Alexei Andreevich Borovkov
Alexei Borowkow ( Russian Алексей Андреевич Боровков ., Wiss transliteration Alexei Andreevič Borovkov ; * 1903 ; † 1945 ) was a Soviet aircraft designer .
life and work
In 1935, Borowkow and Ilya Florentjewitsch Florow designed an unusual biplane aircraft that managed without wing struts, the Borowkow-Florow I-207 . After the appropriate preparations, the machine should go into production. To this end, he and Florow became chief designer of the OKB-207, which was founded in Dolgoprudnyi in autumn 1938.
Later Borowkow dealt with ramjet engines . A fighter aircraft based on this experience, the Borowkow-Florow BF-D , which had a piston engine and two vertical stabilizers and integrated ramjet engines, was in development. This extremely advanced design already had an arrow-shaped structure.
In July 1941, after the outbreak of the Great Patriotic War , the development office had to be evacuated. The almost completed dummy was lost. The project has been discontinued.
Borowkow was killed in an airplane accident in early 1945.
Web links
- Alexei Andrejewitsch Borowkow on mirslovarei.com (Russian)
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SURNAME | Borovkow, Alexei Andrejewitsch |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Боровков, Алексей Андреевич (Russian); Borovkov, Alexej Andreevič |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Soviet aircraft designer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1903 |
DATE OF DEATH | 1945 |