Russian Knights Tkachenko tribute flight Mishin

Igor Valentinovitch Tkachenko (russian: И́горь Валенти́нович Ткаче́нко, July 26, 1964 — August 16, 2009) was a Russian military pilot with the

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of Colonel, Russian Knights group leader, Chief of the 237th Guards Aviation Showing Center of the

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at Kubinka air base. He was killed in a mid-air collision whilst practicing for the 2009

MAKS Airshow MAKS (russian: МАКС, russian: label=short for, Международный авиационно-космический салон, Mezhdunarodnyj aviatsionno-kosmicheskij salon, "International Aviation and Space Show") is an international air ...

.Pilot dies as Russia jets collide
''BBC News Online'' He was awarded the

Hero of the Russian Federation Hero of the Russian Federation (russian: Герой Российской Федерации, Geroy Rossiyskoy Federatsii), also unofficially Hero of Russia (russian: link=no, Герой России, Geroy Rossii), is the highest honorary title ...

honorary title posthumously on August 22, 2008, and the

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asteroid 269390 Igortkachenko, discovered by Russian amateur astronomer

Leonid Elenin Leonid Vladimirovich Elenin (russian: Леони́д Влади́мирович Еле́нин; born 10 August 1981) is a Russian amateur astronomer working with the List of asteroid-discovering observatories#ISON-NM Observatory (Mayhill), ISON-N ...

in 2009, was named in his memory. Naming citation was published on 19 September 2013 ().

Commands

* Commander of the ''237-th Aviation Technology Demonstration Center'' of the

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's AF * Commander of the Russian Knights

References

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