Vladimir Ilyushin. Test pilot and his comrades about airplanes, love, and friendship

The book talks about the life of the legendary test pilot, the hero of the Soviet Union of Vladimir Sergeevich Ilyushin. It is composed of dialogues, interviews and stories taken from documentaries about him, magnificent newspaper publications and oral memories of colleagues and friends.
A continuation of the reflection of Vladimir Ilyushin is becoming in the book of his own lyrical essays, published in the journal "Youth" in the 60s and causing the most vastity of readers of various generations. Material, grieving around the most significant, sorting events of the pilot"s life, does not fall into fragmented fragments. The unifying storyline becomes his personality, which does not strictly chronic outline the events with a full biographical narrative.
This is a book about heroic life in the name of love for the profession, in the name of achieving a high purpose set in early adolescence, in the name of serving his homeland.
This is a book about a person who, reaching a lot, going to a cruel risk, remains loving, gentle, noble, affordable, and until the last day causing admiration.
Compiled by: Ilyushina M. V