Ilyushin aircraft books - history and deployment

Ilyushin Il-28 Beagle - Light Attack Bomber

The IL-28 entered service with the USSR Air force in 1950 and has often been dubbed "The Russian Canberra". It served with the airforces of Egypt, China, Czechoslovakia and Poland, in addition to the USSR.
This is an in-depth study of this long-serving light bomber.

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Ilyushin / Beriyev A-50 : The Soviet Sentry (Flight Craft)

Brought out in the late 1970s as a successor to the obsolete Tu-126 airborne early warning aircraft, the A-50 co-developed by the Il'yushin and Beriyev bureaux is one of the most interesting military variants in the field of Il-76 military transport. Differing outwardly from the latter mainly in having a conventional "saucer" rotodome, the A-50 entered flight testing in 1980; the new Soviet AWACS entered service four years later. The improved A-50M was developed several years after that. The type continues in service with the Russian Air Force today, and the fleet is being upgraded to A-50U standard.

This book describes the A-50's thrilling developmental history, taking in its many variants (including the A-50EI export model for India) and gives an extensive overview of the various scale model kits covering the subject currently available on the market.

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Iljuschin Flugzeuge - seit 1933 (Typenkompass)

After the Ilyushin company initially built military aircraft, it began to construct civil airliners after the end of the Second World War, which quickly became established in the following years.
Ilyushin's mighty freighters are also widespread throughout the world and have cemented the manufacturer's reputation as a designer of almost indestructible and solid utility aircraft.

Each type is presented with a photo, a historical description and a technical sheet.

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