Hero of the Soviet Union Honoured Test Pilot of the USSR
Eduard Vaganovich Elyan (Russian: Эдуард Ваганович Елян; 20 August 1926 – 6 April 2009) was a test pilot who worked for major test flight centers including the Gromov Flight Research Institute and the Tupolev Design Bureau. He piloted in many historically important flights, including the maiden flight of the Tu-144. Throughout his career he piloted 90 types of aircraft and helicopters. For his work received many high honors including the titles Hero of the Soviet Union and Honoured Test Pilot of the USSR.
the titles Hero of the Soviet Union and Honoured Test Pilot of the USSR. Yelyan was born on 20 August 1926 to an Armenian family in Baku. During his youth...
in its press release about the supersonic jet, flown by test pilot EduardYelyan. Born: John Hamburg, American film screenwriter and director; in Manhattan...
testing of the Tu-144 supersonic airliner, serving as co-pilot for EduardYelyan on its maiden flight on 31 December 1968. Previously, he had graduated...
Written by Eduard Volodarsky Nikita Mikhalkov Starring Yuri Bogatyryov Anatoly Solonitsyn Cinematography Pavel Lebeshev Edited by Lyudmila Yelyan Music by...
Aleksandr Kalyagin Cinematography Pavel Lebeshev Edited by Lyudmila Yelyan Music by Eduard Artemyev Distributed by Mosfilm Release date 27 September 1976 (1976-09-27)...
Yevgeniya Glushenko Cinematography Pavel Lebeshev Edited by Lyudmila Yelyan Music by Eduard Artemyev Production company Mosfilm Release date September 5, 1977 (1977-09-05)...
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