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Ural Nazibovich Sultanov


From top to down: Signed and inscribed photo, signed note,
signed cover and signed photo of Buran by Ural Sultanov.

Ural
Nazibovich Sultanov
(Civilian Buran Cosmonaut #7)
| Born
on... |
18 Nov. 1948 |
| Join
Buran Team in: |
April
1983 |
| Left Buran Team in: |
Early 1996 |
| As... |
Civilian Test Pilot |
| Major assignments: |
Chase pilot, co-pilot of 1st
back-up crew |
Graduated from Kharkov Higher Military School, 1971; civilian
test pilot for Airforce Ministry; graduated from Moscow Aviation Institute,
1981; was selected as cosmonaut for Buran-flights on 09.03.1983 (LII-2); OKP (cosmonaut
basic training): 9/85 - 1987; In November 1988, Sultanov served as chase pilot
for the first unmanned flight of the Buran. He was later assigned as co-pilot,
with Viktor Zabolotsky, of the back-up crew for the first manned orbital Buran
mission - at that time scheduled for launch early 1992; Since 2002 he works for
an aviation company in Zhukovski.
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