1998 Anatoly G. Kruglov

Anatoly G. Kruglov
1998 "Kelly" Johnson Award

Mr. Anatoly G. Kruglov is Chairman of the Aviation Register of the Interstate Aviation Committee, located in Moscow, Russia. In this position, Mr. Kruglov is chief of the agency that handles all civil certification issues for the Confederation of Independent States.

In 1960, Mr. Kruglov began working as an aeronautical engineer at the State Scientific Research Institute of the former USSR within the department that handled novel types of civil aircraft, and he advanced within this organization to Chief of the Flight Test Branch. Since the first days of the foundation of the State Aviation Register of the USSR (analogous to the FAA in the USA) in 1974, Mr. Kruglov worked in this body as Chief of the Aircraft Certification Branch, then as department chief, and then as Chainnan of the Aviation Register. In spite of his many duties in this position, he continues to participate directly in flight tests of the latest aircraft, often serving as a flight crew member and flight test engineer.

Throughout his outstanding 38-year career in flight test engineering, Mr. Kruglov has been directly involved in testing 97 types of civil airplanes and helicopters manufactured in Russia, the Ukraine and several other countries. He has participated in tile flight tests of 47 aircraft types as flight crew member and flight test engineer. During his career, Mr. Kruglov has specialized in many of the more critical test phases, such as airspeed and g-load envelop expansion, high angle-of-attack tests, engine and critical system failure testing, and flights in severe ambient conditions. Among the programs he has conducted are the lu-104 and Tu-154 flight tests including full-scale simulation of critical flight modes, conducted to discover causes of aircraft crashes; tests of the Tu-114 under excessive take-off gross weights and with two engines failed; and tests of the supersonic Tu-144.

In addition to Mr. Kruglov's contributions in numerous flight test programs, he has facilitated the development of new flight test methods and aircraft certification processes, and significantly furthered the harmonization of these processes between the FAR (Federal Regulations) and JAR (Joint European Regulations). For his contribution to aviation, he was awarded with governmental orders, as well as the Yury Gagarin and Andrey Tupolev medals. He has helped develop a generation of Russian and Ukrainian flight test engineers.

The Society of Flight Test Engitteers is proud to present its 1998 "Kelly" Johnson Award for Excellence in Flight Test Engineering to Anatoly G. Kruglov.