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Hi to all!
I just received my copy of the book “Korchagin and His Aircraft”, written by our dear Soviet/Russian aircraft specialist Konstantin Udalov.
First of all, the book quality is unquestionable. There are a lot of high quality images, including action pictures, colored 3D views, drawings and historical documents, covering all the historical aspects relating to V.A. Korchagin and his work in the field of aviation.
I am sure that you will have the same feeling I had when I started reading this book. It literally impression us with the good vocabulary, which makes the reading very fluent and pleasurable.
Firstly, the book starts with a brief biography of Valentin Aleksandrovich Korchagin, covering some early aspects of his life and evolving into the description of his work in aviation. In this part, we have access to documents regarding his life, as well as a good amount of his photos.
The first project described is a jet powered glider, and after it, we see another glider project. After this relatively simple designs, Korchagin started designing more advanced aircraft, including the multipurpose, single engine KOR-54. This aircraft is very well described in all aspects, with a huge amount of visual material and original drawings.
After it, we are able to see the full description of larger projects, including the “Angara” amphibian and it’s variants and the incredible KOR-70 VTOL aircraft, which, in some aspects, reminds Bartini’s work with the VVA-14 aircraft.
The book then presents a small, multipurpose landplane aircraft called “Volga” and it’s amphibious variants, with a distinctive duct around the propeller, a very innovative feature in aircraft design. He also worked on a more complex project, the T-12 STOL aircraft, based on a Myasishchev Project.
Later, we can see his work with the “Taifon” carrier-based aircraft, which had many purposes, mainly anti-submarine warfare (ASW) duties. He later worked on the Yamal 1 and 2 medium amphibians, which were meant to perform both civilian and military activities. It is worth to say that this aircraft reach the mock-up stage, with many photos of it in the book.
Korchagin advanced his projects into the field of paraplanes, with the design of the Yamal-MP, and later with a series of large hovercrafts also for civilian and military use, called Yamal-VP. After them, he designed more light aircraft, with different designs and even an air cushion landing gear. I will not describe these models, I just can’t spoil the pleasure you will have reading this book.
In my opinion, this book is the most complete work regarding the work life of V.A. Korchagin in the field of aviation, and it is a “must have” for all aviation enthusiasts. My best regards to Konstatin Udalov for spending his time making one more incredible book, which I highly recommend.
Book cover in attach.
Best regards,
Gabriel Orosco
I just received my copy of the book “Korchagin and His Aircraft”, written by our dear Soviet/Russian aircraft specialist Konstantin Udalov.
First of all, the book quality is unquestionable. There are a lot of high quality images, including action pictures, colored 3D views, drawings and historical documents, covering all the historical aspects relating to V.A. Korchagin and his work in the field of aviation.
I am sure that you will have the same feeling I had when I started reading this book. It literally impression us with the good vocabulary, which makes the reading very fluent and pleasurable.
Firstly, the book starts with a brief biography of Valentin Aleksandrovich Korchagin, covering some early aspects of his life and evolving into the description of his work in aviation. In this part, we have access to documents regarding his life, as well as a good amount of his photos.
The first project described is a jet powered glider, and after it, we see another glider project. After this relatively simple designs, Korchagin started designing more advanced aircraft, including the multipurpose, single engine KOR-54. This aircraft is very well described in all aspects, with a huge amount of visual material and original drawings.
After it, we are able to see the full description of larger projects, including the “Angara” amphibian and it’s variants and the incredible KOR-70 VTOL aircraft, which, in some aspects, reminds Bartini’s work with the VVA-14 aircraft.
The book then presents a small, multipurpose landplane aircraft called “Volga” and it’s amphibious variants, with a distinctive duct around the propeller, a very innovative feature in aircraft design. He also worked on a more complex project, the T-12 STOL aircraft, based on a Myasishchev Project.
Later, we can see his work with the “Taifon” carrier-based aircraft, which had many purposes, mainly anti-submarine warfare (ASW) duties. He later worked on the Yamal 1 and 2 medium amphibians, which were meant to perform both civilian and military activities. It is worth to say that this aircraft reach the mock-up stage, with many photos of it in the book.
Korchagin advanced his projects into the field of paraplanes, with the design of the Yamal-MP, and later with a series of large hovercrafts also for civilian and military use, called Yamal-VP. After them, he designed more light aircraft, with different designs and even an air cushion landing gear. I will not describe these models, I just can’t spoil the pleasure you will have reading this book.
In my opinion, this book is the most complete work regarding the work life of V.A. Korchagin in the field of aviation, and it is a “must have” for all aviation enthusiasts. My best regards to Konstatin Udalov for spending his time making one more incredible book, which I highly recommend.
Book cover in attach.
Best regards,
Gabriel Orosco
