The book offers a comprehensive panorama of Aeroflot’s first 70 years, documenting its rise to becoming the world's largest airline by the late 1960s. Highlights include:
This is a guide to the book a definitive historical record of Soviet aviation. Book Overview
R.E.G. Davies, a renowned aviation historian and former Curator of Air Transport at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Aeroflot: An Airline and Its Aircraft: An Illus...
Mike Machat, known for detailed aircraft technical drawings. Publisher: Paladwr Press. Publication Year: First published in 1992.
Aeroflot, an Airline and Its Aircraft: An Illustrated History of the World's Largest Airline The book offers a comprehensive panorama of Aeroflot’s
Coverage of the world's first transport aircraft (1913), the first sustained jet airline service, and the record-breaking development of massive helicopters and cargo jets.
Explains how Aeroflot functioned more as a public utility than a traditional commercial airline, connecting over 3,500 communities across the USSR via affordable "long-distance bus" style air travel. Davies, a renowned aviation historian and former Curator
Features numerous illustrations, maps, and technical details of Soviet aircraft that were historically difficult to obtain in the West before the era of glasnost . Collector's Note
