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Legendary test pilot Marina Popovich has died
At the age of 87, military test pilot first class Marina Popovich died, TASS reports on Thursday, November 30 .
Popovich was the first woman to break the sound barrier. The test pilot mastered more than 40 types of aircraft and helicopters. Popovich has 102 aviation world records. She is also an Honored Master of Sports of the USSR, Doctor of Technical Sciences and a member of the Union of Writers of the Russian Federation.
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