Valentin Bliznyuk
Valentin Bliznyuk | |
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Born | Valentin Ivanovich Bliznyuk 12 April 1928 Malorossiyskoe, Aeronautical Engineering |
Employer(s) | Tupolev design bureau |
Significant design | Tu-160 |
Awards | Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class Order of the Red Banner of Labour Order of the Badge of Honour USSR State Prize Honoured Aircraft Builder |
Valentin Ivanovich Bliznyuk (Russian: Валентин Иванович Близнюк; 12 April 1928 – 30 December 2019) was a Soviet and Russian aircraft designer who worked chiefly with the Tupolev design bureau over a career spanning almost seventy years.
Born in 1928, Bliznyuk entered the
Using the expertise developed on the production of the Tu-144, Bliznyuk worked to develop the
Early life and design work
Born on 12 April 1928 in the village of Malorossiyskoe, in what was then the
Unmanned and experimental vehicles
In the late 1950s the Tupolev bureau formed a new unit under
Tu-144 and Tu-160
The Tu-144's chief designer was credited as Aleksey Tupolev, with Bliznyuk working under him to coordinate the project's development. Bliznyuk started as head of the brigade, and then became head of the General Views department, with the title of Deputy Chief Designer.
Bliznyuk also led the development of the
Honours and awards
Over his career Bliznyuk was awarded the USSR State Prize, and the title of Honoured Aircraft Builder .[2] He also received the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class, the Order of the Red Banner of Labour, and the Order of the Badge of Honour.[3] In 2006 the Military Council of 37th Air Army named one of their Tu-160 bombers, identification number 19, "Valentin Bliznyuk".[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h БЛИЗНЮК В.И. at the Wayback Machine (archived January 10, 2011)
- ^ a b c d "Умер создатель Ту-160 Валентин Близнюк, сообщил источник" (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 30 December 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ a b c d e "Чем известен Валентин Близнюк" (in Russian). Kommersant. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Умер главный конструктор бомбардировщика Ту-160 Валентин Близнюк" (in Russian). Interfax. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ a b c d Yachmennikova, Nataliya (31 December 2019). "Умер главный конструктор ракетоносца Ту-160 Валентин Близнюк" (in Russian). Rossiyskaya Gazeta. Retrieved 3 January 2020.