fimych
Member Posts: 228
From: Boston MA, USA
Registered: Jun 2015
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posted 03-09-2016 09:22 PM
   
82 years ago Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was born. I want to put some modern covers regarding Gagarin's early years, before he became the First. Gagarin was born March 9th, 1934 in a small village of Klushino, Smolensk district.  He finished middle school in 1949 and continued professional high school in Lubertsy – small town near Moscow.  In 1951 he moved to Saratov to study in professional college and in 1954 joined Saratov flying school. he managed to log 196 flights and 42+ hours.  In 1955 Yuri Gagarin joined the military and was sent to the Air Force college in Orenburg. He graduated in 1957 as fighter pilot on MiG-15 jets.  Gagarin continued his service in Northern Fleet aviation, 769 fighter regiment, that was based near Korzunovo village, Murmansk district. He logged 265 hours.  In March 1960, after several medical exams, Gagarin formally joined the Cosmonauts group... |
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