Mikhail Farikh

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| full_name = Mikhail Rostislavovich Farikh

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| birth_place = Moscow, Russia

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Mikhail Rostislavovich Farikh (Russian: Фарих Михаил Ростиславович) (June 6, 1959, Moscow — April 18, 2016 Bely) was a private helicopter pilot and the first Russian to go around the world by helicopter and to reach the North Pole. He held world records in helicopter competitions. He helped popularize light aviation and was a prominent activist in the world of Russian GA. He was also an active member of the aviation organization {{ill|AOPA Russia|ru|АОПА-Россия}}.

Biography

He was born in Moscow in 1959 into the family of test pilot Rostislav Fabiovich Farikh born May 12, 1922. His grandfather Fabio Farikh was a prominent polar pilot and a motoring pioneer in Russia.

In 1976, Farikh graduated from Moscow School No. 10. He entered the law faculty of the Military Institute of the Ministry of Defense (which is now, after several transformations, part of the MU RF MD), from which he graduated in 1980.{{cite web|url=http://www.clubvi.ru/birthday/13.htm|title=Перечень дней рождений и кафедр выпускников ВИМО|publisher=Клуб товарищей ВИИЯ Красной армии|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803212013/http://www.clubvi.ru/birthday/13.htm|archive-date=3 August 2017|accessdate=27 July 2017|url-status=dead}} He served in the armed forces as a legal officer until 1995. He retired with the rank of lieutenant-colonel.

After being discharged into the reserves, he went into the automobile audio equipment business.{{cite web|url=http://www.popmech.ru/made-in-russia/5651-poyushchie-dinozavry-stalnye-glotki/|title=Поющие динозавры: Стальные глотки|publisher=Популярная механика|author=Корзинов Николай|date=27 August 2006|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170420194813/http://www.popmech.ru/made-in-russia/5651-poyushchie-dinozavry-stalnye-glotki/|archive-date=20 April 2017|accessdate=20 April 2017|url-status=dead}} He was fond of multi-discipline car audio competitions and in 2006 became the Russian champion in EMMA racing, in which driving skills as well as car audio and tuning are put to the test.

After giving up his active role in business, Farikh enrolled in cooking courses, studied Italian,{{cite web |url= http://rusrep.ru/article/2015/07/09/aviaprobegom--po-bezdorozhyu/ |title= Авиапробегом по бездорожью |publisher= Русский репортёр |author= Цырулева Мария |date= 9 July 2015 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20170420194943/http://rusrep.ru/article/2015/07/09/aviaprobegom--po-bezdorozhyu/ |archive-date= 20 April 2017 |accessdate= 20 April 2017 |url-status= dead }} and then ended up by chance in a flying club, where he began to study flying at {{nobr|the age of 48[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPMubXfrk_s Выпуск №2] телепрограмма PilotTV (22 февраля 2011).}}

Mobile sound systems

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Mikhail Farikh contributed to the Russian and international mobile sound-system design and all-terrain vehicles.{{cite web |url= http://amt-russia.ru/18_aprelya_2016_goda__na_57-om_godu_zhizni_tragicheski_pogib_Generalnyj_direktor_ZAO_%C2%ABFirma_%C2%ABMMS%C2%BB_Farih_Mihail_Rostislavovich. |title= 18 апреля 2016 года на 57-ом году жизни трагически погиб Генеральный директор ЗАО «Фирма «ММС» Фарих Михаил Ростиславович. |publisher= Национальная Ассоциация Соревнований по Автозвуку, Мультимедиа, Тюнингу |date= 3 May 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171007220846/http://amt-russia.ru/18_aprelya_2016_goda__na_57-om_godu_zhizni_tragicheski_pogib_Generalnyj_direktor_ZAO_%C2%ABFirma_%C2%ABMMS%C2%BB_Farih_Mihail_Rostislavovich. |archive-date= 7 October 2017 |accessdate= 27 July 2017 |url-status= dead }} The projects he headed attracted great attention at car audio competitions, exhibitions, and social events. In sound-pressure level (SPL) competitions between 2001 and 2007, Team Prology took first place 48 times and second place twice, and set 14 Russian records. The absolute Russian record of 173.4 dB, set in 2003 with the car named "Ladoga," has yet to be surpassed.{{cite magazine |date=December 2003 |issue=11 |volume=27 |pages=124–129|title=Битва гигантов |trans-title=Battle of giants |language=ru |magazine=Car&Music }}

He helped to develop and build a number of mobile audio complexes (Hurricane, Typhoon, JBL Sound Cruiser, Prolozavr 1.0 and 2.0).{{citation|title=Перекуем ракеты на сабвуферы |type= журнал |edition=Мастер 12 вольт |date=June 2004 |pages=20–21}} The JBL Sound Cruiser test car made a great impression at the 2005 IFA in Berlin and received worldwide acclaim.{{citation|title=Russishe revolution |edition=Sound off |date=January 2006 |pages=92–95 }}{{citation|title=Саунд трак |type=еженедельная автомобильная газета |edition=МК Мобиль |date=June 2005 |page=30 |quote=13}}

