Polynin Fedor Petrovich (10/20/1906 – 11/21/1981) – Pilot bomber, Hero of the Soviet Union (1938), Colonel-General. In aviation from 1929 in 1937-1938 fought in China and commanded air group. Member of the Soviet-Finnish war. In WWII with the August 1941 commanded the Air Force of the Bryansk Front, 2 and 6 VA. In the 1944-1947 military commander of the Polish Army. After returning to the Soviet Union was the chief of Air Force logistics.
Artsebarsky Anatoly Pavlovich (09/09/1956). Astronaut born Sept. 9, 1956 in the village of millet Pokrovsky region Dnipropetrovsk region Ukrainian SSR; graduated from the Kharkov Higher Military Pilot School them. SI Gritsevets in 1977, the Centre for Air Force test pilot in 1983, MAI in 1987, the General Staff Academy in 1996
He served in the Air Force as a pilot instructor, worked a test pilot Air Force Institute, a military instructor pilot in Class 1, test-pilot 2 nd class.
In 1985 he trained under the program shuttle-type "Buran", and since 1987, after closing the program, ready to fly to fly on the Soyuz and the Mir orbital station "in the Cosmonaut Training Center Yuri Gagarin on 18 May.
October 10, 1991 made a 144-day space flight on the Soyuz TM-12 spacecraft and the Mir orbital station.
Andrei Nikolayevich Tupolev (29.10 (10.11) .1888 – 12.23.1972), Soviet aircraft designer, academician of the USSR (1953), Colonel-General Engineer (1968), three times Hero of Socialist Labor (1945, 1957, 1972). In 1908 he entered the Moscow Higher Technical School (Moscow Higher Technical School), where under the guidance of Zhukovsky began to engage in aeronautical study, participated in the construction of a glider, which made its first flight. After graduation (1918), together with Zhukovsky was the organizer and one of the leaders of hydrodynamic Institute (TsAGI). In 1918 – 1935 Deputy Head of the Institute. In 1922 he formed as part of TsAGI and headed the experimental design bureau, whose activity was associated with the development of severe land, sea combat and civilian aircraft, torpedo boats and the sled. In 1922 – 1924 directed the work on implementation duralyumina in aircraft, in 1924 – 1925 created the ANT-2 and ANT-3 – the first Soviet all-metal aircraft. Using duralyumina in the construction of aircraft allowed Tupolev first in the country to move from biplane to monoplane cantilever. Tupolev developed more than 100 types of aircraft, 70 of which were issued serially. At the Tupolev aircraft won 78 world records, holds 28 unique flights, including rescue boat crew Cheliuskin on ANT-4, non-stop flights to the U.S. via the North Pole crew VPChkalov and Gromov on ANT -25, landing a scientific expedition "North Pole", headed by ID Papanin. A large number of bombers, torpedo bombers, scouts designed by Tupolev (TB-1, TB-3, SB, TB-7, MTB-2, W-2) and torpedo boats H-4, F-5 was used in the fighting in the Great Patriotic War of 1941 – 1945. In the postwar years under the leadership of Tupolev developed a number of military and civilian aircraft, including the 1-st Soviet jet bomber Tu-12 (1947), Tu-16, 1-th jet airliner TU-104 (1954), 1-st turboprop intercontinental airliner Tu-114 (1957), Tu-124, Tu-134, Tu-154. Created as a number of supersonic aircraft, including passenger Tu-144. Tupolev – Honorary Member of the Royal Aeronautical Society of Great Britain (1970) and the American Institute of Aviation and Space (1971). In 1958, Tupolev was awarded the Gold Medal. Zhukovsky "For the best work on the theory of aviation." Awarded as the Great Gold Medal FAI Prize. Leonardo da Vinci (Italy), the gold medal of the founders of Aviation (France) and other awards. Member of CEC 7-th convocation. Member of the Supreme Soviet 3-8-th convocations. Lenin Prize (1957), USSR State Prize (1943, 1948, 1949, 1952, 1972). He was awarded eight orders of Lenin, 6 other awards, medals, and 2 foreign orders.
Lit.: Arkhangelsk, AA, in pace with the progress, "Aerospace", 1967, № 10 – 11; Minaev, AV, Aeronautical engineering, in the book.: Energy, nuclear, transport and aviation technology. Astronautics, Moscow, 1969 (Essays on the development technology in the USSR, the book. 2); Koerber LL, TU – a man and the plane, Moscow, 1973.
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Feoktistov, Konstantin Petrovich (07/02/1926), was born in Voronezh, where he spent his childhood and where he went to high school. Studies interrupted by World War II. Sixteen-year young man could not be aloof from the struggle with enemies and Kostya went to the front, was a scout troop parts. In 1942, during the execution of one of the combat missions he was captured and shot (!!!). Fortunately, the wound was not mortal, after shots Kostya fell and lost consciousness. He was taken for dead and did not finish, but was thrown together with the executed lying in the snow. That night he woke up and crawled to the place of execution. Cured and, after the liberation of Voronezh on the occupation, continued his studies in high school.
