Viktor Pugachev, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Viktor Pugachev

Soviet aviator

Date of Birth: 08-Aug-1948

Place of Birth: Taganrog, Russia

Profession: military personnel, test pilot, aircraft pilot

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Viktor Georgiyevich Pugachev (Russian: ??´???? ???´??????? ???????) (born 8 August 1948 in Taganrog, RSFSR) is retired Russian Air Force officer and a former Soviet test pilot who was the first to demonstrate the so-called Pugachev's Cobra manoeuvre to the general public in 1989, flying an Su-27.
Gold medal of the Hero of the Soviet Union was awarded to him in the late 1980s.
He graduated from Yeysk military aviation school in 1970, test-pilot school in 1978 and the Moscow Aviation Institute in 1980.
After two years with Gromov Flight Research Institute he joined OKB Sukhoi where he tested the Su-9, Su-15, Su-24, Su-25 and the Su-27.
On 1 November 1989 he landed an Su-27K on an aircraft carrier for the first time in Soviet history.
He became famous after his 1989 Su-27 demonstrations on the Paris Airshow.
Pugachev is credited with first ever non-vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) from the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov.He currently lives in Zhukovsky and works as the Chief Pilot Designer at Sukhoi Design Bureau.