Stankiavicius

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Stankiavicius

Rimantas Antanas-Antonovich Stankiavicius Status: Deceased. Trained as: Cosmonaut. Profession: Pilot. Sex: Male. Marital Status: Married. Children: Two. Birth Date: 26 July 1944. Birth City: Kapsukas. Birth Country: Lithuania. Nationality: Russian. Date of Death: 09 September 1990. Cause of Death: Crash of Su-27 fighter at air show at Treviso, Italy. Group: 1977 Buran Group. Detachment: LII-1. Date Selected: 01 January 1977. Date Departed: 09 September 1990. Number of Flights: 0. Comments: Buran Test Pilot, Died 9/9/90.

Flight Log

Buran Analog BST-02 taxi test 1 - - 1984 Dec 29 - Assignment: Prime Crew.
Maximum speed 45 kph. Time 5 minutes. Thereafter to PRSO test stand for full-scale equipment tests; then to PDST pilot-dynamics test stand for further tests.
Buran Analog BST-02 taxi test 2 - - 1985 Aug 2 - Assignment: Prime Crew.
Maximum speed 200 kph. Time 14 minutes.
Buran Analog BST-02 taxi test 3 - - 1985 Oct 5 - Assignment: Prime Crew.
Maximum speed 270 kph. Time 12 minutes.
Buran Analog BST-02 taxi test 4 - - 1985 Oct 15 - Assignment: Prime Crew.
Maximum speed 300 kph.
Buran Analog BST-02 flight 1 - - 1985 Nov 10 - Assignment: Prime Crew.
Maximum speed 480 kph. Maximum altitude 1500 m. Time 12 minutes.
Buran Analog BST-02 taxi test 5 - - 1985 Nov 15 - Assignment: Prime Crew.
Maximum speed 170 kph. Time 12 minutes.
Buran Analog BST-02 flight 2 - - 1986 Jan 3 - Assignment: Prime Crew.
Maximum speed 520 kph. Maximum altitude 3000 m. Time 36 minutes.
Buran Analog BST-02 flight 3 - - 1986 May 27 - Assignment: Prime Crew.
Maximum speed 540 kph. Maximum altitude 4000 m. Time 23 minutes.
Buran Analog BST-02 flight 4 - - 1986 Jun 11 - Assignment: Prime Crew.
Maximum speed 530 kph. Maximum altitude 4000 m. Time 22 minutes.
Buran Analog BST-02 flight 7 - - 1986 Dec 10 - Assignment: Prime Crew.
First automatic landing from 4000 m altitude. Time 24 minutes.
Buran Analog BST-02 flight 8 - - 1986 Dec 23 - Assignment: Prime Crew.
Time 17 minutes.
Buran Analog BST-02 flight 10 - - 1987 Feb 16 - Assignment: Prime Crew.
Time 28 minutes.
Buran Analog BST-02 flight 11 - - 1987 Feb 25 - Assignment: Prime Crew.
Time 19 minutes.
Buran Analog BST-02 flight 13 - - 1987 Jun 25 - Assignment: Prime Crew.
Time 19 minutes.
Buran Analog BST-02 flight 16 - - 1988 Jan 16 - Assignment: Prime Crew.
Buran Analog BST-02 flight 19 - - 1988 Mar 4 - Assignment: Prime Crew.
Time 32 minutes.
Buran Analog BST-02 flight 23 - - 1988 Apr 2 - Assignment: Prime Crew.
Time 20 minutes.
Buran Analog BST-02 flight 24 - - 1988 Apr 8 - Assignment: Prime Crew.
Buran Analog BST-02 flight 25 - - 1988 Apr 15 - Assignment: Prime Crew.
Time 19 minutes. Final Buran Analog flight test. At the same time development of the auto-land system aboard the Tu-154 test bed is completed as well.
Soyuz TM-8a - - 1989 April - Assignment: Proposed Prime Crew.
Planned flight to ensure continuous occupation cancelled due to budget cutbacks and delay in launching Kvant 2 and Kristall modules.
Buran Analog BST-02 taxi test 9 - - 1989 Dec 29 - Assignment: Prime Crew.

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