Graduated from the Air Force college; finished at the Georgi Benkovski Air Force Academy, Dolna Mitropolia - 1969; fighter pilot; one of six Bulgarian candidates for the first Soyuz mission, but not selected; Lieutenant Colonel; He was barred from participating in training due to an extrasystole. He also held a degree in mathematics from Sofia University and developed the Bulgarian UP-9 parachute; died during landing a MiG-21 due to weather conditions.