Petersburg Wings of America

In the years of civil war, Russia left many prominent aviation specialists: scientists, designers, engineers, pilots. Most among emigrants-aviators were St. Petersburg. During the years of emigration, many have reached the most vertices, taking office of presidents, general directors and the main designers of the largest firms and companies. Especially great success, emigrants-aviators achieved on American Earth.
For many years, their names were forgotten in our country, and their contribution to world aviation did not receive due appreciation. Eliminate this injustice is the book "Petersburg Wings of America". It tells about the fate of St. Petersburgers, forced to leave their homeland and look for happiness overseas in the field of the aviation industry.
The book was prepared at a high professional level, it is based on a deep study of domestic and foreign archives, well illustrated, written by a light and publicly available language. It will be interesting to all interested in aviation and domestic history