Forthcoming book - Dragons on Bird Wings A Combat History of the 812th"Sevastopol"IAP

[Vlad Antipov]

Dear friends!

I hope that you will tell about the opinion on this book.
To us will be very interesting and cognitive.


Regards
Vlad

PS
I have new forces when I read these words -
http://www.internetmodeler.com/2006/...ok_dragons.php

[Aviaeology1]

Hi Vlad,
Here's another opinion.
Cheers,
Terry

http://stonebooks.com/archives/061105.shtml

[Andy Fletcher]

I have just received my copy and I have to say I'm impressed. I've only skimmed through it so far but it's lavishly illustrated with maps, diagrams, profiles and photos and there are extensive claims and loss appendices.

As I say I haven't read it properly yet but the book has the look and feel of quality both in terms of printing and contents (extensively researched from Soviet archives).

Some of the photos are faded but I think that is because of the condition of the original photos not a lack of print quality and in no way detracts from the book as far as I'm concerned.

I can't wait to start reading it properly and look forward to future VVS unit histories by Vlad and Igor

Best Regards

Andy Fletcher

[Nokose]

Aleksandar Sekularac gives a good review of this book at Hyperscale (www.hypercale.com). Vlad, I ordered your book and hope to see more unit histories from you.

[kolya1]

I received my copy last week, and my opinion is that it's more than worth its price.

An extremely interesting reading about a subject on which there are too few books and even less good ones.


BTW, did the authors publish other works on similar subjects in Russian language ?

[Nokose]

Vlad, I know that Volume 1 just came out but is there a date for Volume 2? Also is there going to be loss section for the aircraft in the unit ?

[Kjetil Aakra]

Got this book some time ago and have skimmed through it and have now begun to read it in more detail.

The book must be highly recommended, not only to people with a particular interest in VVS, but for students of the Luftwaffe as well. It is very interesting to finally havign a book devoted to the Soviet pilots, their experience and the fate of a VVS unit through hard and intense fighting.

The profiles are excellent, with lots of detail information and the line drawings (12 pages of them) are among the best I have ever seen. The appendices are also very interesting, especially when comparing the claims and losses with their German counterparts.

Congratulations on a fantastic book,

Kjetil Aakra

[Aviaeology1]

Thank you for your kind words Aakra. They are very encouraging.

We will do our very best to keep up such a standard in future works on VVS subjects, including the second volume of "Dragons".
Regards,
Terry @ Aviaeology

[Ruy Horta]

Originally Posted by Kjetil Aakra

The profiles are excellent, with lots of detail information and the line drawings (12 pages of them) are among the best I have ever seen.

I have to second Kjetil's comments on the line drawings, which came as a very pleasant surprise. Reminds me of a similar surprise when I opened Pilawski's opus.

These detailed line drawings alone in Dragons warrant a purchase, especially to people with an interest in Yak-fighters.

Good profiles are becoming more common, but line drawings are a different case. I really do hope that Aviaeology will include such (extra) material in their future publications. The draftsman in question did an excellent job!

[Kjetil Aakra]

These detailed line drawings alone in Dragons warrant a purchase, especially to people with an interest in Yak-fighters.

Yes, indeed. I would have bought the book for the drawings alone had I know beforehand how good they were (I saw the preview at the Aviaeology site, but a web browser can't really do justice to what's in the book).

I hope too that we'll se more line drawings of the late-war Yak i the second volume. Can't wait to get my hands on that one!

I also hope this will be the first in a series on SOviet WWII units. Such a series is badly needed.

Kjetil