Aviation and Chemistry Aviatsiya i Himiya #1 1928

Original vintage Soviet monthly magazine Aviation and Chemistry / Aviatsiya i Himiya issue number 1 January 1928. It was the only scientific and technical illustrated magazine in the USSR on current affairs on aviation and chemistry. The magazine covered the integration of aviation and chemistry in all sectors of the economy. The cover features the illustration of the K-3 - the first Soviet-designed ambulance aircraft designed by engineer Kalinin. The issue includes articles about the defence industry; maintenance of an aircraft engine; production of essential oils; construction of shelters from air-chemical attacks; instructions how to build a simple model of an aircraft; Bakelite, a thermosetting phenol formaldehyde resin, formed from a condensation reaction of phenol with formaldehyde; new technical inventions in the USSR and abroad; transoceanic flights of Charles Lindbergh on The Spirit of St. Louis, the custom-built, single-engine, single-seat, high-wing monoplane that was flown by Charles Lindbergh on May 20–21, 1927, on the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight from Long Island, New York, to Paris, France; red air fleet; creation of first light airplanes in Poland; organizations of the Osoaviakhim (The Society for the Assistance of Defense, Aircraft and Chemical Construction) in the Union republics, and other articles accompanied by photographs, drawings, and blueprints. Published by the Organ of the Union of Societies Osoavikhim of the USSR and Glavlit, 40 pages. Good condition, minor tears on the spine, browning.