Pyotr Maximovich Ostapenko

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Pyotr Maximowitsch Ostapenko ( Russian Пётр Макси́мович Оста́пенко ; born September 17, 1928 in Prochladny ; † April 8, 2012 in Zhukovsky ) was a Soviet test pilot .

Life

Ostapenko was born in Prochladny in the Kabardian-Balkar ASSR . His family moved during the reign of Catherine II. Of Chernigov to the North Caucasus and was among the resident Grebener Cossacks (a group of the Terek Cossacks ).

He spent his youth in Vladikavkaz , where he went to school from 1936 to 1942. Ostapenko was called up in 1947 and completed pilot training, which he completed in 1951. He then served as a flight instructor at the flying school . In 1957 he was discharged from the air force and moved to Schukowski to the test pilot school, where he graduated in 1958. In addition to his work as a test pilot for the OKB MiG , he took up evening studies at the Moscow Aviation Institute , which he graduated in 1968.

Ostapenko flew everything that was designed at MiG; he carried out numerous first flights and was involved in the development and further development of the MiG-19 , MiG-21 , MiG-23 , MiG-25 , MiG-27 , MiG-29 , MiG-31 and their variants. He completed a total of more than 5000 flight hours as a test pilot and tested more than 60 different aircraft types.

plane date
Each-7/2 (MiG-21P) February 1, 1960
Je-6U (MiG-21U) October 8, 1960
Je-152/2 September 21, 1961
Je-155P (MiG-25P) September 9, 1964
MiG-21PD ("23-31") June 16, 1966
MiG-23PD ("23-01") April 3, 1967
 
plane date
MiG-23/2 March 22, 1968
Je-155PU (MiG-25PU) October 28, 1969
MiG-23 ("23-41") 20th August 1970
MiG-23B / 2 March 7, 1973
Je-155MP / 2 (MiG-31/2) April 22, 1976
MiG-29/4 3rd July 1979

On September 20, 1979, both engines failed during a test flight with the MiG-31 from Akhtubinsk airfield . Ostapenko and his copilot Leonid Popov had to get out of the ejector seat, the plane was lost.

Ostapenko was a reserve cosmonaut and involved in the spiral test program , where he carried out five test flights.

Most recently, Ostapenko worked as an engineer at OKB Mikoyan.

Ostapenko was married to Luisa Kharitonovna. His son Viktor is also a test pilot.

Pyotr Ostapenko was buried in the Bykovo Memorial Cemetery in Zhukovsky.

Records

Pyotr Ostapenko set 8 world records, including one absolute, with three types of aircraft:

  • Je-166 ( Je-152-1 ) with the Tumanski R-15-300 (thrust 100 kN);
  • Je-266 (prototype Je-155R-3 of the MiG-25, which was also used for the record on 500 km circuit and for climbing time records), with the Tumanski R-15B-300 (thrust also 100 kN; the production version of the reconnaissance aircraft was however equipped with the reinforced version R-15BD-300 with a thrust of 110 kN.);
  • Je-266M № 601 .
Type plane value date FAI category FAI code
Height in level flight Je-166 22,670 m Sep 11 1962 C-1 8652
Height in level flight Je-166 22,670 m Sep 11 1962 C-Absolute
Speed ​​over a closed 1000 km circuit with 2000, 1000 kg and no payload Je-266 2920.67 km / h Oct. 27, 1967 C-1 8507, 8508, 8509
Climbing time to 25,000 m Je-266 3 min 12.6 s 4th June 1973 C-1 9071
Ascent time to 30,000 m Je-266 4 min 3.86 s 4th June 1973 C-1 9091
Ascent time to 30,000 m Je-266M 3 min 10 s 17th May 1975 C-1 6738

Honors

On April 26, 1971, Pyotr Ostapenko was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union and the corresponding Order of Lenin .

He also received the following titles and medals:

A plaque commemorates him at the school in Vladikavkaz, which he attended.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c MiG Test Pilot Ostapenko Dies Age 83. In: sputniknews.com. April 9, 2012, accessed August 22, 2017 .
  2. ↑ a b Герой Советского Союза Остапенко Пётр Максимович. In: warheroes.ru. Retrieved August 22, 2017 (Russian).
  3. ↑ Bryan R. Swopes: Pyotr Maksimovich Ostapenko. 7 July 1962. In: thisdayinaviation.com. July 7, 2017, accessed August 22, 2017 .
  4. ^ Test & Research Pilots, Flight Test Engineers: Peter Maksimovich Ostapenko 1928–2012. In: thetartanterror.blogspot.de. April 15, 2009, accessed August 22, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Russian & former Soviet Republic ejectees. (No longer available online.) In: ejection-history.org.uk. Archived from the original on November 2, 2016 ; accessed on August 22, 2017 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ejection-history.org.uk
  6. ↑ a b Остапенко Петр Максимович. In: sport-strana.ru. July 11, 2016. Retrieved August 22, 2017 (Russian).
  7. ↑ R.Belyakow
  8. ↑ FAI Record ID # 8652. (No longer available online.) In: fai.org. Archived from the original on August 23, 2017 ; accessed on August 22, 2017 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fai.org
  9. ↑ FAI Record ID # 8507. (No longer available online.) In: fai.org. Archived from the original on August 23, 2017 ; accessed on August 22, 2017 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fai.org
  10. ↑ FAI Record ID # 8508. (No longer available online.) In: fai.org. Archived from the original on August 23, 2017 ; accessed on August 22, 2017 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fai.org
  11. ↑ FAI Record ID # 8509. (No longer available online.) In: fai.org. Archived from the original on August 23, 2017 ; accessed on August 22, 2017 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fai.org
  12. ↑ FAI Record ID # 9071. (No longer available online.) In: fai.org. Archived from the original on August 23, 2017 ; accessed on August 22, 2017 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fai.org
  13. ↑ FAI Record ID # 9091. (No longer available online.) In: fai.org. Archived from the original on August 23, 2017 ; accessed on August 22, 2017 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fai.org
  14. ↑ FAI Record ID # 6738. (No longer available online.) In: fai.org. Archived from the original on August 23, 2017 ; accessed on August 22, 2017 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fai.org
  15. ↑ De-la-Vaulx-Medaille ID # 1535 ( Memento of the original from April 20, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on fai.org; not directly linkable @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fai.org
personal data
SURNAME Ostapenko, Pyotr Maximovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Оста́пенко, Пётр Макси́мович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Soviet test pilot
DATE OF BIRTH September 17, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Prochladny
DATE OF DEATH April 8, 2012
Place of death Zhukovsky