Background
FEDOSEYENKO, Pavel was born on January 3, 1898 in Novaya Sotnya, Voronezh Province. Son of a worker
Balloonist and airship designer
FEDOSEYENKO, Pavel was born on January 3, 1898 in Novaya Sotnya, Voronezh Province. Son of a worker
1932 graduate Airship-Building Faculty, Zhukovskiy Air Force Academy.
Until 1918 modeller; from 1918 in Red Army. 1918-1920 officer cadet. Aerostat pilot; commander, aerostat detachment.
From 1921 specialist in aeronautics. 1919-1920 fought in the Civil War on Southern Front. In 1920's accomplished a number of record balloon flights.
1925 together with A. A. Fridman in a spherical balloon reached an altitude of 7,400 meters. 30 January 1934, as commander of the stratospheric balloon Osoaviakhim - 1 (volume: 24,920 cubic meters) together with A. 13. Vasenko and I. Doctorate. Usyskin carried out a stratopheric study flight reaching an altitude of 22,000 meters and recording important sci data.
The balloon crashed and all the crew were killed.