Just wondering if Tupolev Bombers is actually worth buying for folks like us who have WAPJ in which Tu22Mx was covered in WAPJ No 33and Tu-I60,Tu 142, Tu 16 have been well covered in IAPR – isnt it a cut paste of these articles ?

I found Yefim Gordon’s (Midland Pub) book on the Tu16/Tu 22 Mx quite good otherwise and Airtime has been known to reuse a lot of their stuff from WAPJ,WOF, IAPR and Combat Aircraft – the last book that I saw from them Superfighters was just a rehash of previous stuff with a few new photos – cmon Airtime you can do a lot better than regurgitating same old stuff.

SOC – TO ANSWER YR QUESTION ON THE 5TH ISSUE – IT WAS DECIDED THAT THE SECOND ISSUE IT WOULD BE A SPECIAL ON THE US AIRWINGS – USAF, NAVY , MARINES, ANG , ARMY AVIATION ETC .

BUT SINCE THE US AIR POWER DIRECTORY BY KAMENSKII WAS DOING WELL AT THE TIME , AND THE CARRIER AVIATION DIRECTORY DID NOT DO SO WELL (i LOVED IT) IT WAS DECIDED TO DROP 5th ISSUE AND FOCUS ON BOOKS LIKE TUPOLEV’S BOMBERS ETC (REAL TRASH IF U BUY IAPR AND HAVE WAPJ)

A REAL PITY !!:o

On Phil Camp & Simon Watson

I could not help noticing a few posts regrding the credentials of Simon Watson and Phil Camp – I have been in touch with Simon for last 2 years and his knowledge and photography of the IAF is really amazing – they come to India every once in a while to cover air exercises and have published their articles in all major magazines- their articles on the Mig 21 Moftu unit and kargil war are amazing.

They were to also come for Cope India this time – but apparently they got permission to attend for only 2 days – a pity we would have got some excellent photos and an unbiased report – may their tribe increase !!