At the age of 84, a Mi helicopter test pilot died Hero of the Soviet Union Gurgen Karapetyan. TASS writes about this, referring to the message from the holding company “ Russian Helicopters. & # 39; & # 39;
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According to the managing director of the holding, Nikolai Kolesov, the whole life of Gurgen & nbsp; Karapetyan was dedicated to the service of the homeland and aviation.
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“ With his participation, many helicopters found their way into the sky, and some of them set records that forever glorified the domestic helicopter industry '' & # 39 ;, & ndash; Kolesov noted.
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Karapetyan & nbsp; from 1962 to 1993. worked at the flight test complex of the Mil Moscow helicopter factory. Over the years of work & nbsp; he mastered 39 types of helicopters, gliders and airplanes, and taking into account the modifications & ndash; more than 100. Gurgen Karapetyan has spent more than 5.5 thousand hours in the air, & nbsp; steering wheel on all types of Mi helicopters. & nbsp;
The pilot set 10 world aviation records for helicopter speed and capacity. In 1991, Gurgen Karapetyan was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, later he received the Medal of the Security Council of the Russian Federation “ For merits in ensuring national security. & # 39; & # 39; , he was 74 years old.