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Iliya Yordanov Elenski (Bulgarian: Илия Йорданов Еленски) is a Bulgarian war pilot, lieutenant colonel and president of the metodical council. He dedicated more than 30 years of his life to aviation. During his war service he was unit commander, deputy commander and deputy squadron commander. In 1957 he became the first Bulgarian pilot to eject from a supersonic plain MiG-15C.
Childhood
Iliya Yordanov Elenski was born on 17 July 1926 in a small village near Pleven - Komarevo. He had two younger sisters and two older brothers. His father Yordan Ivanov Elenski was a gardener.
Education in Bulgaria
He finished primary school in Komarevo and high school in Dolni Dabnik. In 1948 he was admitted to the military school Georgi Benkovski, Dolna Mitropolia and finished successfully in 1950. Afterwards he started his first job in the military unit in the city of Yambol, where he became lieutenant.
Education in the Soviet Union
In 1950 after a medical examination 80 Bulgarian pilots went to the city of Sarotov, Soviet Union for an education. One of them was Iliya Elenski. He was sent to the center of Razboishtina.
Career
After returning from the Soviet Union, Elenski started working in Graf Ignatievo military base. He was the methodical council representative, defining the rules of flying. He made a few changes in the education of the young pilots, regarding their actions during a flight. Some of his duties were also supervising the flights in Graf Ignatievo airport. In 1957 he ejected from a Mig 19 C, during training in the Soviet union. In 1954 he took of a plane, breaking into the Bulgarian airspace.