Анатолий Николаевич Квочур - Anatoly Nikolayevich Kvotchur

[Ronin_Gaijin]

Today, Hero of Russia, Honored Test Pilot Anatoly Nikolaevich Kvochur passed away.
This thread is dedicated to his extraordinary life and the role he played in the advancement of Soviet and Russian aviation.

Anatoly Kvotchur was born on April 16, 1952 in the village of Mazurovka, Chernevets district, Vinnitsa region, Ukrainian SSR.
After graduating from school in 1969 in the village of Beryozovka, Chernevets district, he entered the Yeisk Higher Aviation School of Pilots. After graduating from college in 1973, he began serving as a pilot in the aviation units of the Air Force of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany. In 1975 he entered the Test Pilot School, from which he graduated in 1978. In 1977, Anatoly Kvotchur was dismissed from the ranks of the USSR Armed Forces. Working in the aviation industry
From 1978 to 1981, he worked as a test pilot at an aircraft plant in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, where he tested production Su-17s and its modifications.
In 1981 he was transferred to the OKB named after A.I. Mikoyan. At the OKB, he participated in tests of the MiG-29 and MiG-31 aircraft, tests of air-to-air and air-to-surface missiles, tests of the MiG-29K carrier-based fighter, including studies of the systems of the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov (including . was the first to perform a night takeoff from the deck), as well as in testing the latest prototypes of MiG aircraft. Also in 1981, he graduated from the Moscow Aviation Institute.
In 1988, at the Farnborough Aviation Show (Great Britain), Kvotchur first showed an aerobatic maneuver - “The Bell”. On June 8, 1989, at the international air show in Le Bourget (France), during a demonstration flight on the newest Soviet fighter MiG-29, an engine surge occurred, causing the aircraft to stall near the ground. Kvotchur managed to eject from an extremely low altitude. A week later he continued flying. In August, he performed demonstration aerobatics on the MiG-29 in Abbotsford (Canada).
In 1991, Kvotchur went to work at the Flight Research Institute as a test pilot and then head of the ergonomics laboratory. 
In 1992, to carry out research programs on the design of cockpits and controls for maneuverable aircraft, satellite radio navigation, in-flight refueling, ultra-long-range non-stop flights, super-maneuverability and medicine, he created the aerobatic team “Test Pilots” (in 1996 it was transformed into the Flight Research Center) . In March 1995, he performed an ultra-long flight on a single-seat Su-27 fighter to Australia, and in July and September 1999, he flew over the North Pole along a closed route; he repeatedly performed ultra-long-range flights in a group of fighters lasting more than 10-11 hours with multiple refuelings in the air day and night, including over the ocean, from arctic to tropical latitudes.
Until the age of 65, he conducted flight tests on supersonic aircraft.
Kvotchur mastered and tested more than 90 types and modifications of aircraft, and in 2005 he set 11 world records on board the Su-27 . Its total flight time is about 4,800 hours, including over 3,000 hours of test flight time.
 

 

May he Rest in Peace

 

Edited April 15, 2024 by Ronin_Gaijin

[Ronin_Gaijin]

 

[SandMartin]

Светлая память..

Узнал об этом легендарном летчике из этого фильма:

 

[Ronin_Gaijin]

12 hours ago, SandMartin said:

Светлая память..

Узнал об этом легендарном летчике из этого фильма:

 

I learned about him from this book I bought when I was a kid.
 

Edited April 16, 2024 by Ronin_Gaijin

[ZeroSum]

We will remember and honour him with our flights. Farewell.

[Ronin_Gaijin]

1989 Le Bourget, Paris

Edited April 16, 2024 by Ronin_Gaijin

[oper]

Земля небом...

 

[dali]

I once went to Klagenfurt (Austria) Air show in 1996. It was well after end of flying part of day one, very late afternoon, almost evening. We knew Kvochur was to perfrom next day, so some of us waited and waited....untill almost an hour there he came. Two ship formation, first one landed, but Anatoly's red-white-blue Gromov research institute Su-27 continued low level over the runway and gave us a short aerobatic-ballet dance. I have never seen such smooth flying, seemles transition from manouvre to manouvre, no effort, like he was not flying but wearing the Flanker...

To this day my hair stands up remembering that magnificiant sight we were given. Thank you Anatoly and calm skies....

 

[Ronin_Gaijin]

57 minutes ago, dali said:

I once went to Klagenfurt (Austria) Air show in 1996. It was well after end of flying part of day one, very late afternoon, almost evening. We knew Kvochur was to perfrom next day, so some of us waited and waited....untill almost an hour there he came. Two ship formation, first one landed, but Anatoly's red-white-blue Gromov research institute Su-27 continued low level over the runway and gave us a short aerobatic-ballet dance. I have never seen such smooth flying, seemles transition from manouvre to manouvre, no effort, like he was not flying but wearing the Flanker...

To this day my hair stands up remembering that magnificiant sight we were given. Thank you Anatoly and calm skies....

 

Thank you for your story mate.
This is how we will all remember him.
He is now one with the sky as he always was.

