Bakhchivangi

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Bakhchivangi

Grigori Yakovlevich Bakhchivangi Status: Deceased. Trained as: Test Pilot. Profession: Pilot. Sex: Male. Birth Date: 20 February 1908. Birth City: Brinkovskya. Birth State: Krasnodar. Birth Country: Russia. Nationality: Russian. Date of Death: 27 March 1943. Cause of Death: Crash of BI-1 # 3. Group: Test Pilot (USSR). Selected: 1941. Departed: 1943. Number of Flights: 0. Comments: Soviet test pilot; flew BI-1 rocket plane in 1942-1943. Participated in Second World War. Bakhchivangi was fatally injured on March 27, 1943 in the crash of BI-1 # 3.

Flight Log

BI-1 Flight 1 - - 1942 May 15 - Assignment: Prime Crew.
First flight BI-1. Maximum Speed - 400 kph. Maximum Altitude - 840 m. Flight Time - 189 sec.
BI-1 Flight 2 - - 1943 Jan 10 - Assignment: Prime Crew.
Maximum Speed - 400 kph. Maximum Altitude - 1110 m.
BI-1 Flight 4 - - 1943 Mar 11 - Assignment: Prime Crew.
Maximum Altitude - 4000 m.
BI-1 Flight 5 - - 1943 Mar 14 - Assignment: Prime Crew.
Maximum Altitude - 4000 m.
BI-1 Flight 6 - - 1943 Mar 21 - Assignment: Prime Crew.
BI-1 Flight 7 - - 1943 Mar 27 - Assignment: Prime Crew.
Maximum Speed - 800 kph. Unofficial world speed record. Aircraft crashed. Pilot was killed.

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