Flying

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Farikh began to learn to fly helicopters in 2007.{{cite web |url= https://snob.ru/profile/5009/print/79621 |title= Михаил Фарих, который полетел |publisher= Сноб |author= Татьяна Хрылова |date= 12 August 2014 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20170420195123/https://snob.ru/profile/5009/print/79621 |archive-date= 20 April 2017 |accessdate= 20 April 2017 |url-status= dead }}{{cite web|title=Mikhail Farikh, Who Flies Like an Eagle (55)|url=http://www.theageofhappiness.com/posts/mikhail-farikh-who-flies-like-aneagle-55|website=The Age Of Happiness Project|accessdate=9 October 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240528063717/https://www.webcitation.org/6u5ZsXrCM?url=http://www.theageofhappiness.com/posts/mikhail-farikh-who-flies-like-aneagle-55/14caddc8388|archive-date=28 May 2024|url-status=dead}} In 2008, he acquired his private pilot's license. He immediately began flying frequently and extensively. He acquired a British pilot's license in the same year, and an American one in 2010.

In subsequent years, he continued to increase his qualifications by attending courses at various domestic and foreign flying clubs (in England, Spain, the US, Canada, etc.),{{cite web |url= http://www.helicopter.su/meropriyatiya/premiya_avi/2013/pilot_sportsmen/farix_mixail_rostislavovich.html |title= Премия АВИ за 2013 год » Пилот-спортсмен » Фарих Михаил Ростиславович |publisher= Ассоциация вертолётной индустрии |archive-url= https://archive.today/20170420195221/http://www.helicopter.su/meropriyatiya/premiya_avi/2013/pilot_sportsmen/farix_mixail_rostislavovich.html |archive-date= 20 April 2017 |accessdate= 20 April 2017 |url-status= dead }} and was constantly improving his technique, paying special attention to autorotation landings. The Robinson R44 and Robinson R66 were Farikh's main helicopters.{{cite news|url=http://kommersant.ru/doc/2185201|title=Полёты уровня VIP|newspaper=Коммерсантъ|author=Веретенников Иван|date=15 May 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170420195458/http://kommersant.ru/doc/2185201|archive-date=20 April 2017|accessdate=20 April 2017|url-status=dead}}

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Однако, гены действительно существуют, и уже в совершенно зрелом возрасте 48-летним пенсионером я пришёл в авиаклуб учиться летать. На вертолёте. Почему на вертолёте? Да просто вертодром находится рядом с моей дачей. Если бы рядом был аэродром, я бы стал летать на самолёте или на планере — но летать бы начал непременно.{{cite book |author=Фарих Фабио, Даксергоф Игорь |chapter=Предисловие |title=Над снегами |edition=переиздание 1932 г. |location=Moscow |year=2014 |publisher=ЛитРес (оригинал — Молодая гвардия, ОГИЗ) |page=3}}{{cite journal |author=Веселов Михаил |url=http://nvinder.ru/article/vypusk-no-42-20387-ot-26-aprelya-2016-g/13080-posledniy-polet |title=Последний полет |edition=Няръяна вындер |date=April 2016 |volume=20387 |number=42 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170426193603/http://nvinder.ru/article/vypusk-no-42-20387-ot-26-aprelya-2016-g/13080-posledniy-polet |archive-date=26 April 2017 |quote=26 |url-status=dead }}|attr1=Mikhail Farikh|However, genes do exist and, being of quite a mature age, a pensioner of 48, I went to the flying club to start flight training. Helicopters. Why helicopters? Simply because there was a heliport near my summer house. If it had been an airfield, I would be flying airplanes or gliders, but I would still have started, without a doubt.|attr2=Translated by wikipedians}}

Without commercial flights or training student pilots, Farikh flew 332 hours in 2011{{cite web |url= http://www.helicopter.su/meropriyatiya/premiya_avi/2011/pilot/farix_mixail_rostislavovich.html |title= Премия АВИ за 2011 год » Пилот » Фарих Михаил Ростиславович |publisher= Ассоциация вертолётной индустрии |archive-url= https://archive.today/20170420195344/http://www.helicopter.su/meropriyatiya/premiya_avi/2011/pilot/farix_mixail_rostislavovich.html |archive-date= 20 April 2017 |accessdate= 20 April 2017 |url-status= dead }} (for a total of 1,340 hours up to 2011) and 425 hours in 2013 (total 2,113 hours). He flew more than 2,100 hours in the six years after he began training. Later Farikh flew airplanes, licensed for "Single-engine land-based plane". He also flew gliders and other types of aircraft.{{cite web |url= http://saon.ru/forum/viewtopic.php?p=118241#p118241 |title= Личные записи Михаила на форуме SAON.RU |publisher= Фарих Михаил (Misha) |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171007220158/http://saon.ru/forum/viewtopic.php?p=118241#p118241 |archive-date= 7 October 2017 |accessdate= 27 July 2017 |url-status= dead }}

