Viktor Georgievich Pugachev
Viktor Pugachyov ( Russian Виктор Георгиевич Пугачёв * 8. August 1948 in Taganrog ) is a Russian pilot and the inventor of the cobra maneuver . He showed this maneuver in public for the first time at the air show in Le Bourget with a Su-27 in 1989.
In 1970 he graduated from Yeisk Military Aviation School . Then he attended the test pilot school and the State Aviation Institute in Moscow . After two years at the Mikhail Gromov University for Flight Research , he went to OKB Sukhoi, where he tested the Sukhoi Su-9 , Sukhoi Su-15 , Sukhoi Su-24 , Sukhoi Su-25 and Sukhoi Su-27 . Pugachev made the first non- VTOL take- offs and landings from the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov .
Pugachev was named Hero of the Soviet Union in the late 1980s. He lives in Zhukovsky and works in a managerial position at the aircraft manufacturer Suchoi .
Flight records
With a Suchoi P-42 , the pre-production model T-10-15 of the Suchoi Su-27, Viktor Pugachev set the following FAI world records:
date | FAI class (and group) | description | record | status |
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October 27, 1986 | C-1 (3) | Ascent time to 3000 m | 25.37 s | record |
October 27, 1986 | C-1h (3) | Ascent time to 3000 m | 25.37 s | record |
November 15, 1986 | C-1 (3) | Climbing time to 6000 m | 37.05 s | record |
November 15, 1986 | C-1h (3) | Climbing time to 6000 m | 37.05 s | record |
November 15, 1986 | C-1 (3) | Climbing time to 9000 m | 47.03 s | improved to 44.18 s from the same aircraft |
November 15, 1986 | C-1h (3) | Climbing time to 9000 m | 47.03 s | improved to 44.18 s from the same aircraft |
November 15, 1986 | C-1 (3) | Climbing time to 12,000 m | 58.10 s | improved to 55.54 s from the same aircraft |
November 15, 1986 | C-1h (3) | Climbing time to 12,000 m | 58.10 s | improved to 55.54 s from the same aircraft |
March 29, 1990 | C-1h (3) | Climbing time to 15,000 m with 1000 kg payload | 1 min 21.71 s | record |
May 20, 1993 | C-1i (3) | Ascent time to 15,000 m | 2 min 6 s | record |
May 20, 1993 | C-1i (3) | Climbing time to 15,000 m with 1000 kg payload | 2 min 6 s | record |
May 20, 1993 | C-1i (3) | Maximum payload at 15,000 m | 1015 kg | record |
May 20, 1993 | C-1i (3) | Maximum height with 1000 kg payload | 22,250 m | record |
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- ↑ Model overview Suchoi Su-27
- ↑ Ascent time to 6000 m ( memento of the original from May 20, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Climbing time to 15,000 m with 1000 kg payload ( memento of the original from May 20, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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SURNAME | Pugachev, Viktor Georgievich |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Пугачёв, Виктор Георгиевич (Russian) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian pilot |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 8, 1948 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Taganrog |