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
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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1. ↑ Model overview Suchoi Su-27
2. ↑ 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. 
3. ↑ 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.