Red Star and Roundel

Red Star and Roundel

Author: Phil Wilkinson

Publisher: Fonthill Media

Published: 2019-11-03

Total Pages: 659

ISBN-13:

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The Red Star and the Roundel are the symbols of organisations that share a century of existence, a century with a full quota of conflict as well as harmony. The Russian red star has maintained its impact in the hundred years since the Revolution. The Royal Air Force's red white and blue roundel has seen action in the air world-wide for the same period. Phil Wilkinson had forty years of Royal Air Force service--the final three and a half were in Russia. With this unusual double qualification, he examines the dynamics of the Russia-RAF relationship, sometimes as allies, sometimes as adversaries. Drawing on personal reminiscences, and on the recollections of surviving veterans of RAF service in Russia during the Second World War, as well as on official records from throughout this shared century, the narrative is sometimes light-hearted, sometimes sombre. It goes from brutal combat in the early years, to language difficulties later on; from innocent misunderstandings to deliberate deception; from cultural contrasts to aesthetic links. Perhaps the narrative's most worthwhile effect will be to draw the reader's comment: "Well, I didn't know that before." There is still a lot to learn--a century's worth.


Inside History of the Usaf Lightweight Fighters, 1900 to 1975

Inside History of the Usaf Lightweight Fighters, 1900 to 1975

Author: Herbert A. Hutchinson

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2018-10-18

Total Pages: 658

ISBN-13: 198455574X

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This book, in two volumes, attempts to explain the technology developments that evolved in the period from 1900 at Kitty Hawk through the ensuing seventy-five years leading to the development of the United States F-16 Multinational Weapon System in the mid-1970s. By 2017, 4,550 F-16s, all with the first all-electric, fly-by-wire flight control system have been manufactured for use by twenty-six countries. Awestricken birds undoubtedly ask themselves, How do humans do that? as an F-16 streaks by at over two hundred times the airspeed of the bird. This book strives to provide the how-and-why answer to that fascinating story.


Red Star and Roundel

Red Star and Roundel

Author: Philip Wilkinson

Publisher:

Published: 2019-11-18

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781781557334

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Russian Red Star, RAF Roundel: symbols of radically different organisations, sharing a century of achievement and challenge as both allies and adversaries. The author links his own air force experiences, not least those from his time in Russia, to other personal recollections and to official records, to highlight the relationship's dynamics.


Soviet Aces of World War 2

Soviet Aces of World War 2

Author: Hugh Morgan

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2013-01-20

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 1846037549

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At the time of publication, no single volume in English had ever appeared in the West dealing with this intriguing subject area. Once restrictions relaxed in the former Soviet Union, the records of their elite pilots' deeds - detailed in this book - came to light. Although initially equipped with very poor aircraft, and robbed of effective leadership thanks as much to Stalin's purges in the late 1930s as to the efforts of the Luftwaffe, Soviet fighter pilots soon turned the tables through the use of both lend-lease aircraft like the Hurricane, Spitfire, P-39 and P-40, and home-grown machines like the MiG-3, LaGG-3/5, Lavochkin La-5/7/9 and the Yak-1/3.


Uniforms of World War II

Uniforms of World War II

Author: Peter Darman

Publisher: Chartwell Books

Published: 2016-01-25

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 0785833684

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See hundreds of iconic military uniforms, insignias, and badges worn by armies, navies, and air forces all over the world during the Second World War.


Historical Dictionary of Tibet

Historical Dictionary of Tibet

Author: John Powers

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2020-10-22

Total Pages: 881

ISBN-13: 153813022X

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Historical Dictionary of Tibet, Second Edition is a comprehensive resource for Tibetan history, politics, religion, major figures, prehistory and paleontology, with a primary emphasis on the modern period. It also covers the surrounding areas influenced by Tibetan religion and culture, including India, China, Nepal, Bhutan, Central Asia, and Russia. It contains a chronology, a glossary, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 500 cross-referenced entries on important personalities as well as aspects of the country’s politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Tibet.