FREE shipping on qualifying offers John Barron is an excellent author and did a first class job of writing Viktor's story.
FREE shipping on qualifying offers. I was so blown away by this book I had to meet Viktor in person and now count him as a personal friend. The book is factual in every respect and is difficult to put down once started. John Barron is an excellent author and did a first class job of writing Viktor's story. In addition to an exciting escape story it reveals why the Soviet Union had to collapse of its own ineptitude.
Tells o MIG-25 pilot Viktor Belenko's escape from the Soviet Union, the events he precipitated in Washington, Moscow. I bought this book because I saw a reference to Belenko's defection in a recent discussion about Red China's so-called stealth fighter
Tells o MIG-25 pilot Viktor Belenko's escape from the Soviet Union, the events he precipitated in Washington, Moscow. I bought this book because I saw a reference to Belenko's defection in a recent discussion about Red China's so-called stealth fighter. Back in the 1970s there was a lot of similar concern about the MIG-25, the USSR's most advanced (and highly secret) fighter plane.
Книга жанра: Документальное, Биографии и Мемуары. Читать онлайн в библиотеке Booksonline. CHAPTER I: Into the Unknown. As he had done every day except Sunday during the past four weeks, Lieutenant Viktor Ivanovich Belenko awakened himself early to watch what the dawn might reveal. The first light was promising, and upon seeing the fiery, blinding sun rise, he knew: almost certainly this would be the day. Above the vast forests of pine, cedar, birch, and poplar stretching along the Pacific shores of the Soviet Far East, the sky was azure and cloudless.
The book is factual in every respect and is difficult to put down once started. John Barron is an excellent author and did a first class job of writing Victor's story
The book is factual in every respect and is difficult to put down once started. John Barron is an excellent author and did a first class job of writing Victor's story. In addition to an exciting escape story it reveals why the Soviet Union had to collapse of its own ineptitude, deceit, and corruption. It details humorous incidents such as army pilots' mess-hall riots due to bad food.
John Barron MIG PILOT The Final Escape of Lt. Belenko CHAPTER I Into the Unknown As he had done every day except Sunday during the past four weeks, Lieutenant Viktor Ivanovich Belenko awakened himself early to watch what the dawn might reveal.
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This autobiography by Soviet MIG pilot Victor Belenko is an opener!! It was real! Cold War conduct was incredible as military secrets leaked between the two superpowers - Russia and the USA.
This autobiography by Soviet MIG pilot Victor Belenko is an opener!! It was real! Cold War conduct was incredible as military secrets leaked between the two superpowers - Russia and the US. Great view inside the Soviet Union. com User, October 6, 2002. I read this book twice while the Soviet Union still stood. The book is brilliently written. You get a view of life inside the former Soviet Union, inside their millitary and civillian life, and you see through the eyes of a refugee when he first experiences America. The story helps you to appreciate what you have here. Lt. Belenko is a very courageous man. 0. Report.
MiG Pilot: The Final Escape of Lieutenant Belenko is a 1980 biography by John Barron about the life and 1976 defection of Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 fighter pilot Viktor Belenko to the United States. Category:Aviation books Category:Books about the Cold War.