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Wow cant wait until its laus in the bookshop!
NATO likes to use an F word.. Appropriate given its likely deployments in Syria, Crimea etcAwful title.
IIRC, when the Tu-28 was thought to be a bomber, it was code-named "Blinder" and the Tu-22 was code-named "Beauty", when the Tu-28 was determined to be an interceptor fighter and given a "F-name", the Tu-22 got the "Blinder" code name because some general didn't want to give it a "nice" code name.I remember when the Tu-22 first appeared, the first code name suggested was based on a comment made about the aircraft's appearance: "Beauty". But that was deemed to be too complimentary, so it ultimately became "Blinder". And don't forget that one of the first great Soviet aircraft of the NATO era was codenamed "Fagot"!
NATO likes to use an F word.. Appropriate given its likely deployments in Syria, Crimea etcAwful title.
NATO code names are easier to say over the radio, hence why they still need them.NATO likes to use an F word.. Appropriate given its likely deployments in Syria, Crimea etcAwful title.
What an odd code name. I also didn't realize NATO was still giving out code names. They already know the aircraft will be called the SU-57 so why bother ? Well at least they didn't go for something derogatory like the code names they gave to the Mig-15 and the AN-22.
alberchicos source says november 2021, i am just trying to figure out of it is still worth buying, as in will some users get the cover to pdf format here? Also is it a repeat of already known information? Such as there being a book of the ka-52 katran talking about hermes and radar performance when information is already known about it like me viewing promweekly.ru translating KRET pdf files for its radar. Not to to mention further upgrades on the su-57s weapons, avionics and engines from 2022-2024.So what happens to the Yefim Gordon book? Is it cancelled? Or just delayed?![]()
There’s a reason. NATO uses F names for fighters and B names for bombers. You know what the aircraft is by the name.NATO likes to use an F word.. Appropriate given its likely deployments in Syria, Crimea etcAwful title.
New Cover at Amazon..co.uk
Sukhoi Su-57: Amazon.co.uk: Gordon, Yefim: 9781910809938: Books
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New Cover at Amazon..co.uk
Sukhoi Su-57: Amazon.co.uk: Gordon, Yefim: 9781910809938: Books
Buy Sukhoi Su-57 by Gordon, Yefim (ISBN: 9781910809938) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.www.amazon.co.uk
Don't be surprised if it gets delayed until 2022. Yefim's book on the Chinese air force is finally going to be available on May 15, but it was originally scheduled to be published last November.
Chinese Air Power: Gordon, Yefim, Komissarov, Dmitriy: 9781910809464: Amazon.com: Books
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Actually, the Tu-22 supersonic bomber first received the name 'Bullshot' by NATO's NASCC. Since that name obviously sounded a bit too much like a slang alternative to 'nonsense', it was designated 'Beauty' after it's fly-past at the 1961 May Day celebration. This name then was considered too complimentary and was finally changed to 'Blinder' in 1962.IIRC, when the Tu-28 was thought to be a bomber, it was code-named "Blinder" and the Tu-22 was code-named "Beauty", when the Tu-28 was determined to be an interceptor fighter and given a "F-name", the Tu-22 got the "Blinder" code name because some general didn't want to give it a "nice" code name.I remember when the Tu-22 first appeared, the first code name suggested was based on a comment made about the aircraft's appearance: "Beauty". But that was deemed to be too complimentary, so it ultimately became "Blinder". And don't forget that one of the first great Soviet aircraft of the NATO era was codenamed "Fagot"!
Actually, the Tu-22 supersonic bomber first received the name 'Bullshot' by NATO's NASCC. Since that name obviously sounded a bit too much like a slang alternative to 'nonsense', it was designated 'Beauty' after it's fly-past at the 1961 May Day celebration. This name then was considered too complimentary and was finally changed to 'Blinder' in 1962.IIRC, when the Tu-28 was thought to be a bomber, it was code-named "Blinder" and the Tu-22 was code-named "Beauty", when the Tu-28 was determined to be an interceptor fighter and given a "F-name", the Tu-22 got the "Blinder" code name because some general didn't want to give it a "nice" code name.I remember when the Tu-22 first appeared, the first code name suggested was based on a comment made about the aircraft's appearance: "Beauty". But that was deemed to be too complimentary, so it ultimately became "Blinder". And don't forget that one of the first great Soviet aircraft of the NATO era was codenamed "Fagot"!
Bundle of sticks and rooster?NATO likes to use an F word.. Appropriate given its likely deployments in Syria, Crimea etcAwful title.
What an odd code name. I also didn't realize NATO was still giving out code names. They already know the aircraft will be called the SU-57 so why bother ? Well at least they didn't go for something derogatory like the code names they gave to the Mig-15 and the AN-22.
Probably the Global limit on his BS was reached. Butowski gives you real info without Gordon’s March of the Proletarian speeches.So what happens to the Yefim Gordon book? Is it cancelled? Or just delayed?![]()
I think it's pretty good. Piotrs text is top notch, nice photos, the layout could have been a bit better but that' Key's responsibility.Has anyone bought this magazine format book on the SU-57 that was recently published ? Is it any good ? So far I have not seen it on sale here in the U.S.
It's back! Just checked the Crecy website-book is due this fall and will be 400 pages with 500 illustrations.