The Soviet Light Bomber Petlyakov Pe-2 Paperback / softback
by Oleg Pomoshnikov
Part of the Top Drawings series
Paperback / softback
Description
Petlakov Pe-2 (Peshka) is the best-known twin-engine light bomber of Soviet aviation in World War II.
The plane was susceptible to structural changes, which allowed it to be used as a heavy fighter (also night), a dive bomber or a long reconnaissance plane. Vladimir Petlakov constructed the Pe-2 in prison, where he got in 1937 for allegedly delaying the works on the ANT-42 Tupolev bomber.
Petlakow, while serving the sentence, was appointed the head of the constructors' group, which was to create a fast and durable machine that could freely escort the ANT-42.
That is how the VI-100 was made. It was a quite advanced plane for its time (the first flight took place on December 22, 1939).
It was a fully metal construction. The machine was equipped with a pressurised cockpit, turbochargers and many advanced electronic systems.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:20 pages, Color profiles, A4 and B2 drawing sheets
- Publisher:Kagero Oficyna Wydawnicza
- Publication Date:19/03/2019
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- ISBN:9788366148208
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Out of Stock - We are unable to provide an estimated availability date for this product
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:20 pages, Color profiles, A4 and B2 drawing sheets
- Publisher:Kagero Oficyna Wydawnicza
- Publication Date:19/03/2019
- Category:
- ISBN:9788366148208