Golovanov, Yaroslav K. (06/02/1932) was born June 2, 1932 in Moscow. In 1956 he graduated from the rocket department of the Moscow Higher Technical School named after Bauman. Following graduation, he worked at SRI-1, which was the supervisor of MV Keldysh. Then changed the nature of its activities and became a journalist. Nearly 30 years as science columnist at the newspaper "Komsomolskaya Pravda". For 10 years he was a special correspondent for Komsomolskaya Pravda at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the center for space communications. In 1965 he enlisted in the Soviet cosmonaut (1965 Group astronauts journalists № 1). Trained to fly a ship type "Sunrise". After closing in 1966 the project with the flight Soviet journalist in space, cosmonaut left and continued to work at the newspaper "Komsomolskaya Pravda". Author of more than a thousand newspaper and magazine articles and 19 books. His books have been translated into 25 languages worldwide. Member of the Writers' Union (Russia) since 1966.
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Vladislav Volkov (23/11/1935 – 06/30/1971) was born on November 23 in Moscow in a family of people, her life aviation: a father – Aircraft Design engineer and his mother also worked for many years on aircraft manufacturing plants. Quite logically, still at school interested Vladislav to aviation. In 1953, after the 212-th Moscow secondary school he entered the Moscow Aviation Institute named after Sergo Ordzhonikidze. Along with his studies at the institute did to the club, has successfully passed the course and received a certificate of aviator-athlete.
Titov, Gherman Stepanovich (11/09/1935 – 20/09/2000). Born in the village of Upper Zhilino Kosikhino District of Altai Krai. Education: 1957 – Stalingrad Military Aviation uchidische pilots; 1968 – Air Force Engineering Academy named after NE Zhukovsky, 1972 – General Staff Military Academy named after KE Voroshilov. Service: 1957 – 1960 years. – Service in fighter aviation regiment of the Leningrad Military District, 1973 – 1979 years.
Komarov, Vladimir Mikhailovich (16.03.1927 – 24.04.1967) was born March 16, 1927 in Moscow. In 1945 he graduated from the Moscow Air Force special school. After the special school he entered the aviation school initial training and then in Bataisk Military Aviation School name of AK Serov, who graduated in 1949. He served as a fighter pilot in the parts of the Air Forces of the USSR in the North Caucasus and the Carpathian region. In 1959 he graduated from the Air Force Academy named after NE Zhukovsky.
In 1960 he was enrolled in cosmonaut (1960 Air Force Group number 1). Trained to fly aboard the Vostok and Voskhod. He was the backup commander of the Vostok-4 "(12-15 August 1962). 12-13 October 1964 made a space flight as commander of the world's first bench Voskhod-1 ". The flight lasted 1 day 17 min 3 sec.
Trained to fly in ships such as "Union" on the lunar program of the USSR. 23-24 April 1967 made his second space flight as commander of the Soyuz-1 ". The flight lasted 1 night 2 hours and 47 minutes 52 seconds.
Tragically died April 24, 1967 upon return of the Soyuz-1 "from outer space (torsion sling parachute led to the catastrophe ship). During two flights into space blew 2 days 3 hours 4 minutes 55 seconds.
Savitskaya Svetlana E. (08/08/1948). Daughter, Twice Hero of the Soviet Union Marshal Evgeni Savitsky. After graduating from high school came to the institute and also sits behind the steering wheel plane. Acquired the qualification of the following types of aircraft: MiG-15, MiG-17, E-33, E-66Б. Was engaged in parachute training. Install 3 world records in the group parachuting from the stratosphere and 15 world records in jet aircraft. The absolute world champion in aerobatics on piston aircraft (1970). For his athletic achievements in 1970 was awarded the title of Honored Master of Sports of the USSR. In 1971 she graduated from Central Summer technical school under the CC DOSAAF USSR, and in 1972 – the Moscow Aviation Institute named after Sergo Ordzhonikidze.
Sergey Vladimirovich Ilyushin (18 (30) .03.1894), Soviet aircraft designer, academician of the USSR (1968), Colonel-General engineering services (1967), twice Hero of Socialist Labor (1941, 1957). Tsp. CPSU since 1918. In 1916 he began working aircraft mechanic.
Since 1918 the Red Army, the first aircraft mechanic, then the commissar, and since 1921 head of aircraft maintenance train. In 1926 he graduated from the Air Force Engineering Academy. Zhukovsky. In 1931, organized and headed the Bureau, whose activities are connected with the development of three types of aircraft – attack, bomber and a passenger. Ilyushin, a large number of aircraft types.
In the first combat aircraft CDB 26 (CDB-1930, CDB-Zof) had set a world record height with different loads, and in 1938-39 carried non-stop flights Moscow – Vladivostok and Moscow district – the island bowl (North America).
