Overview

Shrouded in secrecy, output from the Chinese aviation industry was, until recently, largely unknown in the West. In the 1950's, when communist China and the Soviet Union were on friendly terms the Soviet Union assisted in the setting up of the Peoples Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) by delivering combat aircraft and training Chinese personnel. Following the 1960's rift between Moscow and Beijing, the Chinese authorities set up an indigenous aircraft industry and as they gained experience, versions of Soviet aircraft started appearing together with their own designs. Chinese Aircraft provides a full description of all aircraft types including, amongst others, the Shaanxi Y8, the Chengdu JF-17 (FC-1) light fighter which is now entering service with the Pakistan Air Force, the Shenyang J-10 and the KJ-2000 AWACS aircraft based on the Il'yushin IL-76. It also details the factories and design institutions representing the industry over the years including, Chengdu, Guizhou, Shenyang, Xian and Chiange and compares early and late designs to show how those organisations developed. A special section deals with experimental types and the latest research and development whilst further sections are devoted to aircraft weapons, unmanned aerial vehicles and Chinese aircraft exports on a country by country basis. For the first time, numerous colour profiles and three view drawings are illustrated together with logos of the production enterprises and design institutions to form a comprehensive guide to Chinese aircraft and China's aviation industry.

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Chinese Aircraft gives the aviation enthusiast an invaluable, overdue means of getting up to speed on the subject. --Jon Guttman Aviation History (09/01/2010)

-Chinese Aircraft gives the aviation enthusiast an invaluable, overdue means of getting up to speed on the subject.---Jon Guttman-Aviation History- (09/01/2010)

All together, the result is an outstanding reference on Chinese aviation, and one that will have many looking for kits of some of these aircraft. -Internet Modeler, reviewed by Chris Banyai-Riepl, September 2009-- Internet Modeler (9/1/2009 12:00:00 AM) Chinese Aircraft gives the aviation enthusiast an invaluable, overdue means of getting up to speed on the subject. --Jon Guttman Aviation History (9/1/2010 12:00:00 AM) Hats off to Mr. Gordon and Komissarov to a well produced book. I will refer back to it over and over. -IPMS, reviewed by Adam Johnson, September 2009-- IPMS (9/1/2009 12:00:00 AM) It is a book that is quite complete and will offer hours of reading pleasure and is sure to find a prominent place on anyone's reference shelf. It is one that I thoroughly enjoyed and can easily recommend to you as well. -Modeling Madness, reviewed by Scott Van Aken, August 2009-- Modeling Madness (8/1/2009 12:00:00 AM)

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Yefim Gordon was born in 1950 in Vilnius, Lithuania. He has been researching Soviet and Russian aviation history for more than 40 years and has one of the world's largest photograph and document archives on the subject. A professional aviation journalist and photographer since 1989, Yefim Gordon has published hundreds of features and photographs in Soviet, Russian and foreign aviation magazines. He has also authored and co-authored well over 100 books on Soviet and Russian aviation which are published in seven countries. He is a co-owner of the Moscow-based aviation publishing house Polygon Press Ltd. He is the author of previous titles in the Flight Craft series, Russian Gunship Helicopters and Soviet Spyplanes of the Cold War (both published by Pen and Sword Aviation in 2013). Dmitriy Komissarov is rapidly establishing himself as a respected authority on Russian and Soviet aviation. He works in the publishing industry and lives in Moscow.

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