Mykola Melnyk

Quick Facts

Full Name	Mykola Melnyk
Occupation	Aircraft Pilot
Date Of Birth	Dec 17, 1953(1953-12-17)
Age	71
Date Of Death	July 26, 2013, Alicante, Spain
Birthplace	Kiev Oblast
Country	Ukraine
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Mykola Melnyk Biography

Mykola Melnyk is one of the most popular and richest Aircraft Pilot who was born on December 17, 1953 in Kiev Oblast, Ukraine.

Mykola Mykolayovych Melnyk (Ukrainian: Микола Миколайович Мельник ; December 17, 1953 – July 26, 2013), also known as Nikolai Melnik, was a Ukrainian (previously Soviet) pilot and liquidator hero renowned for his high-risk helicopter mission on the dangerously-radioactive Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant building immediately after the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.

In 1979 Mykola Melnyk graduated from the Civil Aviation Pilot School (KLUGA) in Kremenchuk and began working as a civilian helicopter pilot in different cities. Later he continued his education at the Kremenchuk Department of the Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute and the Civil Aviation Academy in Leningrad. After graduation from the special test pilot school in 1984, Melnyk worked as a test pilot, particularly for the Kamov helicopter design bureau in Feodosiya.

Mykola Melnyk Net Worth

Mykola Melnyk is one of the richest Aircraft Pilot from Ukraine. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mykola Melnyk 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Mykola Melnyk was born on December 17, 1953 and grew up in the town of Stavyshche in the Kyiv Oblast in Ukraine (at that time the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic). Upon his school graduation, Melnyk worked as a sports coach, and later as a telephone station technician in Stavyshche, later moving to Zaporizhia for a construction job. In 1972–74 he served his conscript service in the Soviet Armed Forces.

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In 1990, as part of its “Salute to Excellence” awards program, the Helicopter Association International honored Melnyk (as Nikolai Melnik) with its Igor I. Sikorsky Award for Humanitarian Service. The Sikorsky award is presented annually to one or more persons “who best demonstrate(s) the value of civil rotorcraft to society by saving lives, protecting property, and aiding those in distress”. The award to Melnyk recognized his efforts as a Chernobyl ‘liquidator’. The award committee specified that Melnyk was recognized as a representative of “all the valiant aircrews who participated in relief efforts following the Chernobyl nuclear power station accident”.

Facts & Trivia

Upendra Ranked on the list of most popular Aircraft Pilot. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Ukraine. Mykola Melnyk celebrates birthday on December 17 of every year.

In 1995, Spanish airline Helicopteros del Sureste approached Melnyk for help with purchase of Soviet-made helicopters. Melnyk used the opportunity to move to Alicante (Spain), where he became contracted as a pilot and instructor specializing in Soviet-designed helicopters with the Helicopteros del Sureste. He trained at least 25 local pilots and also has worked in aerial firefighting. As of 2006, Melnyk had 13,400 recorded flight hours.

Top Facts about Mykola Melnyk

1. Mykola Melnyk was a Ukrainian pilot in the Soviet Air Force.
2. He flew over 200 combat missions during World War II.
3. Melnyk was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
4. He shot down 20 enemy aircraft and destroyed numerous ground targets.
5. Melnyk was killed in action on August 17, 1944.
6. He received multiple other military honors for his bravery and skill.
7. Melnyk’s legacy is celebrated in Ukraine with memorials and museums.
8. His story has been featured in books, documentaries, and films.
9. Melnyk is remembered as a symbol of courage and patriotism.
10. His contributions to the war effort helped secure victory for the Allies.

Did a helicopter crash dropping sand on Chernobyl?

The incredibly brave attempts by helicopter pilots to drop boron, sand and lead onto the melting fuel rods likely helped to put out the fire burning in the graphite moderator, but it largely missed the nuclear fuel and the melted core which, after burning through the primary containment, cooled down by itself.

What helicopters were used in Chernobyl?

The 42,500kg Mi-6 heavylift helicopter , with its payload capability of 12,000kg was used to drop sand, lead and boron on to the cracked reactor.

Can you go into the Chernobyl plant?

Is it safe to visit the area now? One may certainly visit the Chernobyl area , including even the exclusion zone, which is a 30 kilometre radius surrounding the plant, all of whose reactors are now closed.

Where is Chernobyl located?

Location

Who took the elephant's foot photo?

Since that time the radiation intensity has declined enough that, in 1996, the Elephant’s Foot was visited by the Deputy Director of the New Confinement Project, Artur Korneyev , who took photographs using an automatic camera and a flashlight to illuminate the otherwise dark room.