Soviet V/STOL Aircraft : The Struggle for a Shipborne Combat Capability.

COVER -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- I. PROLOGUE: EARLY SOVIET LIFT ENGINE DEVELOPMENTS -- A. STOL Demonstrator Aircraft -- B. Domodedovo Conclusions -- II. YAKOVLEV YAK-36 FREEHAND -- A. Overview -- B. Background -- c. Development -- D. Yak-36 Freehand Aircraft Description -- III. YAKOVLEV YAK-36M/YAK-38 FORGER -- A. Overview -- B. Development -- C. Initial Deployment -- D. Operational Limitations and Improvements -- E. End of the Forger -- F. Yak-38 Forger Aircraft Description -- G. Yak-38 Forger Propulsion System Description -- IV. YAKOVLEV YAK-41/YAK-141 FREESTYLE -- A. Overview -- B. Initial Development -- C. General Description -- D. The End of the Freestyle -- E. Yak-41 Freestyle Aircraft Description -- F. Yak-41 Freestyle Propulsion System Description -- V. EPILOGUE: THE ERA OF CONVENTIONAL NAVAL AIRCRAFT -- VI. SUMMARY -- VII. OBSERVATIONS -- APPENDIX A. WESTERN ANALOGS -- APPENDIX B. THE AUTOMATIC EJECTION SYSTEM -- APPENDIX C. SOVIET/RUSSIAN CARRIERS -- APPENDIX D. THE KAMOV KA-22 VINTOKRYL HOOP -- APPENDIX E. SOVIET ENGINE DESIGN BUREAUS -- APPENDIX F. SOVIET MILITARY AVIATION STRUCTURE -- APPENDIX G. V/STOL CONSIDERATIONS -- APPENDIX G. GEOGRAPHIC REFERENCES -- REFERENCES -- ADDITIONAL READING.

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