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After major reforms to Russian aviation legislation in 2010, he mastered the new flight rules and helped other pilots to do so.{{cite web |url= http://www.ntv.ru/novosti/209407/ |title= Путь в небо открыт |publisher= НТВ |date= 1 November 2010 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20170420195605/http://www.ntv.ru/novosti/209407/ |archive-date= 20 April 2017 |accessdate= 20 April 2017 |url-status= dead }} In 2012, he was the first Russian private pilot to cross the border of Russia in a helicopter under the new rules for foreign flights.{{cite web |url= http://inosmi.ru/social/20100504/159714380.html |title= Московская элита осваивает небо над столицей |publisher= Financial Times / Иносми.ru |author= Уивер Кортни |date= 4 May 2010 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20170420195804/http://inosmi.ru/social/20100504/159714380.html |archive-date= 20 April 2017 |accessdate= 20 April 2017 |url-status= dead }}{{cite web |url= http://www.myhelicopter.ru/news/2012/12/17/ |title= Траектория движения вверх |publisher= MyHelicopter.ru |author= Пресс служба Авиамаркет |date= 17 December 2012 |location= Moscow |archive-url= https://archive.today/20170420205745/http://www.myhelicopter.ru/news/2012/12/17/ |archive-date= 20 April 2017 |accessdate= 20 April 2017 |url-status= dead }}

In 2010 and 2013 he organized the Robinson Safety Course (on safe piloting) in Moscow, and a workshop led by the British pilot Quentin Smith, nicknamed "Captain Q",{{cite web |url= http://www.vertolet.ru/press-room/events/quentin-smith-the-master-class-of-the-famous-pilot-in-the-company-alimarket/ |title= Квентин Смит: мастер-класс знаменитого пилота в компании "Авиамаркет" |publisher= Heliport Istra |date= 18 November 2010 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20170420195832/http://www.vertolet.ru/press-room/events/quentin-smith-the-master-class-of-the-famous-pilot-in-the-company-alimarket/ |archive-date= 20 April 2017 |accessdate= 20 April 2017 |url-status= dead }} on operating the Robinson R44 in the cold months of the year and under ever-changing weather conditions. Quentin is considered to be one of the most experienced Robinson R44 pilots; he twice went around the world by helicopter and became the first pilot in aviation history who landed a piston helicopter on both the North and South Poles.{{cite web|title=Robinson R44 Astro G-MURY|url=https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/robinson-r44-astro-g-mury|publisher=Smithsonian air and space museum|accessdate=2017-07-28|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170521052712/https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/robinson-r44-astro-g-mury|archive-date=21 May 2017|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=AVAUNT ISSUE FOUR LAUNCHES AT BREITLING|url=https://www.avauntmagazine.com/adventure/avaunt-launch-breitling-quentin-smith|date=5 September 2016|publisher=Avaunt Magazine|accessdate=2017-07-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728214246/https://www.avauntmagazine.com/adventure/avaunt-launch-breitling-quentin-smith|archive-date=28 July 2017|url-status=dead}}

Between September 22 and 26, Mikhail Farikh and Dmitry Rakitsky carried out a speed-record-breaking flight from Moscow to Sakhalin. The FAI registered three records for this four-day flight.{{cite web |url= http://helisport.org/2016/04/в-это-воскресенье-мы-прощаемся-с-нашим/ |title= В это воскресенье мы прощаемся с нашим другом - пилотом Михаилом Фарихом |date= 22 April 2016 |publisher= ФВС России |archive-url= https://archive.today/20170426132146/http://helisport.org/2016/04/%D0%B2-%D1%8D%D1%82%D0%BE-%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8C%D0%B5-%D0%BC%D1%8B-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%89%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%81%D1%8F-%D1%81-%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%BC/ |archive-date= 26 April 2017 |accessdate= 26 April 2017 |url-status= dead }}

