Father of Russian aviation: 175 years since the birth of Nikolai Zhukovsky
2022-01-17T05:48:45.151Z
On January 17, 1847, Nikolai Zhukovsky was born - an outstanding Russian mechanical scientist, the founder of aerodynamics, who formed a scientific approach to the development of aircraft construction. He devoted a lot of effort and energy to the training of pilots and aircraft designers, to the development of issues of development and combat use of military aviation. According to historians, Zhukovsky had the broadest outlook and made a huge contribution to the development of domestic science. He is rightly called the father of Russian aviation.
Source: russiart