tment and Military Aviation Editor of the TsAGI's «Technical Information» bimonthly bulletin and «Aviation and Missile Technology» weekly bulletin. He holds a Candidate of science degree from the Institute of Science and Technology History (of the Russian Academy of Sciences). Now he is a project manager for the computer financial and accounting systems.

Vladimir E.Ilyin served as the TsAGI's leading analyzer of the military aircraft information. Now he is the head of the Military Aviation Group of the TsAGI's Scientific/ Technical Information Department and Military Aviation Editor of the «Technical Information» and «Aviation and Missile Technology» bulletins. He is also Aircraft Combat Employment Editor of the monthly «Krylya Rodiny», the largest circulation Russian aviation journal.

Vladimir G.Rigmant was a developer of avionics for a long time and now serves as the Head of the Tupolev design bureau's museum.

He is an authoritative analyzer of Tupolev's bombers and other combat planes. He regularly contributes to aviation journals and published several books including that on the Tu-160 and Tu-22/22M bombers and on the MiG-15 and MiG-9 fighters.

Sergei A.Skrynnikov served as a correspondent of the monthly «Aviatsya i Kosmonavtika», Russian Air Force journal, and is the leading Russian photographer specialising in aviation. Now he is Chief Editor of the «Vestnik Vozdus- chnogo Flota». He regularly contributes to the well-known aviation journals such as «Flight International», «Aviation Week amp; Space Technology», «Air International» etc, and in 1992 «Aviation Week amp; Space Technology» included Skrynnikov in the list of ten leading aerophotographers of the world. He published «Red Warrior», «Su-27», «Tu-160» and other photoalbums.

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