About the book: 2018 / The first part of the book describes the author’s creative activity for 41 years in the field of aviation instrument making. In order to overcome the gap from the West, on the personal initiative and under the leadership of the author, display systems for the latest fighters were created in an extremely short time, corresponding in their parameters to the world level of that time. The second part describes the period of the author’s life from 3.5 years to graduation , when a number of events occurred, including those related to mortal danger, which influenced the formation of his character.