= Volunteer air rescuer =

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Farikh was one of the first pilots in Russia who helped rescue people who had become lost in the woods.{{cite web |url= http://www.matrony.ru/iz-biznesa-v-spasateli/ |title= Небо. Вертолёт. Девушка |author= Кнорре Ксения Дмитриева |publisher= Матроны.ру |date= 27 January 2017 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20170420205608/http://www.matrony.ru/iz-biznesa-v-spasateli/ |archive-date= 20 April 2017 |accessdate= 20 April 2017 |url-status= dead }}{{cite web |url= https://snob.ru/profile/24088/blog/119720 |title= Александр и Елена Жуперины: "Как стать вертолётными чемпионами" |publisher= Сноб |date= 24 January 2017 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20170420200001/https://snob.ru/profile/24088/blog/119720 |archive-date= 20 April 2017 |accessdate= 20 April 2017 |url-status= dead }}{{cite web |url= http://varlamov.ru/1648804.html |title= Волонтер "Лиза Алерт" погиб при крушении вертолета на Ямале |publisher= Блог Ильи Варламова |date= 19 April 2016 |archive-url= https://perma.cc/2MRL-FFCD |archive-date= 27 July 2017 |accessdate= 27 July 2017 |url-status= live }}{{cbignore}}{{cite web|author=ДИНА КАРПИЦКАЯ|title=Поисково-спасательный отряд "Ангел": как добровольцы на собственных вертолетах ищут пропавших людей|url=https://www.kp.ru/daily/26730/3757165/|date=2017-09-12|publisher=Комсомольская правда|accessdate=2017-09-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914003555/https://www.kp.ru/daily/26730/3757165/|archive-date=14 September 2017|url-status=dead}} In 2011, he took part in four search-and-rescue operations in cooperation with the Liza Alert volunteer organization. He flew for a total of about 15 hours This initiative led to the formation of the Angel helicopter search-and-rescue detachment,{{cite web |url= http://newokruga.ru/dobryie-angelyi-letyat-k-vam-na-pomoshh/ |title= Добрые ангелы летят к вам на помощь |publisher= Новые округа |author= Гаврилова Светлана |date= 25 November 2016 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20170420205533/http://newokruga.ru/dobryie-angelyi-letyat-k-vam-na-pomoshh/ |archive-date= 20 April 2017 |accessdate= 20 April 2017 |url-status= dead }} which now comprises over 90 people. Farikh continued to take part in rescues and joint exercises.{{cite web |url= http://360tv.ru/news/uchenija-spasatelnogo-otrjada-liza-alert-proshli-v-kaluzhskoj-oblasti-39731/ |title= Учения спасательного отряда "Лиза Алерт" прошли в Калужской области |publisher= 360.tv |archive-url= https://archive.today/20170420211142/http://360tv.ru/news/uchenija-spasatelnogo-otrjada-liza-alert-proshli-v-kaluzhskoj-oblasti-39731/ |archive-date= 20 April 2017 |accessdate= 20 April 2017 |url-status= dead }} He was posthumously awarded the badge of honor of the Angel helicopter search-and-rescue detachment.{{cite web|author=КСЕНИЯ КНОРРЕ-ДМИТРИЕВА|title=Вертолетный отряд "Ангел": Сказать "нет" никто из нас уже не может|url=http://www.pravmir.ru/creative/vertoletnyiy-otryad-angel-skazat-net-nikto-iz-nas-uzhe-ne-mozhet/|publisher=Православный мир|accessdate=2017-08-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913230806/http://www.pravmir.ru/creative/vertoletnyiy-otryad-angel-skazat-net-nikto-iz-nas-uzhe-ne-mozhet/|archive-date=2017-09-13|url-status=dead}} In addition to searching for people (mushroom gatherers, tourists, etc.), he participated in search-and-rescue operations aimed at searching for crews of aircraft in distress. He vigorously advocated the mandatory use of satellite trackers (SPOT, inReach, etc.), which make it possible to find aircraft following accidents.

= Flight to the North Pole =

In 2013, he reached the North Pole as a crew member with PIC Dmitrii Rakitsky, flying the Moscow — North Pole — Moscow route. The crew was the first in the world to make that flight with the Robinson R66 light helicopter.{{cite web |url= https://www.verticalmag.com/press-releases/to-the-north-pole-in-a-robinson-r66/ |title= To the North Pole in a Robinson R66 |publisher= Vertical magazine |date= 17 May 2013 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20170517211204/https://www.verticalmag.com/press-releases/to-the-north-pole-in-a-robinson-r66/ |archive-date= 17 May 2017 |accessdate= 18 May 2017 |url-status= dead }}{{cite web|author=Елена Солдатова|title=Пилоты уходят в небо|url=http://in-istra.ru/novosti/proisshestviya/piloty-uhodyat-v-nebo|date=14 February 2017|accessdate=4 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915190934/http://in-istra.ru/novosti/proisshestviya/piloty-uhodyat-v-nebo|archive-date=15 September 2017|url-status=dead}}{{cite journal|title=R66 Flies to North Pole|journal=Robinson News|volume= 19|issue=2|url=https://robinsonheli.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/2013_summer.pdf}} Flights past the Arctic Circle were also performed for scientific purposes. During the flight, with the participation of the polar explorer Oleg Prodan, they placed radio buoys at the location where the schooner Svyataya Anna from the Brusilov Expedition was wrecked, so as to determine the direction of ice drift,{{cite web |url= http://www.mk.ru/science/2013/04/26/848104-v-arktike-pyitayutsya-razgadat-taynu-geroya-znamenitoy-povesti-dva-kapitana.html |title= В Арктике пытаются разгадать тайну героя знаменитой повести "Два капитана" |publisher= Московский комсомолец |author= Добровольский Александр |date= 26 April 2013 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20170420200140/http://www.mk.ru/science/2013/04/26/848104-v-arktike-pyitayutsya-razgadat-taynu-geroya-znamenitoy-povesti-dva-kapitana.html |archive-date= 20 April 2017 |accessdate= 20 April 2017 |url-status= dead }} which might make it possible to discover the ship itself.

