlev Aircraft Since 1924 written by Bill Gunston and published by Brassey's. This book was released on 1997 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alexandr S. Yakovlev was one of the most versatile aircraft designers of his age, but he had the misfortune to work in the USSR which made him almost unknown to the outside world. In 1926-27 he built his first aeroplane and from then on he designed structures which were, time and again, ahead of their time.

Author : Wojciech Sankowski
Publisher : MMP
ISBN 13 : 9788363678630
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Yakovlev Yak-1, Yak-3, Yak-7, Yak-9 written by Wojciech Sankowski and published by MMP. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By 1941, the career of the Spitfire is well underway and the RAF has a powerful aircraft with the Mark V that exceeds all expectations. But it is the Mk IX, commissioned urgently in the summer of 1942, which becomes the most famous Spitfire. The latest version of the Spitfire, the Mark XVI, fitted with a Rolls Royce Merlin engine, is actually a Mk.

Author : Yefim Gordon
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473831407
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Soviet Spyplanes of the Cold War written by Yefim Gordon and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2013-11-04 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A good look at the MiG-25 recce birds...Definitely recommended!”—Cybermodeler “Spy in the Sky” matters have long been a source of fascination for aircraft enthusiasts, historians, and modelers, and none more so than the elusive and secretive Soviet types of the Cold War era. Here, Yefim Gordon presents a range of such types, in a collection of photographs, profiles, and line drawings together with supplementary text detailing the history of each craft, encompassing the various developmental milestones, successes, and pitfalls experienced along the way. The Soviet Union’s two dedicated spyplane types, the Yakovlev Yak-25RV “Mandrake” (the Soviet equivalent of the Lockheed U-2) and the MiG-25R “Foxbat” are profiled, supplemented by details garnered from a host of original sources. Well-illustrated histories and structural analyses are set alongside detailed descriptions of the various plastic scale model kits that have been released, along with commentary concerning their accuracy and available modifications and decals. With an unparalleled level of visual information—paint schemes, models, line drawings and photographs—it is simply the best reference for any model-maker setting out to build a variant of this iconic craft.

Author : Yefim Gordon
Publisher : Specialty Press (MN)
ISBN 13 : 9781857802030
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book OKB Yakovlev written by Yefim Gordon and published by Specialty Press (MN). This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 8-1/2 x 11, 400 b/w photos, 16 pgs of color, plus line drawings

Author : Alexander Mladenov
Publisher : Fonthill Media
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Soviet Cold War Fighters written by Alexander Mladenov and published by Fonthill Media. This book was released on 2017-04-20 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beautifully illustrated with many rare and unpublished photographs, Soviet Cold War Fighters looks at the main development periods of Soviet fighter designs and covers all the important features and developments for each - a total of four generations of fighter were developed from the late 1940s to the early 1980s - that witnessed the most iconic and powerful fighters such as the legendary MiG-15, MiG-21, Tu-128, Su-9, MiG-23, MiG-25 reach for the skies, followed by the modern day MiG-29, MiG-31 and Su-27, which strike fear in the West for their phenomenal weaponry and blistering performance. All aircraft are described in detail with facts and figures, including their weapons and instances of combat employment, as well as explaining how the Cold War drastically changed Soviet fighter design to counter the West. Researched and written by Alexander Mladenov, a leading aviation journalist, this is a highly detailed testament to leading Soviet fighter design and development.

Author : Bill Gunston
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 572 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Osprey Encyclopedia of Russian Aircraft written by Bill Gunston and published by Osprey Publishing. This book was released on 2000-05-25 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.