Vladimir Petlyakov

Vladimir Mikhailovich Petlyakov was a Soviet aeronautical engineer and aircraft designer.

Petlyakov was born in 1891 in Sambek, where his father served as a local official. After graduating from the Technical College in Taganrog in 1910. he travelled to Moscow, where he was accepted into the Moscow State Technical University; however, due to financial difficulties he was unable to complete his studies. After the 1917 Russian Revolution he continued his education and was hired to work as a technician in the aerodynamics laboratory at Moscow State Technical University under the guidance of Nikolai Zhukovsky, while resuming his studies. He gained experience as a laboratory assistant on wind tunnels and on calculations for aircraft design. In 1922 he graduated from the same university.