= Around-the-world flight =

The first attempt to fly around the world in 2012 did not move beyond the preparatory stage, as the US aviation authorities issued a NOTAM, according to which aircraft of several countries, including those registered in Russia, were not cleared for flights under the VFR over American territory.{{cite web |url= https://snob.ru/profile/24088/print/89258 |title= Бизнесмен, частный пилот Михаил Фарих: "Как облететь на вертолёте вокруг Земли" |publisher= Сноб |date= 11 March 2015 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20170420205401/https://snob.ru/profile/24088/print/89258 |archive-date= 20 April 2017 |accessdate= 20 April 2017 |url-status= dead }}{{cite web |url= http://www.mk.ru/mosobl/2013/08/13/898620-vint-vokrug-sveta.html |title= Винт вокруг света |publisher= Московский комсомолец |author= Алексеев Дмитрий |date= 13 August 2013 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20170420205331/http://www.mk.ru/mosobl/2013/08/13/898620-vint-vokrug-sveta.html |archive-date= 20 April 2017 |accessdate= 20 April 2017 |url-status= dead }}

In 2013 the around-the-world flight attempt met with success.{{cite magazine |url= http://www.forbes.ru/forbeslife/dosug/250012-vokrug-sveta-za-220-chasov-zachem-chetvero-biznesmenov-obleteli-na-vertolete |title= Вокруг света за 220 часов: зачем четверо бизнесменов облетели на вертолёте земной шар |magazine= Forbes |author= Чайкина Юлия |date= 24 January 2014 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20170420205212/http://www.forbes.ru/forbeslife/dosug/250012-vokrug-sveta-za-220-chasov-zachem-chetvero-biznesmenov-obleteli-na-vertolete |archive-date= 20 April 2017 |accessdate= 20 April 2017 |url-status= dead }}{{cite web|last1=Dale|first1=Smith|title=Around the World in a Pair of Robinson R66s|url=https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2013-10-21/around-world-pair-robinson-r66s|website=Aviation International News|accessdate=9 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010005114/https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2013-10-21/around-world-pair-robinson-r66s|archive-date=10 October 2017|language=en|url-status=dead}} It was carried out by two Robinson R66s, flown by Farikh and Dmitrii Rakitsky, Alexander Kurylev, and Vadim Melnikov. Cameraman and film director Dmitrii Kubasov traveled the whole way with the pilots. This was the first around-the-world helicopter flight in Russian history.{{cite web |url= http://brl.mk.ru/article/2013/09/18/916929-nebo-pilotyi-i-dva-vertoleta.html |title= Небо, пилоты и два вертолёта |publisher= Московский комсомолец |author= Рассказова Виктория |date= 18 September 2013 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20170420205138/http://brl.mk.ru/article/2013/09/18/916929-nebo-pilotyi-i-dva-vertoleta.html |archive-date= 20 April 2017 |accessdate= 20 April 2017 |url-status= dead }}

= Other aviation activity =

As an active member of the Russian aviation community and representative of AOPA Russia, Farikh developed relationships with government agencies and regulatory bodies and participated in various events with other GA pilots.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgfEzDOQXEc Совещание Ространснадзора в УТЦ-22. Выступление М.Фариха от лица АОПА-Россия] Youtube (10.04.2012).{{cite web|title=Michael Farikh - The Godfather of Russian Helicopter Aviation {{!}} Heliweb Magazine|url=http://www.heliweb.com/michael-farikh-godfather-russian-helicopter/|website=Heliweb Magazine|accessdate=9 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929205348/http://www.heliweb.com/michael-farikh-godfather-russian-helicopter/|archive-date=29 September 2017|date=6 June 2017|url-status=dead}} He also took part in various air shows and events — Vertoslet,{{cite web |url= http://www.vertmir.ru/main/reports?id=434 |title= «Вертослет» – главный воздушный праздник 2014 года |publisher= Вертикальный Мир |date= 2014-06-05 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20170420210221/http://www.vertmir.ru/main/reports?id=434 |archive-date= 20 April 2017 |accessdate= 20 April 2017 |url-status= dead }}{{cite web |url= http://bg.ru/blogs/posts/13561/ |title= Мне бы в небо |publisher= Bg.ru |author= Иваницкая Алиса |date= 16 June 2014 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20170420210107/http://bg.ru/blogs/posts/13561/ |archive-date= 20 April 2017 |accessdate= 20 April 2017 |url-status= dead }} the travel-media PereDvizheniye Festival,{{cite web |url= http://travel.vesti.ru/article_13690 |title= Гость фестиваля - легендарный авиатор, частный пилот-спортсмен Михаил Фарих |publisher= Вести.ру |author= Шевелев Герман |date= 5 August 2015 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20170420205929/http://travel.vesti.ru/article_13690 |archive-date= 20 April 2017 |accessdate= 20 April 2017 |url-status= dead }} and others.

