Pavel Sukhoi
Pavel Sukhoi | |
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| Павел Сухой | |
Sukhoi on a 2020 stamp of Belarus | |
| Born | 22 July 1895 Hlybokaye, Russian Empire |
| Died | 15 September 1975 (aged 80) Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Spouse | Sofia Tenchinskaya (1895-1982) |
| Engineering career | |
| Discipline | Aeronautical Engineering |
| Employer(s) | Sukhoi Design Bureau |
Pavel Osipovich Sukhoi (Russian: Павел Осипович Сухой; Belarusian: Павел Восіпавіч Сухі, Paviel Vosipavič Suchi; 22 July 1895 – 15 September 1975) was a Soviet aerospace engineer and aircraft designer known as the founder of the Sukhoi Design Bureau. Sukhoi designed military aircraft with Tupolev and Sukhoi for 50 years, and produced many notable Soviet planes such as the Sukhoi Su-7, Su-17, and Su-24. His planes set two altitude world records (1959, 1962) and two world speed records (1960, 1962). Sukhoi was honored in the Soviet Union as a Hero of Socialist Labor and awarded the Order of Lenin three times.