Vasily Vasilievich Ershov: biography, creativity

Vasily Vasilievich Ershov is a pilot, the author of popular books on the work of civil aviation pilots. The most famous among the readers was the work "Aerofobia".

Biography

Vasily Vasilyevich Ershov was born in the Kharkiv region in 1944. The parents of the future pilot were teachers. His main hobbies during the school years were reading and air modeling. In addition, he was engaged in music: he played with wind instruments.

School Vasily Vasilievich Ershov graduated with a gold medal. After receiving the matriculation certificate he entered the Kharkov Institute of Aviation. But enlisted Ershov was in the correspondence department. Training, he combined with work at the aviation plant, where he performed the duties of fitter-assembler. Here, the hero of this article and made up an idea of the future profession, which he dedicated his whole life.

At the institute, Ershov did not learn brilliantly. I spent most of the time at the factory. In addition, the future pilot and writer was fond of jumping from a parachute in his student years.

In his second year, Vasily Ershov fell ill. I had to take an academic vacation. After recovering some time worked as a pioneer in one of the local schools. And one day Ershov made a decision that predetermined his future destiny. Student KhAI realized that the career of an aviation engineer does not appeal to him. So he took the documents from the institute and entered the flight school in Kremenchug.

Pilot

In the school Vasily Vasilievich Ershov became not only a round honors pupil, but he was able to show creative abilities. During his studies he was fond of amateur art, he played in a musical ensemble.

The future author of books on aviation graduated from the school in 1967. After receiving the diploma I went to the Krasnoyarsk Territory. In the late sixties Vasiliy Vasilievich flew to the An-2. For the transfer to more heavy aircraft required a diploma of higher education. The pilot entered the correspondence department of the Academy of GA. In those years he was already married. In his memoirs, he gives thanks with gratitude to his wife. In the provincial Siberian city, there were not enough basic conditions for existence. Wife - Nadezhda Yegorovna - independently took difficult decisions of domestic character, supported the comfort in the house at a time when her young husband was mastering the heavenly sphere.

Since 1972, Vasily Ershov began to fly as a co-pilot on the Il-14. Relating to him, the authorities formed an opinion as a growing, hard working on themselves, a competent pilot. Ershov was able to prove that he can manage a twin-engine aircraft. Soon he began to fly as a co-pilot on the All-Union lines

In the beginning of 2000, new trends came to all areas of human activity. Aviation was not an exception. Yershov devoted thirty-five years to flying. When significant changes began in the domestic aviation, he left. But the hero of this article is an active personality, uncommon. He could not lead the way of life of an idle pensioner. At first Ershov got a job as an inspector in a small airline. Then he started writing books about aviation.

Creation

Vasily Vasilievich Ershov is a writer who started his work with publications on the Web. His creativity was interested in users of sites and forums devoted to aviation. It was with their support that the first book was published in paper format. Soon other works of an experienced pilot appeared on the Internet. Ershov's books were also interested in the publishing house Eksmo. Mostly the memoir genre includes works written by Vasily Vasilyevich Ershov. Books of the pilot-writer:

1. "Aeromania".
2. «Aerofobia».
3. "Airplane".
4. "Fear of flight."

According to statistics, air crashes over the past ten years have increased. Yershov Vasiliy Vasilyevich expressed his opinion on the causes of the crash. About the disaster in Kazan, which occurred in 2013, the pilot, whose total flight is more than nineteen thousand hours, said as an event, one of the reasons for which was the difference between Russian and foreign practice.

"Aerofobia"

Ershov in this book talks about the so-called fear of heights. What is the reason for phobia? The author gives the results of the research, various statistical data. In addition, Vasily Ershov gives advice that allows you to get rid of aerophobia. According to readers, the book of the pilot and writer is extremely informative.