In 2015, under Farikh's leadership, a group of five helicopters{{cite web |url= https://dni.ru/society/2015/4/6/299952.html |title= Пилотов из Шереметьево отправили в Арктику |publisher= Дни.Ру |date= 6 April 2015 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20170420210411/https://dni.ru/society/2015/4/6/299952.html |archive-date= 20 April 2017 |accessdate= 20 April 2017 |url-status= dead }} (the crew of one of them containing representatives from the US, Britain, and Russia) visited three poles — the magnetic pole, the geographic pole, and the pole of inaccessibility.{{cite web |url= http://www.heliport-moscow.ru/media/news/rossiyskie-vertoletchiki-pokorili-severnyy-polyus-ustanoviv-mirovoy-rekord/ |title= Российские вертолётчики покорили Северный полюс, установив мировой рекорд! |publisher= «Хелипорт Москва» |date= 15 April 2015 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20170420210954/http://www.heliport-moscow.ru/media/news/rossiyskie-vertoletchiki-pokorili-severnyy-polyus-ustanoviv-mirovoy-rekord/ |archive-date= 20 April 2017 |accessdate= 20 April 2017 |url-status= dead }}{{cite magazine|author=Григорий Ландышев|title=Пора пересесть на вертолет|url=http://www.gq.ru/lifestyle/pora-peresest-na-vertolet|date=11 June 2015|magazine=GQ|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803005231/http://www.gq.ru/lifestyle/pora-peresest-na-vertolet|archive-date=3 August 2017|url-status=dead}}

In 2015, at the annual conference of AOPA Russia, he presented the Pilot of the Year award in his capacity as the King of Arms of the organization.{{cite web |url= http://www.aopa.ru/index.php?id=108 |title= Номинанты премии «Наши Крылья» 2015 |publisher= АОПА-Россия |date= 2 November 2015 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20170420210454/http://www.aopa.ru/index.php?id=108 |archive-date= 20 April 2017 |accessdate= 20 April 2017 |url-status= dead }}

Also in 2015, Farikh took part in a successful attempt to set the Guinness World Record for the largest helicopter formation.{{cite web |url= http://www.aex.ru/m/news/2015/6/8/135633/ |title= 6 июня установлен Мировой рекорд российских вертолётчиков |publisher= AEX |date= 8 June 2015 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20170420213043/https://www.aex.ru/m/news/2015/6/8/135633/ |archive-date= 20 April 2017 |accessdate= 20 April 2017 |url-status= dead }}{{cite web|title=Spotlight: Russian pilots take to the skies for spectacular largest helicopter formation flight|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2015/8/spotlight-russian-pilots-take-to-the-skies-for-spectacular-largest-helicopter-fo-390505|website=Guinness World Records|accessdate=9 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010055654/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2015/8/spotlight-russian-pilots-take-to-the-skies-for-spectacular-largest-helicopter-fo-390505|archive-date=10 October 2017|date=5 August 2015|url-status=dead}}

Farikh did a lot to make flights in which he did not take part possible, by sharing experience with others, rendering organizational assistance, and following his colleagues’ flights closely.{{cite web |url= http://mir24.tv/news/society/11893574 |title= Менеджер из Москвы бросил карьеру ради путешествия на вертолёте |publisher= Мир |date= 9 January 2015 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20170420210916/http://mir24.tv/news/society/11893574 |archive-date= 20 April 2017 |accessdate= 20 April 2017 |url-status= dead }}{{cite web |url= http://finparty.ru/uvlecheniya/18967/ |title= Рубен Аганбегян: "Как я облетел на вертолёте всю Европу" |work= Finparty |publisher= ООО «Информационное агентство Банки.ру» |author= Маслова Дарья |date= 13 December 2013 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20170421072658/http://finparty.ru/uvlecheniya/18967/ |archive-date= 21 April 2017 |accessdate= 21 April 2017 |url-status= dead }}

One of the biggest projects undertaken with Farikh's assistance was the 2014 Moscow — New Zealand — Moscow flight headed by Evgeny Kabanov.{{cite web |url= http://russia.tv/video/show/brand_id/5403/episode_id/1083017/video_id/1073083 |title= Вести-Москва. Эфир от 16.09.2014 (11:30) |publisher= Сетевое издание «Государственный Интернет-Канал «Россия» |date= 16 September 2014 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20170421072852/http://russia.tv/video/show/brand_id/5403/episode_id/1083017/video_id/1073083 |archive-date= 21 April 2017 |accessdate= 21 April 2017 |url-status= dead }}[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxKu78CqJbQ Выпуск 194] Пилот ТВ (18.09.2014).{{cite web |url= https://www.aviaport.ru/digest/2014/04/07/282393.html |title= 12 апреля - Суперкубок "HeliFamily 2014" |publisher= АвиаПОРТ |date= 7 April 2014 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20170420210709/https://www.aviaport.ru/digest/2014/04/07/282393.html |archive-date= 20 April 2017 |accessdate= 20 April 2017 |url-status= dead }} Farikh also played a big role in the 2015 attempt by Sergey Ananov to carry out a solo around-the-world flight in a Robinson R22.{{cite web |url= http://flarf.ru/news/109/68/vertoslet-proekt-treh-federatsij/ |title= "Вертослет" – проект трёх федераций |publisher= Федерация любителей авиации России |archive-url= https://archive.today/20170421072927/http://flarf.ru/news/109/68/vertoslet-proekt-treh-federatsij/ |archive-date= 21 April 2017 |accessdate= 21 April 2017 |url-status= dead }}{{cite magazine |url= http://www.popularmechanics.com/adventure/outdoors/a19225/marooned-among-the-polar-bears/ |title= Marooned Among the Polar Bears |magazine= Popular Mechanics |author= Nobel Justin |date= 17 February 2016 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20160317014120/http://www.popularmechanics.com/adventure/outdoors/a19225/marooned-among-the-polar-bears/ |archive-date= 17 March 2016 |accessdate= 20 April 2017 |url-status= dead }}{{cite web|title=Russian pilot who crashed in Arctic survives encounter with polar bears|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/arctic/11766875/Russian-pilot-who-crashed-in-Arctic-survives-encounter-with-polar-bears.html|website=The Telegraph|accessdate=9 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016021009/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/arctic/11766875/Russian-pilot-who-crashed-in-Arctic-survives-encounter-with-polar-bears.html|archive-date=16 October 2017|date=28 July 2015|url-status=dead}}

