Pavel Sukhoi | |
|---|---|
| Павел Сухой | |
 Sukhoi on a 2020 stamp of Belarus | |
| Born | 22 July 1895[1] |
| Died | 15 September 1975 (aged 80)[1] |
| Nationality | Russia/Belarusian Soviet Union (after 1922) |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Spouse | Sofia Tenchinskaya (1895-1982) |
| Engineering career | |
| Discipline | Aeronautical Engineering |
| Employer(s) | Sukhoi Design Bureau |
Pavel Osipovich Sukhoi[2] (Russian: Па́вел О́сипович Сухо́й; Belarusian: Па́вел Во́сіпавіч Сухі́, 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.[3] 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.[1]
- ^ a b c d e Сухой Павел Осипович. Great Soviet Encyclopedia
- ^ Variously romanized as Sukhoy, Sukhoj
- ^ Central Museum of the Military Air Forces of the Russian Federation