- Paperback: 128 pages
- Publisher: Midland Publishing; a edition (26 July 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1857801202
- ISBN-13: 978-1857801200
- Product Dimensions: 27.8 x 21.4 x 0.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 583,443 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Conceived in the early 1980s to ease the threat posed by the American ATF program, these fighters were developed as the Soviet Union's fifth-generation fighters. This book gives a detailed account of how Russia's two leading fighter aircraft designers competed for the order and how a third contender never made it to the hardware stage. It deals with the way these aircraft were conceived, designed, built, and flown.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Yefim Gordon at his best.
The book gives a full detail review of the Mig MFI and Sukhoi S-37 programs.
Packed with lots of information and brilliant pictures
Get this book, you will never regret it
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Excellent Book
16 July 2002
Format:Paperback
Yefim Gordon discussed both the project history, prototypes, technical details (From Fuselage, Landing gear, control System... etc, basically everything), and a little bit about Russian's next-generation fighter's prospect and how US fighter projects affects Russian.
In sum, it's a good book. However, my friend (who is a die-hard fan of Russian aviation) told me that if you are already familiar with these two projects, you won't get anything new out of it except nice pictures. Personally I am very satisfied because I need a reference like this. So whether this book is for you will depend on how will you know Russian fighter projects.
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Good, but...
27 April 2003
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
While a fairly good overview of these 2 aircraft, the evaluation of their capabilities is more than a little "soviet" sounding. In other words these 2 development projects are described as the greatest things since sliced bread. A more objective and blunt account of their drawbacks would have made this a great book. With the extremely limited funding available and the isolated nature of these aircraft as weapons systems (as compared to the F22 which will be a fully integrated theatre weapon and probably the last US manned air superiority fighter) the compromises made by the Russian manufacturers are major and would be interesting to read about.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Worlds coolest looking jet planes!
6 Oct 2009
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First thing I like about this book is fact that it's the only book I can find information about S-37 and Mikoyan-MFI (1.44). I love the pictures of the planes but don't care about some of information, like the fact that everything about the planes little far from the truth especially from a soviet view, but l still think it a good book to have for people who love worlds coolest looking jet planes.
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