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New Book "Planes of the Ilyushin Design-Buro (Vol. 1)" by Konstantin Udalov and Talgat Ashimov
[УДАЛОВ, КОНСТАНТИН Г., Ашимов Т. М.: Самолеты ОКБ им. С. В. Ильюшина.; Авико Пресс, Moscow 2023, УДК. 629. 735. 33 (47+57); 164 pp.]
Well known russian aviation historian and author Konstantin Udalov teams up with Talgat Ashimov to this amazng book about the the famous IL-12 and its predecessors, which includes the ZKB-6, ZKB-26 and the IL-12 with some truly unkown before projects. In their preface the authors mentioned, that none of the published books mentiones the first passenger aircraft projects – TsKB-6, TsKB-26 (a passenger version of the DB-3 bomber), and the IL-12 projects in passing. After a long targeted search, the authors managed to find documents and drawings of the mentioned projects and present them in this work.
During the First Five Year Plan (1928-1932) oft he Soviet Union, civil aviation became a necessary and important link in the integrated transport system, which included water, rail and road transport. So the idea tot he TsKB- 6 plane was born. As in each chapter, the authors compare the respective aircraft design with its international trends and counterparts.
THe following chapter is about the passenger airplane TsKB-26P. It also dates back into the early 1930s. Many previously unknown facts and original drawings can be found in this chapter. But the design was considered not to be optimal and had some shortcomings, but in the opinion of the authors these were not design errors. The Design Team of the No.3 Design Team, headed by S.V. Ilyushin, being fully occupied with the work on the DB3 bomber, considered it possible to formally meet the requirement of the Air Forces Scientific Research Institute to develop new aircraft simultaneously in two versions, for the Air Forces and the Army.
The following chapters continues with the first serial varaint of the IL-12 passenger plane. It had militry roots and was influenced by the american DC-3 (for this see also my review of Udalovs book on the Li-2, the soviet DC-3, which gave a boost to the whole soviet aviation industry).
Next capter is about the series IL-12 and its variants (IL-12-32; IL-12-27; IL-12-18; IL-12B and others). A truly remarkable "sidestory" is the encounter of an Il-12 and a amreican F-86 over Korea. On a hot summer morning on 27 July 1953, six crew members and 15 passengers boarded the IL12 at Port Arthur Airport. Officers and soldiers of the Soviet Air Force were going on holiday to Vladivostok. But the IL-12 was downed by Air Force Kap. Ralf Parr (pp. 52-54).
The following chapters are dedicated to IL-12s with different engines (e.g. the ASh-31 motor).
Then there wa the IL-12 high-altitude version, which was inspired by the Douglas DC-5. And of course the military versions: transporters and bomber-variant. Especially interesting are the towing-trials of the big military transport-glider Yak-14 and other heavy-weights like the Ts-25.
Then it's on to the aircraft's use around the world, including record-breaking flights, including Antarctica. Finally, the use on the various airlines worldwide is described and illustrated with many photos and colour profiles.
The history is rounded up by brillant artwork (by Gatial and Arkhipov), detailed technical descriptions and informations about the involved people behind this plane, tons of fotografs and other great stuff.Thumbs up for this amazing book and piece of aviation-history. A truly remarkable book and an important piece of aviation-history literature. High recommendations! I can´t wait fort he second Ilyushin-volume. If you are interested in further reading by purchasing the book please dm Konstantin Udalov (ucon) on the forum.
[УДАЛОВ, КОНСТАНТИН Г., Ашимов Т. М.: Самолеты ОКБ им. С. В. Ильюшина.; Авико Пресс, Moscow 2023, УДК. 629. 735. 33 (47+57); 164 pp.]
Well known russian aviation historian and author Konstantin Udalov teams up with Talgat Ashimov to this amazng book about the the famous IL-12 and its predecessors, which includes the ZKB-6, ZKB-26 and the IL-12 with some truly unkown before projects. In their preface the authors mentioned, that none of the published books mentiones the first passenger aircraft projects – TsKB-6, TsKB-26 (a passenger version of the DB-3 bomber), and the IL-12 projects in passing. After a long targeted search, the authors managed to find documents and drawings of the mentioned projects and present them in this work.
During the First Five Year Plan (1928-1932) oft he Soviet Union, civil aviation became a necessary and important link in the integrated transport system, which included water, rail and road transport. So the idea tot he TsKB- 6 plane was born. As in each chapter, the authors compare the respective aircraft design with its international trends and counterparts.
THe following chapter is about the passenger airplane TsKB-26P. It also dates back into the early 1930s. Many previously unknown facts and original drawings can be found in this chapter. But the design was considered not to be optimal and had some shortcomings, but in the opinion of the authors these were not design errors. The Design Team of the No.3 Design Team, headed by S.V. Ilyushin, being fully occupied with the work on the DB3 bomber, considered it possible to formally meet the requirement of the Air Forces Scientific Research Institute to develop new aircraft simultaneously in two versions, for the Air Forces and the Army.
The following chapters continues with the first serial varaint of the IL-12 passenger plane. It had militry roots and was influenced by the american DC-3 (for this see also my review of Udalovs book on the Li-2, the soviet DC-3, which gave a boost to the whole soviet aviation industry).
Next capter is about the series IL-12 and its variants (IL-12-32; IL-12-27; IL-12-18; IL-12B and others). A truly remarkable "sidestory" is the encounter of an Il-12 and a amreican F-86 over Korea. On a hot summer morning on 27 July 1953, six crew members and 15 passengers boarded the IL12 at Port Arthur Airport. Officers and soldiers of the Soviet Air Force were going on holiday to Vladivostok. But the IL-12 was downed by Air Force Kap. Ralf Parr (pp. 52-54).
The following chapters are dedicated to IL-12s with different engines (e.g. the ASh-31 motor).
Then there wa the IL-12 high-altitude version, which was inspired by the Douglas DC-5. And of course the military versions: transporters and bomber-variant. Especially interesting are the towing-trials of the big military transport-glider Yak-14 and other heavy-weights like the Ts-25.
Then it's on to the aircraft's use around the world, including record-breaking flights, including Antarctica. Finally, the use on the various airlines worldwide is described and illustrated with many photos and colour profiles.
The history is rounded up by brillant artwork (by Gatial and Arkhipov), detailed technical descriptions and informations about the involved people behind this plane, tons of fotografs and other great stuff.Thumbs up for this amazing book and piece of aviation-history. A truly remarkable book and an important piece of aviation-history literature. High recommendations! I can´t wait fort he second Ilyushin-volume. If you are interested in further reading by purchasing the book please dm Konstantin Udalov (ucon) on the forum.
