Chirkin

Personal data:

Birthdate:  13 July 1944 Birthplace:  Barnaul / Altai / Russia Marital status:   Children:   Selection date:  Jan 1979 Selection group:   Job:  Pilot Status:  Ret. 1981

Spaceflights:

• No spaceflight.

Additional information

• Test pilot; Soviet Air Force; was selected for Buran-flights; OKP: 1/79 - 1980; retired in 1981, because he didn't believe, that Buran will ever fly; later Deputy Director of GKNII (Flight Research Institute) of the Soviet Air Force.