- Vladimir Petlyakov
Vladimir Mikhailovich Petlyakov ( _ru. Влади́мир Миха́йлович Петляко́в) (6.15(27).1891 — 1.12.1942) was a
Soviet aircraft designer.Petlyakov was born in the town of
Sambek ofDon Cossack Host in 1891 and studied inTaganrog 's technical college (today "Taganrog Petlyakov Technical College") from 1900-1910. In 1917-1918, Petlyakov worked as atechnician in theaerodynamics laboratory atMoscow State Technical University under the guidance ofNikolai Zhukovsky . In 1922, he graduated from the same university. In 1921-1936, Petlyakov worked at theCentral Aerohydrodynamic Institute under the guidance ofAndrei Tupolev . In 1936, he became a chief aircraft designer at anaviation plant. Petlyakov was directly involved in organization and development of Sovietmetal aircraft construction. In particular, Petlyakov (together with anengineer Nikolai Belyaev ) elaborated methods of calculatingdurability of materials andtheory on designing metalwing s with multiplespar s. Petlyakov was in charge of designing the firstheavy bomber sTB-1 ,TB-3 (1930-1935), long-range high-altitude four-engine bomber Pe-8 (1935-1937),dive bomber Pe-2 (1939-1940) and introducing them into serial production. He died in an air crash on the way toMoscow , nearArzamas in January 1942.Vladimir Petlyakov received the State Award of the USSR (1941) and was awarded two Orders of Lenin and an
Order of the Red Star .
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