Anatoly Kvochur
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Anatoly Kvochur at the MAKS-2007 airshow
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| Full name | Anatoly Nikolaevich Kvochur |
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April 16, 1952 Mazurovka, Mohyliv-Podilskyi, Ukraine |
| Nationality | Russian |
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| Rank | Major |
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Anatoly Kvochur (Russian: Анатолий Николаевич Квочур, tr. Anatoly Nikolaevich Kvochur; IPA: [ɐnɐˈtolʲɪj nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ kvʲɪˈtɕʉrʲ]; born April 16, 1952), is a Russian aerobatics pilot, a test pilot, and a Hero of the Russian Federation. He is currently the Deputy Chief of the Gromov Flight Research Institute (ЛИИ). He is widely regarded as one of the best Russian pilots.
Anatoly Kvochur was born in April 16, 1952 in the village of Mazurovka, Mohyliv-Podilskyi in the Vinnytsia Oblast of Ukraine.
He studied at the V. M. Komarov Higher Military Flying School at Yeysk, graduating in 1973. He began service as a pilot in the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany. He served for two years before he was discharged from the Soviet Armed Forces in 1977 with a recommendation for admittance to the Test Pilot School at the Zhukovsky airfield. He graduated from the school in 1978. From 1978 to 1981 he worked as a test pilot at Komsomolsk-on-Amur, testing Su-17 aircraft and its modifications. He also studied further at the Moscow Aviation Institute, from whence he graduated in 1981.
He was transferred to the Mikoyan Design Bureau where he participated in the testing of more than 80 types of aircraft, including MiG-21, MiG-23, MiG-27, MiG-29, MiG-31, as well as air-to-air and air-to-surface missiles. Since then he has appeared in numerous international air shows, showcasing Russian aircraft.
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