Vladimir Vasilyevich Shevchenko
Vladimir Vasilyevich Shevchenko ( Russian Владимир Васильевич Шевченко ; * 1907 , † 1996 ) was a Soviet test pilot and aircraft designer.
He delivered his most important achievements in the 1930s together with Wassili Nikitin . The two constructed a kind of collapsible biplane, the Nikitin-Shevchenko IS-1 , and their successors.
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SURNAME | Shevchenko, Vladimir Vasilyevich |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Шевченко, Владимир Васильевич (Russian) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Soviet aircraft designer and test pilot |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1907 |
DATE OF DEATH | 1996 |