Dmitri Lyudvigovich Tomashevich
Dmitri Lyudvigovich Tomashevich | |
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| Born | October 9, 1899 |
| Died | August 7, 1974 (aged 74) |
| Nationality | Ukrainian (Soviet) |
| Occupation | Aircraft engineer & designer |
| Years active | 1922–1974 |
| Known for | Polikarpov I-180, S-75 Dvina |
| Notable work | "Economic construction of Aircraft" and "Fundamentals of the design of unmanned aerial vehicles." |
Dmitri Lyudvigovich Tomashevich (Russian: Дмитрий Людвигович Томашевич, Ukrainian: Дмитро Людвігович Томашевич, romanized: Dmytro Liudvihovych Tomashevych;9 October [O.S. 27 September] 1899 – 7 August 1974) was a pioneering Soviet aircraft and rocket designer, somewhat infamous as the chief designer of the Polikarpov I-180 fighter - the prototype of which crashed, killing its test pilot Valery Chkalov. Today he is less well known than his achievements deserve, in part because of the secret nature of much of his work.