Edited April 18, 2024 by Ronin_Gaijin

[Ronin_Gaijin]

Footage from his funeral.
Roman Petrovich Taskaev was flying the Yak-130 that flew past the service.
https://smotrim.ru/video/2792906

Edited April 18, 2024 by Ronin_Gaijin

[dali]

https://www.keilir.net/static/files/conferences/cvs/anatoly-kvochur-keilir-session-7.pdf

 

[Kaktus]

Rest in piece my childhood hero, Anatoly Kvochur,the legendary pilot who originated the famous Kvochur Bell, he was in the very first original Su 27 Flanker game, featuring video of his flying of Su27, and oerforming also the famous Bell maneuver.

 

I only found out through tik tok he passed away 4 days ago.

 

To his memory i dedicate this page and hope someone finds original vid from Flanker and post it here. I cant as i am at work, plus down have the original game anymore

[Ronin_Gaijin]

On 4/19/2024 at 6:57 AM, Kaktus said:

Rest in piece my childhood hero, Anatoly Kvochur,the legendary pilot who originated the famous Kvochur Bell, he was in the very first original Su 27 Flanker game, featuring video of his flying of Su27, and oerforming also the famous Bell maneuver.

 

I only found out through tik tok he passed away 4 days ago.

 

To his memory i dedicate this page and hope someone finds original vid from Flanker and post it here. I cant as i am at work, plus down have the original game anymore

He was our childhood hero and will always remain in our hearts.
*This is the footage from the game and his words on the cover.

[Kaktus]

Wow, thanks for the clip and the footage, .. insane, the memories.. i remember my friend used this prehistoric printer to print the end mission results (where each missile, plane kills is stamped out in detail and time. 

 

Wow, DCS you have come along way, but remember your roots-Su27 and one and only Kvochur. 

 

I wonder if the original game can be played somehow on today modern comps and win 11?

[Ronin_Gaijin]

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[Harry.R]

Late to learn this news as well. Only saw him once, at Boscombe down. He flew the approach alongside the airliner before pulling up and doing a short display having just flown in from Eastern Europe. Amazing to watch and a real display of piloting skills. RIP.

https://youtu.be/DiUH3aNPvjg?si=PRnz6elytsx7d4iO

[Ronin_Gaijin]

On 5/4/2024 at 6:39 PM, Harry.R said:

Late to learn this news as well. Only saw him once, at Boscombe down. He flew the approach alongside the airliner before pulling up and doing a short display having just flown in from Eastern Europe. Amazing to watch and a real display of piloting skills. RIP.

https://youtu.be/DiUH3aNPvjg?si=PRnz6elytsx7d4iO

Thank you for sharing your story and this short clip of this extraordinary man! 

[oper]

 

[Ronin_Gaijin]

On 6/1/2024 at 12:50 PM, oper said:

 

Lots of history in the clips shown and from the people that spoke of him.
Thank you for sharing. 

[Ronin_Gaijin]

Tolya renown for his "Bell" manoeuvre 

Kvochur's Bell, in principle, it is not much different from the classic one, which was performed on a propeller-driven airplane. By and large, there is no difference at all. Both here and there, the plane takes off vertically, then slows down to almost a complete stop, and then begins to “fall” down in a vertical position. After which it performs a somersault either forward or backward, followed by horizontal alignment and acceleration.

Why did this particular element receive a new name in honor of a specific person, and all the previous bells were nameless? The fact is that previously it was believed that it could only be done on a propeller-driven aircraft, while a jet aircraft could fly at extremely high speeds, not allowing it to stop in the air.

But in 1988, at the Farnborough Air Show, Great Britain, test pilot Anatoly Kvochur, while at the controls of the fourth generation MiG-29 fighter, managed to refute this opinion. Then the same achievement was repeated by his Soviet colleagues on the Su-27 and foreign ones on the American F-16, F/A-18 and F-22 fighters.

They say that all existing aerobatics were invented for a reason, just to surprise someone, but have a purely practical significance. In particular, the same bell helps, having taken off, to sharply reduce speed in order to deceive the enemy and suddenly attack him from above and from behind.

And the KVOCHUR BELL, as sources say, is good because at the moment of zero speed (when at the highest point) the plane becomes invisible to DOPPLER RADAR and radar-guided missile heads. Well, in the old fashioned way, this is still relevant when working on a surface to reduce speed and subsequent aiming.

How useful is this really? It’s better to ask those who have experience in combat missions.

But the fact that it is spectacular is a fact. Therefore, the KVOCHUR BELL, along with other figures, is willingly performed by our aerobatic teams - “Swifts”, “Russian Knights”, “Rus”, etc.

Edited January 19 by Ronin_Gaijin

[trindade]

A true Legend. RIP

[Ronin_Gaijin]

[Ronin_Gaijin]

It's been a year. 

With Timur Apakidze.

Part of a pilot dream team and together with Pugachev, Apakidze, Garnaev to name a few.
 

With Igor Tkachenko (former Russian Knights pilot and Commander of the 237th Centre for Display of Aviation Equipment)

 

Edited April 15 by Ronin_Gaijin