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Удалов К. Г., Гатьял Й.: Самолеты ЭМЗ им. В. М. Мясищева: ВКС М-19
Москва, 2025 г., 152 с.
УДК. 629. 735. 33. (47+57)
Udalov, Konstantin A., Gatial, Iosef: Planes of the Myaishchev Design Buro: M-19
Moscow 2024, 208 pp.
This is a publication I have long been waiting for and it is finally here. The book ‘Myasishchev EMZ Aircraft’ describes the history of the work of V.M. Myasishchev EMZ on the development of the M19 aerospace aircraft and its variants. The publication is illustrated with a large number of schemes and photos previously unpublished. In the past Udalov published several important books and other publications on the history of the Myasishchev design buro (The series was founded in 1994).
The development of outer space in the former Soviet Union in the 1960s and 1970s was characterised by a significant expansion of the range of tasks to be solved in space, an increase in the range of spacecraft and their launch vehicles, an increase in the number of launches and the volume of capital investments.
Among the most important topics developed in the Design Bureau during the period from the late 1960s till mid 1970s were: strategic bomber (analogue to the American B-1), deck military transport aircraft (‘Typhoon’), short take-off and landing military transport aircraft (M12), high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft (M17) and much, much more. V.M. Myasishchev's design team was firmly entrenched in an innovative style of work, and EMZ's projects invariably impressed with the originality and boldness of the design concept. One oft he most interesting was the M-19 design.
The M-19 represents a whole family of different desingns; each evolved out of its specific task. Basically it was an ground launched air breathing vehicle combined with intern rockets. These designs were amzing and must have been a sight to behold if they would have been build. The great artist and co-author Gatial brings them to live in amazing renderings.
The book consists oft he following chapters: after a short forword and introduction is an interesting first chapter about the first inspirator Gurko and his „Gurkolet project“ (pp. 6-17). followed by some chapters about the initial work in the EMZ designburo and the daily life of the acteurs (pp. 18-35). The next chapters about the evolving M-19 variants are truly breathtaking. Some of them awere designed to cope with hydrogen as fuel while others were meant to be SSTO and fulfill a variety of space and military tasks as well within the atmosphere as in outer space. Some of them looked a bit (but only from the outside) like the Shuttle or the Buran others had swivel wings and were hypersonic. The TOC is (see attached):
VKS M-19 BOOSTER (pp. 54-63)
VKS M-19 WITH REMOVABLE FUEL TANK (pp. 64-69)
IN THE SERVICE OF PEACEFUL SPACE (pp. 70-75)
SPACE STRATEGIST (pp. 76-83)
M-19-2 (SECOND VARIANT) (pp. 84-91)
M-19-3 (THIRD VARIANT) (pp. 92-102)
M-19-4 (FOURTH VARIANT) (pp. 103-109)
M-19-4V (FOURTH VARIANT) (pp. 110-119)
OTHER PROJECTS. M-19P (pp. 120-127)
OTHER PROJECTS. M-19S (pp. 128-135)
OTHER PROJECTS. M-19U (pp. 136-143)
BRIEF TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE VKS M-19 (pp. 144-149).
To me especially the M-19-4v is a real marvel.
This book is masterpiece of aviation and space history. It combines deep research with well written text (in russian), plus material from the archives, fotos and fantastic renderings. Some of the material is shown here for the first time. It is for a wide range of readers interested in aviation. I wish everyone a good read!
Москва, 2025 г., 152 с.
УДК. 629. 735. 33. (47+57)
Udalov, Konstantin A., Gatial, Iosef: Planes of the Myaishchev Design Buro: M-19
Moscow 2024, 208 pp.
This is a publication I have long been waiting for and it is finally here. The book ‘Myasishchev EMZ Aircraft’ describes the history of the work of V.M. Myasishchev EMZ on the development of the M19 aerospace aircraft and its variants. The publication is illustrated with a large number of schemes and photos previously unpublished. In the past Udalov published several important books and other publications on the history of the Myasishchev design buro (The series was founded in 1994).
The development of outer space in the former Soviet Union in the 1960s and 1970s was characterised by a significant expansion of the range of tasks to be solved in space, an increase in the range of spacecraft and their launch vehicles, an increase in the number of launches and the volume of capital investments.
Among the most important topics developed in the Design Bureau during the period from the late 1960s till mid 1970s were: strategic bomber (analogue to the American B-1), deck military transport aircraft (‘Typhoon’), short take-off and landing military transport aircraft (M12), high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft (M17) and much, much more. V.M. Myasishchev's design team was firmly entrenched in an innovative style of work, and EMZ's projects invariably impressed with the originality and boldness of the design concept. One oft he most interesting was the M-19 design.
The M-19 represents a whole family of different desingns; each evolved out of its specific task. Basically it was an ground launched air breathing vehicle combined with intern rockets. These designs were amzing and must have been a sight to behold if they would have been build. The great artist and co-author Gatial brings them to live in amazing renderings.
The book consists oft he following chapters: after a short forword and introduction is an interesting first chapter about the first inspirator Gurko and his „Gurkolet project“ (pp. 6-17). followed by some chapters about the initial work in the EMZ designburo and the daily life of the acteurs (pp. 18-35). The next chapters about the evolving M-19 variants are truly breathtaking. Some of them awere designed to cope with hydrogen as fuel while others were meant to be SSTO and fulfill a variety of space and military tasks as well within the atmosphere as in outer space. Some of them looked a bit (but only from the outside) like the Shuttle or the Buran others had swivel wings and were hypersonic. The TOC is (see attached):
VKS M-19 BOOSTER (pp. 54-63)
VKS M-19 WITH REMOVABLE FUEL TANK (pp. 64-69)
IN THE SERVICE OF PEACEFUL SPACE (pp. 70-75)
SPACE STRATEGIST (pp. 76-83)
M-19-2 (SECOND VARIANT) (pp. 84-91)
M-19-3 (THIRD VARIANT) (pp. 92-102)
M-19-4 (FOURTH VARIANT) (pp. 103-109)
M-19-4V (FOURTH VARIANT) (pp. 110-119)
OTHER PROJECTS. M-19P (pp. 120-127)
OTHER PROJECTS. M-19S (pp. 128-135)
OTHER PROJECTS. M-19U (pp. 136-143)
BRIEF TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE VKS M-19 (pp. 144-149).
To me especially the M-19-4v is a real marvel.
This book is masterpiece of aviation and space history. It combines deep research with well written text (in russian), plus material from the archives, fotos and fantastic renderings. Some of the material is shown here for the first time. It is for a wide range of readers interested in aviation. I wish everyone a good read!
