i graduated from the sizran higher military aviation school of pilots in 1979. ve became cosmonaut number three, this is andrian grigorevich nikolaev, and i was just a little boy, as you said, and this message struck us all when they asked the boy, what will you be when you grow up, all the boys answered, an astronaut, and the path to space then lay through a flight school, usually a military school, so since childhood i dreamed of going along this path. fighters, helicopters fly there, i, naturally, was upset at first, but now i realize that this is god’s decree, i was lucky that this is a very wonderful type of aviation and i became a helicopter pilot, you have been the eighth all my life, i can conventionally say that i am a graduate passed the exam at the syzarinsk higher military aviation school on the mi-8, began to serve in in the armed forces, and from lieutenant to lieutenant general i flew on the mi-8, i retired from civil aviation, i fly on the mi-8, there are probably no such people, i was lucky with this helicopter, it is a unique aircraft that will

military school, so since childhood i dreamed of going this way along the path of andrian grigorievich nikolaev and chose a school closer to the chuvash sizran higher military aviation school for pilotsapplied there and got accepted the first time, yes, wait, but if the path to astronautics, as i understand it, always lay through aviation, well, how should i say, fighter aviation, and you are a helicopter pilot? well, i didn't get into helicopter training school, i entered the military school, when i arrived in tsyzran, i saw that instead of fighters there were helicopters flying there. naturally, i was upset at first, but now i realize that this is god’s command, i was lucky that this is a very wonderful type of aviation and i became a helicopter pilot, you have been the eighth all my life, i conventionally say that i, the final exam at the sizaron higher military i passed the aviation school on the mi-8, began serving in the armed forces and flew from lieutenant to lieutenant general on the mi-8, and retired from civil aviation, flying the mi-8. such there are probably no people. i was lucky with this helicopter, it is a unique aircraft that will certainly be included in the guinne