Воспоминания военного летчика-испытателя

Stepan Anastasovich Mikoyan, lieutenant general of aviation. Hero of the Soviet Union, Honored Test Pilot of the USSR, well known in aviation circles in our country and abroad. He happened to test or pilot all types of domestic aircraft of the second half of the 20th century - from light sports cars to heavy missile carriers. But the biggest attachment has always been fighters. The world-famous aircraft designed by Mikoyan - Gurevich and Sukhoi received a ticket to the sky with his help. Memoirs of Stepan Mikoyan - a vivid historical essay on the Soviet fighter aviation. The author tells confidentially and frankly about the everyday life of the difficult and dangerous work of test pilots. An objective analysis of the causes and circumstances of the death of Yuri Gagarin is given for the first time. Stepan Mikoyan is the eldest son of Anastas Ivanovich Mikoyan, an outstanding statesman of the Soviet Union. About parents, younger brothers, friends of youth, about life in our country on the eve, during the war and in the post-war years - an equally sincere story. In Russia they say, if you have talent, you can't hide it. Stepan Anastasovich Mikoyan is a wonderful pilot. Now he is an outstanding memoirist - he generously gives the reader an interesting book.