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Following on from the collection of successful ' Famous Russian Aircraft' titles, Yefim Gordon has teamed up with Keith Dexter and Dmitriy Komissarov to produce this insight into the Sukhoi fighter bomber family. In the early 1950s the reborn aircraft design bureau headed by Pavel O. Sukhoi started its renewed activities by creating two aircraft sharing the same fuselage design and powerplant the delta-wing T-3 and the swept-wing S-1. The former became the progenitor of several interceptors, starting with the Su-9; the other aircraft became the Su-7 tactical fighter but soon evolved into the Su-7B fighter-bomber. Known to the West as the Fitter, the Su-7B and its improved Su-7BM and Su-7BKL versions formed the backbone of the Soviet fighter-bomber aviation. They were also exported to many friendly nations first and foremost to some Warsaw Pact member states (Poland and Czechoslovakia), as well as to non-aligned nations like India, Algeria, Egypt, Iraq and others. The Fitter saw action in quite a few wars the Indo-Pakistani border conflict of 1971, the Arab-Israeli wars. The initial Su-7 Fitter-A was superseded by the Su-17 which differed primarily in having variable-geometry wings. The prototype made its maiden flight in 1966; the production version completely supplanted the original Su-7 in Soviet Air Force service in the 1980s. The swing-wing Su-17 proved highly efficient in the Afghan War, earning the affection of the pilots who flew it. Its high combat capabilities were duly recognized abroad; apart from the Warsaw Pact (Poland, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary and Bulgaria), the Su-20 and Su-22 export variants were delivered to Egypt, Iraq, Peru, Yemen, Afghanistan and other nations. Iraq used its Su-22s against Iran in the war of 1980-88, and the ultimate Su-22M4 is still in service with the Polish Air Force albeit with upgrades to make it compatible with NATO operational standards. This new title written by 3 aviation enthusiasts, including expert in the field Yefim Gordon, and is illustrated with a whole host of unpublished photos, as well as numerous line drawings and colour side views, which will undoubtedly be of interest to aviation enthusiasts and scale modellers alike. The in service and operators chapters feature insignia and unit badges/nose art worn by individual aircraft, making this a must have for any aviation and scale model enthusiast's collection.
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Yefim Gordon is arguably the world's leading Russian aviation researcher. Born in 1950 in Vilnius, Lithuania, he 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 50 books published on Soviet/Russian aviation in Russian, English, Polish and Czech, as well as close to 100 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
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The aircraft that put Sukhoi on the map
29 Sep 2011
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The Famous Russian Aircraft series covers a second Sukhoi design, the first being the world beating Su-27 family. The Su-7 was the first Sukhoi design to achieve a worldwide reputation in an era where MiG was synonymous with Soviet fighter.
The book is actually two books. The fixed winged Su-7 variants are covered in their entirety first. We have a chapter on design and development, a chapter covering all the various fixed winged variants, a chapter covering the Su-7 in detail, a chapter dealing with the aircraft in Soviet service, a chapter dealing with the aircraft in foreign service, and a chapter covering the various air arms that operated the Su-7. Especially interesting here is the details of Su-7 operations during the "War of Attrition" between Israel and Egypt and during the second Indo-Pakistani War.
We then go through the same process with the variable sweep winged Su-17/Su-20/Su-22 variants. Here the outstanding material are Su-17 operations during the Afghan War and during the various Middle Eastern conflicts.
There's little to complain about. Throughout the book are dozens of color profiles of aircraft in many, many different color schemes. One could have wished for at least *one* color plan view. There is also at least one two page cutaway and one cockpit drawing that are poorly reproduced. And a few captions confuse the numbering of the Su-17/Su-20/Su-22 wing pylons.
And of course this book does not feature any maps and does not have an index.
Nonetheless, the good far outweighs the bad. I'm particularly impressed with the amount of color photographs. I feared that, as in the MiG-15 book, black and white would dominate but it appears that the Sukhoi and color photography arrived in the Soviet Union at about the same time.
I haven't heard what the subject of the next volume in this series will be. I would vote for the Ilyushin Il-28 "Beagle" which was produced in large numbers, served for many years, and was widely exported. The same could be said for the Mil' Mi-24 "Hind" helicopter. These aircraft also were not covered previously in an Aerofax or Red Star book. I would also like the wartime Yakovlev piston engine fighters covered in this series.
Highly recommended. If you have other books in this series you'll want this one also.
The book is actually two books. The fixed winged Su-7 variants are covered in their entirety first. We have a chapter on design and development, a chapter covering all the various fixed winged variants, a chapter covering the Su-7 in detail, a chapter dealing with the aircraft in Soviet service, a chapter dealing with the aircraft in foreign service, and a chapter covering the various air arms that operated the Su-7. Especially interesting here is the details of Su-7 operations during the "War of Attrition" between Israel and Egypt and during the second Indo-Pakistani War.
We then go through the same process with the variable sweep winged Su-17/Su-20/Su-22 variants. Here the outstanding material are Su-17 operations during the Afghan War and during the various Middle Eastern conflicts.
There's little to complain about. Throughout the book are dozens of color profiles of aircraft in many, many different color schemes. One could have wished for at least *one* color plan view. There is also at least one two page cutaway and one cockpit drawing that are poorly reproduced. And a few captions confuse the numbering of the Su-17/Su-20/Su-22 wing pylons.
And of course this book does not feature any maps and does not have an index.
Nonetheless, the good far outweighs the bad. I'm particularly impressed with the amount of color photographs. I feared that, as in the MiG-15 book, black and white would dominate but it appears that the Sukhoi and color photography arrived in the Soviet Union at about the same time.
I haven't heard what the subject of the next volume in this series will be. I would vote for the Ilyushin Il-28 "Beagle" which was produced in large numbers, served for many years, and was widely exported. The same could be said for the Mil' Mi-24 "Hind" helicopter. These aircraft also were not covered previously in an Aerofax or Red Star book. I would also like the wartime Yakovlev piston engine fighters covered in this series.
Highly recommended. If you have other books in this series you'll want this one also.
Famous Russian Aircraft: Sukhoi SU-7and SU 17/20/17 Fighter Bomber Family
13 Feb 2012
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This book is very well done and well illustrated with wonderful color work. Fascinating subject matter and quite detailed. This is a broad treatment of the tactical and strategic aviation.
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