Explains how Aeroflot functioned more as a public utility than a traditional commercial airline, connecting over 3,500 communities across the USSR via affordable "long-distance bus" style air travel.
Features numerous illustrations, maps, and technical details of Soviet aircraft that were historically difficult to obtain in the West before the era of glasnost . Collector's Note Aeroflot: An Airline and Its Aircraft: An Illus...
Coverage of the world's first transport aircraft (1913), the first sustained jet airline service, and the record-breaking development of massive helicopters and cargo jets. Explains how Aeroflot functioned more as a public
