Alexander Wassiljewitsch Fedotow

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Alexander Wassiljewitsch Fedotow ( Russian Александр Васильевич Федотов ; born June 23, 1932 in Stalingrad ; † April 4, 1984 ) was a Soviet test pilot and general of the air force . The chief test pilot of OKB Mikoyan set a total of 18 world records, including three absolute.

Fedotov joined the Soviet Army in 1950 . After successfully completing the pilot's school in Stalingrad, he served as a flight instructor in the air force until 1957. In 1958 he finished his training as a test pilot, retired from active military service and went to OKB MiG. In 1981 he returned to active military service and from 1983 was Major General of the Air Force. After Fedotov had flown his first world record in 1961, he was appointed chief pilot of the Mikoyan development department in 1962 and remained so until his death in 1984, when he was killed in a crash with a MiG-31 under test .

Among other things, Fedotow was the first pilot of the MiG-29 and in 1977, with a MiG Je-266M, set the absolute world altitude record for manned aircraft taking off under their own power.

Fedotow was awarded the gold air medal by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) in 1974 and the de la Vaulx medal three times (1961, 1973, 1977) . He received the title Hero of the Soviet Union in 1966 and was awarded the Order of Lenin twice.

World records

  • October 7, 1961; Absolute world record: Speed ​​over a 100 km circuit: 2,401 km / h on a 166 mph
  • March 16, 1965; 2 × class world record: Speed ​​over a 1,000 km circuit / with 1,000 kg load / with 2,000 kg load: 2,319.12 km / h on a 266 each
  • October 5, 1967; 2 × class world record: max. Service ceiling / with 1,000 kg load / with 2,000 kg load: 29,977 m at each-266
  • April 8, 1973; Class world record: Speed ​​over a 100 km circuit: 2,605.1 km / h on a 266 each
  • July 25, 1973; 2 × class world record: max. Service ceiling / with 1,000 kg load / with 2,000 kg load: 35,230 m at a 266M
  • July 26, 1973; absolute world record: max. Service ceiling: 36,240 m at Je-266
  • May 17, 1975; 2 × class world record: Climbing time at 25,000 m altitude: 2 minutes 34.2 seconds; at 35,000 m altitude: 4 min. 11.7 seconds everything at Je-266M
  • July 22, 1977; 2 × class world record: max. Service ceiling / with 1,000 kg load / with 2,000 kg load: 37,080 m on Je-266M
  • August 31, 1977; absolute world record: max. Service ceiling: 37,650 m at Je-266M

Web links

  • Martin Rosenkranz, Marco Friedrich: The monster of Mikojan. Alexander Wassiljewitsch Fedotow. Retrieved September 10, 2012 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ FAI General Awards. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 27, 2013 ; accessed on June 9, 2012 (not directly linkable, click on FAI air gold metal and then open Alexandr Fedotov).
personal data
SURNAME Fedotow, Alexander Wassiljewitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Федотов, Александр Васильевич (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Soviet test pilot and general in the air force
DATE OF BIRTH June 23, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Stalingrad , Soviet Union
DATE OF DEATH April 4th 1984