= Death =

File:Михаил Фарих Экспедиция По следам двух капитанов.webm

Mikhail Farikh died on April 18, 2016[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fg6sP4nayEU Свидетельства очевидцев: крушение вертолёта Robinson R-66 RA-06233 на острове Белый] Время Ямала (19 April 2016). during the second helicopter expedition in search of the Svyataya Anna gun-vessel. The fatal crash occurred at 22:06 local time (17:06 UTC) at {{coord|73|19|40|N|69|59|37|E|name=crash site}} Oleg Prodan, polar explorer and director of the Onezhskoye Pomorye National Park, and Alexei Frolov, founder and owner of the Mirital company, also died.{{cite web |url= http://ren.tv/novosti/2016-04-19/znamenityy-pilot-puteshestvennik-pogib-pri-krushenii-vertoleta-v-arktike |title= Знаменитый пилот-путешественник погиб при крушении вертолёта в Арктике |publisher= РЕН ТВ |date= 19 April 2016 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20170420211536/http://ren.tv/novosti/2016-04-19/znamenityy-pilot-puteshestvennik-pogib-pri-krushenii-vertoleta-v-arktike |archive-date= 20 April 2017 |accessdate= 20 April 2017 |url-status= dead }}{{cite web |url= http://tass.ru/proisshestviya/3217382 |title= Лёгкий вертолёт потерпел крушение в районе острова Белый в Арктике, три человека погибли |publisher= ТАСС |author= Лысцева Марина |date= 19 April 2016 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20170420211240/http://tass.ru/proisshestviya/3217382 |archive-date= 20 April 2017 |accessdate= 20 April 2017 |url-status= dead }}{{cite web |url= http://www.vdvsn.ru/novosti/obshchestvo/pamyati_pogibshikh_v_aviakatastrofe_na_ostrove_belyy/ |title= Памяти погибших в авиакатастрофе на острове Белый |publisher= Северная Неделя |date= 22 April 2016 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20170420211424/http://www.vdvsn.ru/novosti/obshchestvo/pamyati_pogibshikh_v_aviakatastrofe_na_ostrove_belyy/ |archive-date= 20 April 2017 |accessdate= 20 April 2017 |url-status= dead }} All three men held private pilot licenses with the helicopter pilot entry.{{cite web|url=http://ru.arctic.ru/authors/prodan/|title=Наши эксперты:Олег Леонидович Продан|publisher=Сайт Международного арктического форума|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802101140/http://ru.arctic.ru/authors/prodan/|archive-date=2 August 2017|accessdate=27 July 2017|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Michael Farikh Killed in Crash of R66 in Russia|url=http://www.heliweb.com/adventurer-round-world-pilot-michael-farikh-killed-crash-russia/|website=Heliweb Magazine|accessdate=9 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223092041/http://www.heliweb.com/adventurer-round-world-pilot-michael-farikh-killed-crash-russia/|archive-date=23 December 2016|date=19 April 2016|url-status=dead}}

A group of three Robinson R66 helicopters participating in the "Searching for the Two Captains" expedition was flying along the route from Amderma Airport to the landing site on Bely Island in the Kara Sea. While they were approaching the island, thick, low cloud cover formed. The crew of the formation leader decided to descend into the clouds to determine their lower boundary and see if it was possible to land. While carrying out this mission, the helicopter crashed.

The IAC board's report states that "the most probable cause of the R66 RA-06233 helicopter's crash was the PIC's loss of flight altitude control during the attempt to establish visual contact with terrain under weather conditions that did not comply with VFR and the pilot's experience level, which led to the aircraft's collision with the icy surface of the Kara Sea".{{cite web|url= http://mak-iac.org/upload/iblock/fa1/report_ra-06233.pdf |title= ОКОНЧАТЕЛЬНЫЙ ОТЧЁТ ПО РЕЗУЛЬТАТАМ РАССЛЕДОВАНИЯ АВИАЦИОННОГО ПРОИСШЕСТВИЯ |publisher= МЕЖГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ АВИАЦИОННЫЙ КОМИТЕТ |date= 18 April 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170420213245/http://mak-iac.org/upload/iblock/fa1/report_ra-06233.pdf |archive-date= 20 April 2017 |accessdate=20 April 2017}}

