Fedotov Test Pilot School
Test pilot school in USSR and Russia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Fedotov Test Pilot School or FTPS (Russian: Школа лётчиков-испытателей имени А. В. Федотова or Russian: ШЛИ) is one of two test pilot schools in Russia (the other one is a military test pilot school in Akhtubinsk).[1][2][3] The school was established in 1947 when Russia was part of the USSR and is named after Aleksandr Vasilyevich Fedotov, a test pilot who was killed in an aircraft crash in the 1980s.[4][5][6]
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Native name | Школа лётчиков-испытателей имени А. В. Федотова |
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Company type | division |
Industry | aerospace |
Founded | 1947; 77 years ago (1947) |
Founder | Mikhail Gromov |
Headquarters | , Russia |
Area served | Europe and Asia |
Key people | Alexey V. Naumov, Chief of the school |
Owner | Russian Federation |
Parent | Gromov Flight Research Institute |
Website | TPS section at the GFRI site (in Russian) |
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The Fedotov TPS building with a nearby MiG-21 testbed aircraft monument |
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