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A soldier who made Airplane
Semyon Alekseevich Lavočkin was a strong supporter of the Soviet regime, immediately after finishing his studies he volunteered in the dreaded Red Army, distinguished himself as a soldier had the opportunity to attend the Moscow Technical High Squola (name that alchemy was the University of Engineering State). In 1927 he graduated with honors and was immediately recruited by the French scientist Paul Richard, who worked for the Soviet government, to collaborate on a project managed by OKB him very ambitious. In addition to Lavockin made it part of engineers and other rising stars of engineering and engineering design Soviet aircraft, such as Korolyov, Beriev, Kamov, Gurevich and Shavrov, the project was very ambitious and difficult, it was the construction of a huge Seaplane and Bomber which was to have the characteristic of torpedo boats. The TOM project (acronym of Torpedonisets Otkrytogo Moria, marine torpedo bomber), was not realized because of trays to the funds and especially because a similar project was now being tested by 'the OKB of Tupolev TB-1 .... ( Go to full article ).... 
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