Dmitri Dmitrievich Fyodorov
Dmitri Dmitrijewitsch Fjodorow ( Russian Дмитрий Дмитриевич Фёдоров ; * in Kungur ( Perm Governorate ); † February 22, 1922 ) was a Soviet Russian aircraft designer.
Life
He was the son of an elementary school teacher and attended secondary school in Perm , but was de-registered because of his membership in Marxist groups. In 1897 he was arrested and charged with possession of illegal literature and membership in a Marxist fighting league. He was able to escape, but was picked up again and sentenced to several years in prison.
After his release he went to Germany and worked there from 1906 as a designer in an aircraft factory. When the First World War broke out , he went back to Russia and worked at the Anatra works in Odessa, which among other things produced the Anatra D , a reconnaissance biplane.
Some time after the October Revolution , in 1920 he was commissioned to develop a long-range reconnaissance aircraft. Then the designs for the Fyodorow DF-1 , a biplane with swept outer wings, emerged. Dmitri Fyodorov was unable to complete the work; he fell seriously ill and died in February 1922. However, the DF-1 was still completed and flew two months later.
literature
- В. Б. Шавров : История конструкций самолетов в СССР до 1938 года . Машиностроение, Москва 1969 (Russian, The history of aircraft designs in the USSR until 1938).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fyodorov, Dmitri Dmitrievich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Фёдоров, Дмитрий Дмитриевич (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Soviet aircraft designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 19th century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kungur |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 22, 1922 |