Marina Lavrentievna Popovich
Marina Lavrentjewna Popowitsch ( Russian Мари́на Лавре́нтьевна Попо́вич ; née Vasiljewa , born July 20, 1931 in Khutor Leonenki, Velishsky rajon , Smolensk Oblast ; † November 30, 2017 in Krasnodar ) was a Russian test pilot and Ufinologist .
Life
Marina Popowitsch graduated from an aeronautical engineering college in Novosibirsk in 1951 and then worked as a designer in an aircraft factory. After graduating from the central aeronautical engineering school of the DOSAAF , she worked there as an instructor. In 1958 she became an instructor in the Central Aeroclub " Tschkalow ". In order to be able to fly jet fighters, she joined the Soviet army. She graduated from the St. Petersburg State University of Civil Aviation in Leningrad. In 1964 she became a test pilot. Marina Popovich was the only female first-class test pilot in the Soviet Army. She set 102 world records, a. a. on the Aero L-29 and the Antonov An-22 . For this she received the gold medal of the FAI in 1972 . She was also shortlisted for the first group of female Soviet cosmonauts, but was ultimately not considered. From 1979 to 1984 she was the chief test pilot at OKB Antonow .
From the 1980s onwards, she studied ufology and reported that she had seen ufos herself during her flights . She has written several books on the subject.
From 1955 to 1985 she was married to the cosmonaut Pavel Popovich . The couple had two daughters. In her second marriage she was married to the Air Force General Boris Schichorjew.
Awards
Marina Popowitsch was next to the gold medal of the FAI a. a. with the Red Banner , the Order of the Red Star and the Order of the Badge of Honor awarded.
Works (published in German)
- My UFO encounters, Ullstein 1993, ISBN 978-3-548-35379-1
- UFO-Glasnost, Weltbild 1995, ISBN 978-3-89350-983-6
See also
- Natalja Prokhanova , Soviet pilot who set a new world altitude record for women in 1965
Individual evidence
- ^ Karl-Heinz Eyermann : Beam trainer . Deutscher Militärverlag, Berlin 1971, p. 54.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Popovich, Marina Lavrentievna |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Попо́вич, Мари́на Лавре́нтьевна (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Soviet test pilot |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 20, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leonenki, Velishsky rajon , Smolensk Oblast |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 30, 2017 |
| Place of death | Krasnodar |