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Flade, Klaus-Dietrich

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Flade
Flade
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German engineer cosmonaut 1990-1992.

Educated Munich; Maching; ETPS.

Official Biography

NAME: Klaus-Dietrich Flade

BIRTHDATE AND PLACE: August 23, 1951, Buedesheim / Germany .

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: 1959-1974 school in Oldenburg, Cochem, Memmingen, Bonn and Schelkingen, 1974-1976 training as an aircraft mechanic while attending at the officers school of the German Air Force, 1976-1980 studied Air/Space Technology at the Armed Forces University in Munich, Degree in Engineering and a Diploma in Chemistry, 1980-1988 Pilot for single and multi jets, high performance aircraft, 1988-1989 trained as a Test Pilot in Maching and at ETPS (Boscombe Down), achieved Test Pilot Class 1. 1988-1990 tested aviation equipment.

FLIGHT EXPERIENCE: Jets: F-104G, Tornado, Alpha-Jet, F-16. Transports: Transall:, Do 228, Do 28. Beside flying these aircraft, he has flown helicopters, including the Bo 105, a diversity of small planes, ultra light aircraft, gliders. He also did Air-to-Air Refuelling of different kinds of aircraft.

SCIENTIFIC SPECIALIZATION: Mass Spectroscopy, gas chromatography and applications of chemical analytical devices, while his main interests are fluid dynamics and EDV.

More at: Flade.

Family
Cosmonaut
Country
Germany
Spacecraft
Mir
Agency
DLR
Bibliography
5388

Chronology

3 events

1952 August 23

  • Birth of Klaus-Dietrich Flade - . Nation: Germany. Related Persons: Flade. German engineer cosmonaut 1990-1992. 1 spaceflight, 7.9 days in space. Flew to orbit on Soyuz TM-14 (1992)..

1992 March 17

10:54 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC1. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-U2.
  • Soyuz TM-14 - . Call Sign: Vityaz (Knight ). Crew: Flade, Kaleri, Viktorenko. Backup Crew: Avdeyev, Ewald, Solovyov. Payload: Soyuz TM s/n 64. Mass: 7,150 kg (15,760 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: MOM. Program: Mir. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz TM-12 Mir LD-3, Soyuz TM-13, Soyuz TM-14, Soyuz TM-14 Mir 92. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz TM. Duration: 145.59 days. Decay Date: 1992-08-10 . USAF Sat Cat: 21908 . COSPAR: 1992-014A. Apogee: 394 km (244 mi). Perigee: 373 km (231 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 92.20 min. Mir Expedition EO-11. Joint flight with Germany. Docked at the Kvant rear port at 12:33 GMT on March 19..

1992 March 25