A large crowd paid its last respects to the deceased crew in the memorial hall of the Troyekurovskoye Cemetery on April 24, 2016. Mikhail Farikh is buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow, Alexei Frolov is buried at the Zvyaginskoe cemetery (Moscow region), while Oleg Prodan was buried in at his birthplace in Rybinsk, along with his parents.{{cite web |url= http://rusnord.ru/dayly/35952-nebo-olega-prodana.html |title= Небо Олега Продана |publisher= Информационно-аналитический портал RUSNORD |date= 24 May 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170804214224/http://rusnord.ru/dayly/35952-nebo-olega-prodana.html |archive-date= 4 August 2017 |accessdate= 27 July 2017 |url-status= dead }}

Memorialization

In recognition of Farikh's contributions to the development of sound-system competitions, the National Association of Automobile Audio Competitions, АМТ Eurasia, declared the 2016 season the Season in Memory of Mikhail Farikh.

In spring 2017, work to memorialize convoy BD-5{{cite web |url= http://www.yamal.aif.ru/society/na_ostrov_belyy_vezut_memorial_pamyati_konvoya_bd-5_i_elektrogenerator |title= На остров Белый везут мемориал памяти конвоя БД-5 и электрогенератор |publisher= Аргументы и факты |author= Мартьянова Юлия |location= Ямал |date= 5 March 2017 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20170420213417/http://www.yamal.aif.ru/society/na_ostrov_belyy_vezut_memorial_pamyati_konvoya_bd-5_i_elektrogenerator |archive-date= 20 April 2017 |accessdate= 20 April 2017 |url-status= dead }} and the crew of the lost R66 on Belyi Island was undertaken. On March 17, 2017, a large wooden cross was installed on the island at {{coord|73.332373|70.067851|name=memorial}} with the support of the non-profit partnership Arctic Development Center.{{cite web |url= http://arctic-rf.ru/news/ostrov-belyy/ustanovka-pamyatnogo-kresta-na-meste-krusheniya-vertoleta-robinson-66-ra-06233 |title= Установка памятного креста на месте крушения вертолёта Robinson 66 RА-06233 |publisher= Российский центр освоения арктики |date= 17 March 2017 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20170420213537/http://arctic-rf.ru/news/ostrov-belyy/ustanovka-pamyatnogo-kresta-na-meste-krusheniya-vertoleta-robinson-66-ra-06233 |archive-date= 20 April 2017 |accessdate= 20 April 2017 |url-status= dead }} A month later, on April 13, 2017, an AOPA Russia air expedition attached a plaque describing the crash to the cross.{{cite web |url= http://aopa.ru/index.php?id=129 |title= По следам двух капитанов |publisher= АОПА-Россия |date= 19 April 2017 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20170420213654/http://aopa.ru/index.php?id=129 |archive-date= 20 April 2017 |url-status= live}}

File:Il14-penguin-night.jpg named after Mikhail Farikh]]

In 2016, an Il-14 Penguin restored to airworthy condition by enthusiasts was named after Mikhail Farikh.{{cite web |url= http://flighttv.ru/movie/Flight-TV-Vypusk-39.html |title= Flight TV - выпуск 39 |publisher= Flight TV |location= Ямал |date= 5 June 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171007220921/http://flighttv.ru/movie/Flight-TV-Vypusk-39.html |archive-date= 7 October 2017 |accessdate= 24 July 2017 |url-status= dead }}

World records

Farikh set three speed records along these routes in the class of piston helicopters with MTOW of 1,000 to 1,750 kg:

Istra, Moscow Region (Bunkovo) — Tyumen: 173.04 km/h{{cite web |url= http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=16639 |title= Описание рекорда #16639 |publisher= FAI |archive-url= https://archive.today/20170421073033/http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=16639 |archive-date= 21 April 2017 |accessdate= 21 April 2017 |url-status= dead }} — currently valid world record.
Istra, Moscow Region (Bunkovo — Krasnoyarsk: 99.34 km/h{{cite web |url= http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=16640 |title= Описание рекорда #16640 |publisher= FAI |archive-url= https://archive.today/20170421073145/http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=16640 |archive-date= 21 April 2017 |accessdate= 21 April 2017 |url-status= dead }} — currently valid world record.
Istra, Moscow Region (Bunkovo — Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk: 66.15 km/h{{cite web |url= http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=16636 |title= Описание рекорда #16636 |publisher= FAI |archive-url= https://archive.today/20170421073212/http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=16636 |archive-date= 21 April 2017 |accessdate= 21 April 2017 |url-status= dead }} — currently valid world record.

Awards

FAI Air Sport Medal.{{cite web|url= http://www.fai.org/awards/fai-general-awards |title= AWARD ID 6296 |publisher= FAI |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170420212845/http://www.fai.org/awards/fai-general-awards |archive-date= 20 April 2017 |accessdate=20 April 2017}} This medal is awarded to individuals or groups for "prominent services to the cause of air sports; for instance, work on FAI committees, the organization of world or continental championships, training of new pilots, or development of aviation as a whole, particularly if this is aimed at the involvement of young people in air sports."

The text of the FAI nomination:

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«Helicopter Industry Association» award winner (2003 y). Nomination "Sportsmen of the year".