Airline: | Aeroflot (SU / AFL) | Date: | 30/6/2010 |
Aircraft: | Ilyushin Il-96-300 | Location: | Greece, Heraklion N. Kazantzakis Airport (HER / LGIR) |
RegNo: | RA-96011, Vladimir Kokkinaki | Photographer: | Vangelis Antonakis |
C/N: | 74393201008 | More info: | Contact photographer |
Remarks: | A plane with a Cretan name in Heraklio RA-96011 named V.Kokkinaki took its name from Vladimir Konstantinovich Kokkinaki (1904-1985) who was the most famous test pilot in the Soviet Union, setting twenty-two world records and serving as president of the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale.Kokkinaki was born in Novorossiysk on 12 June 1904 (O.S.) to a family of Greek descent. His younger brother, Konstantin Kokkinaki (1910-1990), was also a distinguished test pilot. |