"Volga-Dnepr" awarded the winners of the contest of copyright: the makers of the aircraft of the XXI century are invited to work in the company.
"Volga-Dnepr" awarded the winners of the contest of copyright: the makers of the aircraft of the XXI century are invited to work in the company 08.21.2014
Group of companies "Volga-Dnepr" summed up the results of the contest "Promising transport aircraft of the XXI century". The ceremony took place at the Third International Air Transport Forum (IATF 2014), which took place August 14-16 in Ulyanovsk.
"We have set up this contest for all who care about the future of air transport, who aims to make a contribution to the history of its development, one has to have this power and knowledge, so deliberately did not set age limits - says Artem Arutyunov, Deputy Technical Director - Head design Bureau of the Group of companies "Volga-Dnepr" and one of the organizers of the competition. - The youngest participant - 22 years old, the oldest - 74 It is safe to say, the goals set us achieved. We learned a lot of talented people got interesting, complex, well-developed projects transport aircraft powerplants from participants from Russia, Bulgaria, Germany, Serbia, Ukraine, and the best of them - it's very real design solutions that can be used in the Aerospace industry . The contest has turned into an international and it should be noted that this is the first aviation competition organized by a commercial company. "
Competition commission headed by Technical Director of the Group of companies "Volga-Dnepr" - the chief designer of unique aircraft An-124 "Ruslan" Victor I. Tolmachev. The most numerous among the participants was the nomination "The formation of long-term technical aspect transport aircraft of the XXI century". The best work in this nomination was unanimously recognized as the project graduates of the Moscow Aviation University Sergei Borovykh, Nicholas Turbine and Ilya Ageeva "Development of the concept of heavy transport aircraft for the new aerodynamic design." The guys have prepared a 200-page book with a description of the calculations and transport aircraft "triplane" class AN-225 "Mriya", performed by two-beam scheme with external load transported "Carload" cargo under the center section of the wing between the fuselages. The main prize for the winners - an invitation to work in the design office of the Group of companies "Volga-Dnepr".
Second place in the above nomination took the team from Stuttgart (Germany): pilot Gerd-Dieter Manfred Schmidt, pilot instructor Manuel Schmidt and Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Gunter Faust.
Graduate student of the Moscow State Art and Industry Academy SG Stroganov Alexey Komarov received a special prize of the competition committee for the elaboration and presentation of the concept of transport aircraft of the future. Model of this unusual aircraft decorated booth Group of companies "Volga-Dnepr" while participating in the IATF 2014, as shown in the promo video caused great interest of visitors of the stand. This concept has previously been demonstrated in the Russian-Chinese exhibition in Harbin (China), and the exhibition "Innoprom 2014" in Yekaterinburg (Russia), where the work has received rave reviews, including from members of senior management of the Russian Federation. In the category "Trends and forecasts of the global air cargo market" to better recognize the work of the department of economics and marketing Kharkov Aviation Institute, led by Professor Vasily Mikhailovich Vartanian, and in the category "Advanced engines for heavy transport aircraft" - a project Nikolai Makarov, a student at the Ufa State Aviation Technical University .
All participants will receive valuable prizes and gifts from the "Volga-Dnepr".
"In the projects we evaluated the novelty and originality of ideas, technical feasibility, cost-effectiveness analysis, depth of study and a vision plan for its implementation - continues Artem Arutyunov. - In the design office of the Group of companies "Volga-Dnepr" is actively working to shape the formation of the line of promising transport aircraft of the future. We thank all the participants, enthusiasm and initiative that really inspired us. We will make every effort to be sure the results of their work are embodied in the work of "Volga-Dnepr" and aviation of the XXI century "
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