Wladislaw Konstantinowitsch Gribowski

Wladislaw Konstantinowitsch Gribowski ( Russian Владислав Константинович Грибовский ; * September 7, 1899 , † 1977 ) was a Soviet pilot and aircraft designer.

Gribowski became a flight instructor in 1925 and began working as an aircraft designer the following year. Between 1925 and 1942 he designed a total of 31 types of aircraft, including 17 gliders. Gribowski mostly chose wood as the building material for his simple, robust and easily repairable constructions, which as a rule turned out to be a success; some of his gliders were mass-produced. In 1930 he met the Moscow chief of the OSSOAVIACHIM . He then pursued the establishment of the airfield in Tuschino .

Gribowski advocated the idea of ​​“flying for everyone”, an idea that was not necessarily shared by the Soviet government.

Its best-known development was the Gribowski G-29 cargo glider , which was manufactured until 1948.

Gribowski aircraft

• Gribowski G-4
• Gribowski G-5
• Gribowski G-8
• Gribowski G-10
• Gribowski G-11
• Gribowski G-15
• Gribowski G-20
• Gribowski G-21
• Gribowski G-22
• Gribowski G-23
• Gribowski G-25
• Gribowski G-26
• Gribowski G-27
• Gribowski G-28
• Gribowski G-29
• Gribowski G-30

literature

• G. Swishchev and others: Avijazija: enziklopedija . Bolschaja rossijskaja enziklopedija, Moscow 1994, p. 191. (Russian)

Web links

• Biography (russian)