Rostislav Belyakov, designer of Russian MiG fighter jets, dies aged 94 <http://www.thecanadianpress.com/> Description: The Canadian PressBy The Associated Press | The Canadian Press 15 minutes ago
MOSCOW - The maker of MiG fighter jets says that its chief designer
Rostislav Belyakov has died. He was 94.
The company said in a statement that Belyakov died Friday in Moscow
following an unspecified illness.
Belyakov became the MiG chief designer in 1969, succeeding the firm's
founder, Artyom Mikoyan, and led the development of a family of MiG
fighters, including MiG-23, MiG-25, Mig-29 and their versions, which have
been the backbone of Soviet and then Russian air force.
Belyakov joined the MiG company as a young engineer in 1941 and quickly rose
through the ranks to become a deputy chief designer in 1957.
He was showered with state awards and honours, but his name was unknown to
the public until the Soviet collapse.
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