Chimit, Chile Sanchykovich

Chimit Chili Sanchykovich was born on October 20, 1914 in the metro station Sug-Aksy of the Sut-Khol district of the Tuva People’s Republic ^[1] . Chimit served as a border guard in reunion in a unit where the most literate and smart young men were. After graduating from driver courses, in 1931 he became one of the first drivers of the TNR, traveled to all corners of the republic ^[2] . In 1932 he was an ordinary cavalry regiment of the TNR. From 1936 to 1938 he studied at the Kyzyl Road Technical College, then at the Burma Military Pilot School (1943). Since 1941, he was a cadet at the Tuva Cavalry Regiment, a year later the pilot was a pilot. In 1943 he became commander of the air regiment of the Tuva cavalry regiment. Since 1946, the flight commander of the 273th squadron of the Civil Air Fleet. Since 1948 he was the head of the Kyzyl airport. In 1950 - the commander of the 273th Airborne Division of the Civil Air Fleet, the squadron commander since 1952.

The first Tuvan pilot Choodu Kidispey took up the creation of the air link of the revolutionary army of the Tuva Arat Republic. Among the young men for the organization of training courses for pilots, flight engineers, aircraft technicians included Chile Chimit. He was the most promising cadet, easily mastered the complex mechanisms of the aircraft. He not only studied and flew, but also helped his comrades deeply assimilate the theory, explaining the material studied in his native language. They were taught by C. Kidispay and the aircraft engineer invited from the Soviet Union Nikolai Prokhorov ^[2] . When the air link received a new U-2 , Chimit was the first to master it ^[3] . In the first years of the war, a Burmese military aviation school was evacuated from the Far East in Chernogorsk. Chile Chimit and his friend Sergei Hunan-ool mastered the sophisticated fighter control technique. After studying, he taught young pilots, engineers and aircraft mechanics professional skills, shared experience and knowledge with them. For courage and flying skill he was nicknamed "the fearless falcon of the Sayan sky." ^[2] During his work, C. S. Chimit flew over one million kilometers in difficult mountainous terrain, made a great contribution to the development of new air routes in remote corners of the republic on PO-2, AN-2 , Yak-12 , helicopter MI-1 , performing complex tasks of servicing geological lots, transporting patients and transporting goods for the population of remote regions of Tuva ^[2] . When Tuva became part of the USSR in 1944, the Tuva People's Revolutionary Army was disbanded. And the air link led by Chile Sanchykovich Chimit was transferred to civil aviation, which had to be raised from scratch. He also coped with this task ^[4] . The experience that came over the years allowed him to become a master of jewelry piloting. He trained a large number of aviation specialists ^[1] .

Due to his state of health and length of service, in May 1964, C. S. Chimit retired. But until the last days of his life he continued to work as an engineer for vocational education at the Tuva Autotrust.

May 15, 1967 he was gone.

• Certificate of Honor of the Presidium of the Small Khural of the People's Republic of China (1940)
• Order of Labor TNR (1946)
• Medal "For Victory over Germany" (1946)
• Breastplate of the Civil Navy "For accident-free raid of 1 000 000 km" (1957)
• badge "Excellent Aeroflot"
• Order of the Badge of Honor (1963)
• honorary title "Honored Worker of Transport of the Tuva Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic" (1963)
• anniversary medal “20 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945” (1966)