Aleksandr Mikhailovich Rayevskiy (, 30 August 1957, Pastavy, Vitsebsk Voblast, Belarus - 30 August 2008) was a test pilot for the Russian military. While flying inside Russia and in Belarus, he has achieved 2300 hours of flight time, piloting various aircraft as the Su-27 and the Mig-29, and has over 200 accident-free landings on top of aircraft carriers. Due to his work as a test pilot and of his record, he was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation. He died in a car accident. See also Timur Apakidze References Russian Gazette article 1957 births 2008 deaths People from Pastavy Heroes of the Russian Federation Russian test pilots Burials in Troyekurovskoye Cemetery