Chavdar Djurov (Dzhurov, bg, Чавдар Джуров, 31 May 1946 – 14 June 1972) was a

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n pilot who in 1965 set the world record of the highest night parachute jump of . Djurov's father,

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, was a high-ranked military official, who between 1962 and 1990 served as the Defense Minister of Bulgaria. Chavdar Djurov studied at the Georgi Benkovski Aviation School in Bulgaria, and then at the

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in the

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. In 1965, he set the world record in parachute night jump, together with

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and

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. The record was registered; however, the International Aeronautics Federation decided that such jumps are too dangerous and prohibited them, which is why the record still stands. In June 1972, Djurov died in airplane crash together with Ventseslav Yotov, during the trial flight on an L-29.

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