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Aleksey Perelet

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Aleksey Perelet
Perelet in military uniform
Native name
Алексей Дмитриевич Перелёт
Born14 January 1914
Voronki, Poltava Region, Russian Empire
(present-day Ukraine)
Died11 May 1953(1953-05-11) (aged 39)
Moscow, USSR
Allegiance Soviet Union
Service / branch Soviet Air Force
Years of service1939–1953
RankMajor
Battles / warsWorld War II

Alexey Dmitrievich Perelet (Russian: Алексей Дмитриевич Перелёт; 14 January 1914 – 11 May 1953) was a Soviet pilot who was the principal test pilot for military aircraft prototypes produced by Tupolev during World War II. Perelet was born in the village of Voronki, then part of the Russian Empire[1] and started his test pilot career in 1943, working for the Tupolev aerospace and defense company. He tested and flew the following planes: Tu-4,[2] Tu-10, Tu-16, Tu-77, Tu-82, Tu-85 and Tu-95. He died on 11 May 1953 in a crash while testing the Tu-95/1 prototype plane with 2TV-2F engines.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "А.Д.Перелет". www.testpilot.ru. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
  2. ^ Andreev, Alexandre Yu. Savine, Sergey V. "Tu-10, Tu-4, ANT-68 by A.N.Tupolev". www.ctrl-c.liu.se. Archived from the original on 2018-06-09. Retrieved 2018-06-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "Alexey D. Perelet — Туполев". www.tupolev.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2018-03-31. Retrieved 2018-03-30.