In memory of Yuri Gagarin Bashny.Net

Yuri Gagarin, Soviet cosmonaut, the first cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union 9 March 1934 -27 March 1968 After defending his thesis at the Academy of Zhukovsky Gagarin started the practice of Flight - a training flight on the MiG-15UTI (trainer fighter with dual controls - "Spark"). In the period from 13 to 22 March, he made a total of 18 flights 7 hours. Before he remained independent departures last two test flight - a flight instructor, commander of the regiment, the Hero of the Soviet Union Vladimir Seregin.

On the morning of March 27, 1968 at 10:18 Gagarin and Seregin took off on a training aircraft MiG-15UTI to Chkalovsky airfield near Moscow Schyolkovo. At the time of take-off visibility conditions were normal - cloud base was 900 meters above the ground. The job in the aerobatic zone should have taken at least 20 minutes, but at 10:31 Gagarin reported to ground the end of the job, requested permission to turn around and fly to the base. After that, communication with the plane was lost.

When it became clear that the aircraft had already run out of fuel, fly zone began the search, which lasted more than 3 hours. At 14:50 one of the helicopters have found the wreckage of the aircraft MiG-15UTI about 65 km from the airport, near the village of Novoselovo, 18 km from the town of Kirzhach Vladimir region. The next morning on the branch found a piece of Gagarin Flight Jacket with meal vouchers. Later, it was found a wallet with a driver's license and a photo Queen.

The fond memory ...

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