Vladimir Ilyushin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Vladimir Ilyushin

Soviet and Russian test pilot

Date of Birth: 31-Mar-1927

Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia

Date of Death: 01-Mar-2010

Profession: writer, test pilot, aircraft pilot

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Major General Vladimir Sergeyevich Ilyushin (Russian: ???????? ?????´???? ???????; 31 March 1927 – 1 March 2010) was a Soviet general and test pilot, and the son of aerospace engineer Sergei Ilyushin.
He spent most of his career as a test pilot for the Sukhoi OKB (rivalrous to Ilyushin OKB.) In 1961, Ilyushin was the subject of rumors that he, rather than Yuri Gagarin, was the first cosmonaut in space.
According to those rumours, his mission ended badly, and the Soviet Union had covered it up.
Ilyushin was also a rugby union administrator who was inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame (then known as the IRB Hall of Fame) in 2013.