Vladimir Sergeyevich Ilyushin (Russian: Владимир Серге́евич Ильюшин; 31 March 1927 – 1 March 2010) was a Russian military officer and a test pilot in the former Soviet space program. [1]

Soviet military pilot Vladimir Ilyushin was alleged to have landed off course and been held by the Chinese government. The Government of the Soviet Union supposedly suppressed this information, to prevent bad publicity during the height of the Cold War.

Nov 14, 2019 · Vladimir Ilyushin recovered from the accident, returned to the Soviet Union in 1962 and eventually became chief test pilot at the Sukhoi Design Bureau. He is now (1999) a retired Air Force General living in a Moscow suburb.

May 21, 2019 · There was a real Ilyushin, but he was a pilot who never joined the Soviet space program. Even within the Soviet Union, the space program was so shrouded in secrecy that stories of hushed-up cosmonaut deaths emerged. One night in March of 1961, a severely burned man was brought to Dr. Vladimir Golyakhovsky under the name Sergeyev Ivanov.

Of all the phantom cosmonauts, the most tangible is Vladimir Sergeyevich Ilyushin, the purported first man in orbit. He is a real person; his flight was reported at the time it was said to have occurred; and in his old age he allegedly confirmed the story.

Ilyushin was a test pilot and lieutenant general in the Soviet Air Forces. He piloted the maiden flights of the Sukhoi's Su-11 (1958), Т-5 (1958), Su-15 (1962), Su-17 (1966), Su-24 (1967), Т-4 (1972), Su-25 (1975) and the Su-27 (1977). Ilyushin demonstrated his outstanding piloting skills as a test pilot of the Sukhoi Su-24.

Nov 29, 2000 · Vladimir Ilyushin: The Real First Man in Space: Directed by Elliott Haimoff. Profiling the real first man in space, who could not be presented to the world by the former Soviet Union as the returning, conquering hero, due to the fact that he crash landed and was seriously injured, resulting in the story being covered up for years.

Mar 1, 2010 · Major General Vladimir Sergeyevich Ilyushin (Russian: Владимир Серге́евич Ильюшин) (March 31, 1927, Moscow – March 1, 2010) was a Soviet general and noted test pilot, and the son of aerospace engineer Sergei Ilyushin. He spent most of his career as a test pilot for the Sukhoi OKB.