Mikhail Simonov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mikhail Simonov

Russian aircraft designer

Date of Birth: 19-Oct-1929

Place of Birth: Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia

Date of Death: 04-Mar-2011

Profession: engineer, politician, aerospace engineer

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Mikhail Simonov (19 October 1929 – 4 March 2011) was a Russian aircraft designer famed for creating the Sukhoi Su-27 fighter-bomber, the Soviet Union's answer to the American F-15 Eagle.
After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Simonov coordinated the Su-27's sale to foreign governments, providing badly needed hard currency to the Russian government.
In recognition of his achievements, he was named a Hero of the Russian Federation in 1999.Simonov was born 19 October 1929 in Rostov-on-Don.
He became an aviation engineer in the 1950s and joined Sukhoi as a deputy chief designer in 1970.
In his time at Sukhoi, he developed the Sukhoi Su-24 bomber and the Sukhoi Su-25 ground-attack airplane, as well as the Su-27.
He was the Soviet Union's deputy minister of aircraft industries from 1979 to 1983.