"This book is a comprehensive study of the twenty years or so that this class saw industrial service. Profusely illustrated, and with a number of site maps. Highly recommended."
Industrial Railway Society Bulletin, July 2022

"...a nice compilation of weaponry that didn't get much beyond the prototype stage..."
Historical Miniatures Gaming Society, May 2022

I found the book enjoyable and an easy read. It stands as an adjunct to the life of one of Britain's more colourful characters and is an important part of his biography.
ARRSE (Army Rumour Service)

"Highly Recommended for beginner to advanced builders of the M60 and its variants."
AMPS April 2022

When Communism still ruled in Russia it could take three weeks to get a visa in London but there were other capitals where it could be made available in a few hours, on one condition – that you flew Aeroflot, which meant a Soviet aircraft. For many this seemed a price too large to pay but, as the author points out, the fleet was made up of vast numbers of a few ‘standard’ aircraft whose safety record was largely equal to their western equivalents. Indeed the majority of the Tupolevs, Ilyushians and Antonovs had a requirement for operating from remote and rough airstrips which demanded fairly muscular construction which they often tested daily. But this book confines itself, as its sub-title indicates, to the three decades immediately following the break-up of the former Soviet Union – which is what makes it so fascinating. Instead of endless repetition of uniform Aeroflot colours this period saw the state company fragment into dozens of localised independent Russian and former.. Read more
Philip Styles, Archivist – The Shackleton Assn.