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3 unusual facts about Georgi Ivanov


Air Sofia

It is owned by Georgi Ivanov (Managing Director) and Lilian Todorov (President).

Dobroslavtsi Air Base

At the time these events occurred the squadron leader was Georgi Ivanov Kakalov, the country's first cosmonaut.

Georgi Ivanov

Though take-off was smooth, the mission was a disaster, with severe damage of the engine preventing docking in orbit to Salyut 6 orbital station as it was initially planned.



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Aleksandr Panayotov Aleksandrov

Upon arriving at Mir, Aleksandrov became the first Bulgarian to reach a Soviet space station, as the Soyuz 33 mission carrying Georgi Ivanov failed to reach the Salyut 6 space station.