'''Mikhail Simonov''' (Mijail Símonov) (Михаил Симонов) (1930 - Moscow 2011) [[Russian]] aircraft designer. Simonov started working as an aviation engineer in the 1950s and joined the ''OKB Sukhoi'' design bureau as a deputy chief designer in 1970; since 1983, after serving as deputy minister of aircraft industries in 1979-1983, he worked on the Su-24, Su-25 and the Su-27. Simonov also played a key role in winning lucrative contracts to sell Su-27s to [[China]], [[India]] and other foreign customers. | '''Mikhail Simonov''' (Mijail Símonov) (Михаил Симонов) (1930 - Moscow 2011) [[Russian]] aircraft designer. Simonov started working as an aviation engineer in the 1950s and joined the ''OKB Sukhoi'' design bureau as a deputy chief designer in 1970; since 1983, after serving as deputy minister of aircraft industries in 1979-1983, he worked on the Su-24, Su-25 and the Su-27. Simonov also played a key role in winning lucrative contracts to sell Su-27s to [[China]], [[India]] and other foreign customers. |