This is a very good book which is very informative for both modellers and aviation/ historians enthusiasts, it is easy to follow and certainly contains a lot more information on the history of the subject, in this case, is the Su-15 than other modelling books. In my experience with some of the other modelling books, you do not get the in-depth history and pictures of the original of the subject. Thus making this one particular series of books especially prominent for those interested in the history of the subject slightly more than of other modelling types of books.

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Armorama

... A lot of attention is devoted to technical details in this book and complemented with actual stories from the operational period which makes this book nice and readable. The Boeing Killer is a book for the collector, who is interested in the history of Russian war planes and especially this type of plane. A nice document with beautiful imagery.

AviationBookReviews.com – Max Heldring

The fifth title in this Flightcraft series from Pen and Sword takes on the subject of another Soviet Cold War jet, the Sukhoi Su-15. This was a design of the early 1960's, built to update the Soviet fleet of interceptors and make them more capable to meet the newest threats from NATO equipment. Using a new and large radar meant doing away with the nose intake for the jets, so often associated with Soviet jet aircraft. It also was to have two engines, partly a solution to crashes due to engine failure in the earlier, single engined Su-11. The prototype first flew towards the end of 1962 with the designation of T-58. Improvements and modifications were made to the next two prototypes as they continued test flying through 1963, with production aircraft finally going into service in 1967. The first section of the book gives the full story of this development history,'The SU-15 is Born'.

Section 2 then looks at the 'Experimental Versions and Testbeds' and this includes details and pictures of one fitted with two additional 'Lift' engines to provide a STOL (- Short Take-Off and Landing) capability, plus a number of other trials that were carried out between 1966 and 1973. This is followed by 'The Su-15 in Action', with details of some interceptions they made particularly on the Turkish and Iranian borders with the Soviet Union, as well as two other incidents involving South Korean Boeing airliners. The first was a Boeing 707, which was damaged by and then force landed while the second involved a Boring 747 which was shot down with heavy loss of life and world outcry against the incident. The final section on the real aircraft is 'The Su-15 in Detail', which goes over each element of the airframe and includes useful data tables.

To round things off for these Flightcraft titles it features a Modellers Section, where all the available kits and aftermarket accessories are given useful reviews. Not step by step build sequences but helpful reviews of the available products on the market, and illustrated with examples of the completed models. These include both 1/48 and 1/72 scale models and aftermarket sets for them.

The book is well illustrated throughout with over 170 archive photos, both in colour and black and white, including a number of examples that exist in museums today. The closing pages carry some fine colour profiles (29 of them) and an assortment of line drawings as well. I still find it interesting to read these books which cover Soviet aircraft types from the Cold War era, remembering from the time of knowing what they were but very little detail of the story behind them. Now I know more

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