Explanatory note Gudkov OV

from the forum forumavia.ru: I can not share with the Internet community air one, for me, exciting time. Quite by accident, along with the old, still MAP USSR, the documents in my hand was a piece of paper has yellowed from time to time, with the text written by an outstanding test pilot. I read it, not without emotion. It was a great time for our aircraft, which did not hesitate to say, the great aviators.

Mikhail Kozlov
(1928-1973)
Died June 3, 1973 when performing a demonstration flight on the Tu-144 at the air show in Le Bourget (France).
Valery Molchanov
(1940-1973)
Died June 3, 1973 when the demonstration flight of the Tu-144 in Paris.
Gudkov Oleg
1931-1973
October 4, 1973 died in a test flight on the MiG-25P.





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