The fiancee of the pilot Captain Vencislav Dunkin, who died in September, gave birth to a baby girl. The baby is named Anastasia and was born on Tuesday, December 3. Little Anastasia bears the names of her late father - Ventsislav Dunkin.
The news was announced by Dr. Eleonora Velikova herself in her profile on social networks. Relatives and relatives of Captain Dunkin from Razlog also shared the happy news on Facebook.
The baby's mother, Eleonora Velikova, is from Pleven and is a certified military doctor, specializing in aviation medicine, bTV reports.
Captain Vencislav Dunkin died during a training flight on September 13 at Graf Ignatievo Air Base. Then it became clear that he and Eleonora had planned their wedding for September 21 and were expecting their first child.
In the plane crash during the preparation of a demonstration flight, another pilot died - Lieutenant Colonel Petko Dimitrov. More than a month after the tragedy, the Ministry of Defense concluded that the two took an unreasonably high risk during a complex aerobatics. It was established that there were no gaps in the training of the pilots. Medical examinations before the flight showed no discrepancies.
And the training-combat L-39 was upright, its engine was running at maximum speed and it was controllable the whole time, said Colonel Petko Vasilev.
Lieutenant Colonel Petko Dimitrov was assessed as an excellent pilot, without violations. Captain Vencislav Dunkin – too. Both had the necessary training and number of flying hours to perform these aerial figures. But only a second and a half was the time for the emergency departure of the plane.
However, later, a comprehensive review requested by the Ministry of Defense after the fatal accident showed a lack of sufficient flight hours of pilots in our Air Force.