In 1966 he graduated from Chernigov Higher Aviation School. After that he served as a USSR pilot in Germany, Egypt, and Turkmenistan. In 1975 Stankevičius graduated from the Fedotov Test Pilot School and became a test pilot.[3] He has accomplished spin testing of MiG-29. He flew 57 types of aircraft and had over 4000 hours of flying experience. In 1982 he was graded as a 1st class test-pilot.
In 1979 he was assigned to the Buran programme. In February 1982 he passed all the required exams and became the first Lithuanian cosmonaut. After September 1984 he trained to fly the 11F35 (Buran, USSR space shuttle). Stankevičius accomplished 14 test-flights with Buran's counterpart BTS-02 aircraft and 6 taxi tests with Buran. He was both the pilot and the commander of the space shuttle.
In 1990 Rimantas Stankevičius participated the Everett Air Show with a Su-27 fighter jet. Soon after his return home, he went to Italy to replace another USSR pilot in Salgareda Air Show. On 9 September, during a flight in the show in a Su-27, he started a loop in a lower altitude than he estimated and made an unintentional touchdown. He died in the crash. The crash resulted in only one fatality aside from the pilot.
Stankevičius, along with Soviet Cosmonauts Igor Volk and Sergei Tresvyatskiy, worked closely with Americans in the late 1980s to improve relations during the Cold War. The three were involved in what is believed to be the first formation flight with Soviet SU-27 fighter planes and American F-16s in history in July 1990 (before the breakup of the USSR) at the Opening Ceremonies of the Goodwill Games in Seattle. The three also flew the first Americans, (8 members of the Organizing Committee of the 1990 Goodwill Games) since World War II in an Ilyushin Il-62 from Seattle to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, USSR in 1989. Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky was one of the most important and secretive air and submarine bases in the USSR. ref ISBN1-883697-67-0 "Who the Hell is Bob?" pages 255–260; 278-280
Death
Stankevičius was killed in the crash of a Sukhoi Su-27 fighter, '14 Red', at the Salgareda Air Show at Treviso, Italy on 9 September 1990.[4]
rimantas, stankevičius, rimantas, antanas, stankiavichus, lithuanian, rimantas, antanas, stankevičius, russian, Римантас, Анта, нас, Станкявичус, july, 1944, marijampolė, lithuania, september, 1990, salgareda, italy, lithuanian, test, pilot, cosmonaut, soviet,. Rimantas Antanas Stankiavichus Lithuanian Rimantas Antanas Stankevicius Russian Rimantas Anta nas Stankyavichus 26 July 1944 in Marijampole Lithuania 9 September 1990 in Salgareda Italy was a Lithuanian test pilot and cosmonaut in the Soviet space shuttle Buran programme He was killed in a crash of his Su 27 fighter plane during an airshow in Salgareda 1 2 Cenotaph in honor of Rimantas Stankevicius Contents 1 Biography 2 Death 3 References 4 External linksBiography EditIn 1966 he graduated from Chernigov Higher Aviation School After that he served as a USSR pilot in Germany Egypt and Turkmenistan In 1975 Stankevicius graduated from the Fedotov Test Pilot School and became a test pilot 3 He has accomplished spin testing of MiG 29 He flew 57 types of aircraft and had over 4000 hours of flying experience In 1982 he was graded as a 1st class test pilot In 1979 he was assigned to the Buran programme In February 1982 he passed all the required exams and became the first Lithuanian cosmonaut After September 1984 he trained to fly the 11F35 Buran USSR space shuttle Stankevicius accomplished 14 test flights with Buran s counterpart BTS 02 aircraft and 6 taxi tests with Buran He was both the pilot and the commander of the space shuttle In 1990 Rimantas Stankevicius participated the Everett Air Show with a Su 27 fighter jet Soon after his return home he went to Italy to replace another USSR pilot in Salgareda Air Show On 9 September during a flight in the show in a Su 27 he started a loop in a lower altitude than he estimated and made an unintentional touchdown He died in the crash The crash resulted in only one fatality aside from the pilot Stankevicius along with Soviet Cosmonauts Igor Volk and Sergei Tresvyatskiy worked closely with Americans in the late 1980s to improve relations during the Cold War The three were involved in what is believed to be the first formation flight with Soviet SU 27 fighter planes and American F 16s in history in July 1990 before the breakup of the USSR at the Opening Ceremonies of the Goodwill Games in Seattle The three also flew the first Americans 8 members of the Organizing Committee of the 1990 Goodwill Games since World War II in an Ilyushin Il 62 from Seattle to Petropavlovsk Kamchatsky USSR in 1989 Petropavlovsk Kamchatsky was one of the most important and secretive air and submarine bases in the USSR ref ISBN 1 883697 67 0 Who the Hell is Bob pages 255 260 278 280Death EditStankevicius was killed in the crash of a Sukhoi Su 27 fighter 14 Red at the Salgareda Air Show at Treviso Italy on 9 September 1990 4 Stankevicius is buried in Kaunas Lithuania References Edit spacefacts de re Stankevicius astronautix com re Stankevicius Archived 2015 04 12 at the Wayback Machine Znamenskaya Natalya ed 2002 ShLI so vremenem ShLI in Time in Russian 2 ed Zhukovskij OOO Redakciya gazety Zhukovskie vesti p 400 Stankiavicius Archived from the original on 12 April 2015 Retrieved 12 June 2015 External links EditSu 27 crash Salgareda Airshow 1990 YouTube This article about an astronaut is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This Lithuanian biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Rimantas Stankevicius amp oldid 1125302439, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
