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Description
This very interesting book - well - illustrated with photographs and profiles ( line drawings and color ones ) - depicts the Soviet first production supersonic fighter : the MiG - 19.
Characteristics
| Book cover finish | Offset varnish, Sewn paperback |
| Condition | Good |
| Number of pages | 160 |
| Published date | 2003 |
| Language | English |
| Collection / Series | Aerofax |
| Size | 22 x 28 x 1 cm |
| Author | Yefim Gordon |
| Editor | Midland Publishing |
Description
Introduction
When the famous American test pilot Frank K. Everest called the U.S.A.F.'s first supersonic fighter, the North American F - 100A Super sabre, the best and fastest tactical aircraft, he had no idea that its Soviet counterpart was already well into its test programme on secret air bases in the U.S.S.R. What's more, the answer - the MiG - 19 - outperformed the fast but accident - prone Super Sabre ( 69 % of all F - 100's built were lost in accidents during the type's 25 - year career ) by a considerable margin. ( ... )
Yefim Gordon
Moscow
May 2003
