Presents a variety of Soviet and Russian built civilian aircraft which were supplied to the export market. This book explores both those aircraft built before t
When the Soviet Union fell in December 1991, there were close to 3,500 assorted Soviet-built airliners that could be deemed operational — more than there had
Following the ending of Aeroflot's monopoly in 1992 and the subsequent break-up of the Soviet Union, the Russian civil aviation scene has been transformed, with
Until recently, the vast fleets of Aeroflot, Malev, LOT, and other operators had been hidden from the West by the Iron Curtain. Classic designs from the Antonov
The Tupolev Tu-154 was one of the most successful and long-lived of Soviet/Russian jet airliners. It was developed in response to the need for a state-of-the-ar