Vintage Russian: Props and Jets of the Iron Curtain [Paperback]

Colin Ballantine (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Motorbooks Intl (September 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0760306680
• ISBN-13: 978-0760306680
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 9.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,873,387 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Too many pictures not enough contents, December 1, 2000

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Aleksey Sudakov (Atlanta, GA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Vintage Russian: Props and Jets of the Iron Curtain (Paperback)

I returned this book because it has almost no description of the airplanes. However, there are: 3 An-2; 2 An-12; 1 An-14; 1 An-22; 22 An-24; 26 IL-14; 23 IL-18; 11 IL-86; 6 KA-26; 2 LI-2(DC-3); 3 MI-2; 3 MI-3; 3 MI-6; 3 MI-8; 1 MI-10; 1 MI-12; 7 TU-104; 4 TU-114; 7 TU-124; 8 TU-134 and 2 TU-144 pictures.

If you are looking for a picture album of Russian airplanes it might be for you, but you will NOT find any information about airplanes in this book. SO look somewhere else.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Vintage Russian : Props and Jets of the Iron Curtain, March 29, 2001

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Michael Szubiak (Wichita, KS United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Vintage Russian: Props and Jets of the Iron Curtain (Paperback)

The book is an excellent reference for me because I build models so pictures are more important than text; however, more text would be nice. I also like the comments about crashes. I hope that Mr. Ballantine publishes another book on the subject with more photos of rare Soviet airliners.