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Great senior test pilot Pyotr Ostapenko dies at 83

Moscow, Russia - He was awarded "Hero of the Soviet Union"

Pyotr Maksimovich Ostapenko, one of the Soviet Union's greatest test pilots, died on Sunday aged 83. His life was inseparably connected with MiG and national and world aviation. The news was reported yesterday April 09 2012 by press agencies. "His contribution as a test pilot to the development of aviation was priceless" said Mikoyan Gurevich company, remembering how the man helped develop no less...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1139468

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
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