Alexei Sergeevich Borodai

**Alexey Sergeevich Boroday** (July 28th, 1947) is a russian test pilot, test cosmonaut and a retired colonel in the Russian air force.

## Biography

Alexey Sergeevich Boroday was born on July 28th, 1947 (some sources state August 4th) in the village of Borodaevka, Volgograd, Russia. The son of Sergey Maksimovich Boroday and Maria Ivanovna Boroday. in the family of a machine operator of the Rossiya collective farm

In 1965 he finished 11 classes at high school. From October 1965 he was a worker at Volgograd hydroelectric power station. By the summer of 1966, he was being trained at Volgograd Aviation Training Center DOSAAF. He received the right to pilot the Yak-18U. In the summer of 1967, he received the right to pilot the L-29. In October 1968 he graduated from Grozny Aviation Center DOSAAF, he received the right to pilot UTI MiG-15, and MiG-17 aircraft.

On October 7th, 1968 Boroday joined the army. In November 1969, he passed the exams at Kachinsky VVAUL for the full course of the secondary military aviation school for pilots in the specialty “Piloting and operation of aircraft” and the qualification of “pilot technician”. From December 25th, 1969, he served as a pilot, from April 27th, 1971 as a senior pilot, and from September 14th, 1972 as a flight commander of the 773rd IAP of the Air Force of the 16th Guards Fighter Aviation Division as part of the GSVG.

On November 17th, 1972, he was placed at the disposal of the commander of the 1st Separate Far Eastern Air Army (ODVA) 16 VA. From January 18th, 1973 he served as a flight commander of 224 IAP 303 IAD 1 ODVA 16 VA. From November 18th, 1975, he served as deputy squadron commander - navigator, and from March 16th, 1976 - squadron commander of the 300th fighter-bomber regiment (APIB) of the 83rd mixed air division (SAD) 1 ODVA (Ozernaya Pad airfield, Kremovo village). In 1975-1976 he studied at the Khabarovsk branch of KIIGA in the correspondence department. Then he transferred to the 2nd year of the MAI. From September 1976 to June 27th, 1977 he studied at the course of the aircraft department of the Test Pilot Training Center (TsPLI) of the Air Force in Akhtubinsk, and upon graduation he qualified as a test pilot of the 3rd class.

From June 29th, 1977 he served as a test pilot of the 5th aviation test squadron, and from September 27th, 1977 - as a senior test pilot of the 4th aviation test squadron of the bomber aviation flight test service of the 1st Directorate of the GKNII VVS im. Chkalov. From May 5, 1979, he served as a senior test pilot, then a leading engineer - senior test pilot of the 4th aviation test squadron of the flight test service for air defense fighter-interceptors of front-line aviation aircraft of the 1st Directorate of the GKNII VVS im. Chkalov.

From 1976 to June 24, 1981 he studied at the Akhtuba branch of the Moscow Aviation Institute at the evening department "Rise" with a degree in Aircraft Engineering. After graduation, he received the specialty "mechanical engineer".

09.1977 - 08.1987 Senior test pilot. Tested from MiG-15 to MiG-31,

from Su-7 to Su-27 (except Su-9),

An-124 "Ruslan", An-225 "Mriya" and their modifications.

In 1978 he was selected to the group of test pilots of the State Research Institute of the Air Force. Chkalov for atmospheric testing of the MTKK "Buran". He was examined at the Central Military Research Aviation Hospital (TsVNIAG), received a positive conclusion from the Main Medical Commission (GMK) and at a meeting of the State Interdepartmental Commission (GMVK) on December 1, 1978, he was approved as a member of the group of test pilots.

From January 1979 to November 1980, he passed (by the method of gathering) general space training at the Yu.A. Gagarin CTC as a student-cosmonaut. After graduating from the OKP, he returned to the State Research Institute of the Air Force (Akhtubinsk) for test work. At a meeting (MVKK) on February 12, 1982, he was awarded the qualification "test cosmonaut".

On August 7, 1987, by order of the USSR Ministry of Defense (MO), he was enrolled in a group of test cosmonauts formed in the 4th Scientific and Test Directorate of the Chkalovsky branch of the State Research Institute of the Air Force (in the village of Chkalovsky, Moscow Region) and was appointed its commander. He was trained under the test program for a special copy of the Buran spacecraft for horizontal flight tests OK-GLI (analogous aircraft BTS-02), carried out its military scientific support. He performed 6 flights on the analogue aircraft BTS-02 as a co-pilot.

From November 1990 to March 1992, he was trained as a member of the group (together with I.I. Bachurin and L.K. Kadenyuk ) for the flight to the spacecraft Soyuz TM-rescue as a crew commander. The androgynous-peripheral node was tested under the docking program with the MTKK "Buran". I successfully passed all the exams, but the program was closed. From December 1992 to December 1993, he served as the head of the group of cosmonauts of the GKNII VVS.

On December 29, 1993, by order of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, he was transferred to the reserve and expelled from the group of cosmonauts of the State Research Institute of the Air Force.

## Awards

* Order of the Red Star (February 19th, 1986).
* Order "For Service to the Motherland in the Armed Forces of the USSR" III degree (for work under the "Buran" program) (December 30th, 1990).
* Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" (January 28th, 1988)
* Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" (February 28th, 1978).
* Medal "For Impeccable Service" II degree (January 13th, 1980).
* Medal "For Irreproachable Service" III degree (January 18th, 1983).

## Gallery

Boroday in 2019, gave an interview about his career as a test pilot.Boroday as a test pilot.Ivan Ivanovich Bachurin on the left, Alexey Sergeevich Boroday on the right.
## References

1. ↑ http://testpilot.ru/base/2012/03/borodaj-a-s/