Okb Mig: A History of the Design Bureau and Its Aircraft [Hardcover]

Piotr Butowski (Author), Jay Miller (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 2000

This is the first English- language book to provide such detailed insight into the once highly secretive world of Soviet military aircraft production, and into the elite MiG design bureau. The most thorough and authoritative history of its kind ever published.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 250 pages
• Publisher: Specialty Pr Pub & Wholesalers (July 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0904597806
• ISBN-13: 978-0904597806
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,495,658 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great MiG and fighter development history, July 28, 1998

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"cobrachen" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Okb Mig: A History of the Design Bureau and Its Aircraft (Hardcover)

This is the first book with comprehensive information of MiG and those figter series. With details of history, design and performance, this is a great book to read and reference to.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive book, huge technical database, May 13, 2003

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"chelutzu" (Texas United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Okb Mig: A History of the Design Bureau and Its Aircraft (Hardcover)

Even now, I can not believe my luck, buying it from a "used book" store, in like new condition for almost nothing.
The book gives a thorough presentation of the MiG bureau, its history and more important, its planes.
From the MiG-1 of WW II age to the latest MiG, the "31" Foxhound, all planes are presented in detail, with A LOT of data! For example, you can find, FOR EACH plane version even, the initial and sustained turn rate, engine rating/type, armament, etc. Also, the countries who use/used them are also cited.
Each plane is presented in detail, from it's prototype stage to full operational status, with A LOT OF PHOTOS! In fact, the last part of the book is a HUGE photo album. In a good move, the airplanes engines are also presented, with pictures and data, and same for the armament and missiles.
THE BEST book, hands down, about the MiGs, you can get. One huge difference from all the others "russian" books I own and red...the writing style and the english is nice and easy to read and understand, maybe having an english native as second author helped.
I recomend this book with both hands! If you want to know more about the MiG history, about ALL MiG planes, this is the book to own.
I can not give it though five stars...towards the end, with the apparition of MiG-29 and -31, the information is somehow sketchy (but still the most complete one you can find outside military reports), maybe due to censorship and military secret. Also, the engine/guns/missiles chapter could have been a little more comprehensive, but maybe now I am geting picky.
Buy it and you will not regret it!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Must-Have for aviation buffs, August 24, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Okb Mig: A History of the Design Bureau and Its Aircraft (Hardcover)

Relatively error free and lacking editorial slant, this book is a great ref for historians, modellers, fans and the like. Not without blemish, but an excellent resource.