KNOW YOUR PILOTS
SOKOL AIRBASE FLIGHT TEAM
1.SERGEI KARA-TEST PILOT-1ST CLASS
BIRTHDAY: FEBRUARY 5,1965
BIRTHPLACE: NIHNY NOVGOROD
GRADUATED FROM SECONDARY SCHOOL IN 1982.
- 1982-1986:HIGH AIR FORCE PILOT COLLEGE IN KHARKOV.JET TYPES:L-39,MiG 17,MiG 21.
- 1986-1991:AIR FORCE PILOT.JET TYPES:SU-17, MiG-23, MiG-25, MiG 29.
- 1991:RESIGNED FROM THE AIR FORCE WITH THE RANK OF CAPTAIN.
- 1991-DATE:TEST PILOT,SOKOL AIRCRAFT ENTERPRISE.
TOTAL FLIGHT HOURS:4970
2.YURI POLYAKOV-TEST PILOT-1ST CLASS
BIRTHDAY: JUNE 27,1958
BIRTHPLACE: TVER
GRADUATED FROM SECONDARY SCHOOL IN 1975
- 1975-1979:CHKALOV HIGH AIR FORCE PILOT COLLEGE IN BORISOGLEB CITY.
- 1979:QUALIFIED TO PILOT THE FOLLOWING JETS:L-29,MiG 17,MiG 21.
- 1979-1987:AIR FORCE PILOT,JETS:SU-17.
- 1987-1989:AIR FORCE TEST PILOT SCHOOL.JETS:MiG-23, MiG-25, MiG 29,TU 134.
- 1989-2001:TEST PILOT, AIR FORCE REPRESENTATIVE AT SOKOL AIRCRAFT ENTERPRISE.
- 2001:RESIGNED FROM THE AIR FORCE WITH THE RANK OF COLONEL.
- 2001-PRESENT:TEST PILOT AT SOKOL AIRCRAFT ENTERPRISE.
TOTAL FLIGHT HOURS:5105
3. ANDREY PECHIONKIN-TEST PILOT-1ST CLASS
BIRTHDAY: AUGUST 27,1963
BIRTHPLACE: GORKY,NOW NIZHNY NOVGOROD
IN 1984,GRADUATED FROM CHKALOV HIGH AIR FORCE PILOT COLLEGE IN BORISOGLEB CITY.
- 1984-1989:CAPTAIN OF AIR FORCE REGIMENT IN THE GROUP OF SOVIET TROOPS IN GERMANY.
- 1991-1995:AIR LINE PILOT OF AEROFLOT,AN-24,AN-26.
- 1995-2000:THE SQUADRON COMMANDER OF IL-76MD AIR FORCE OF MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS,LIEUTENANT COLONEL.
- 2000:RESIGNED FROM THE AIR FORCE OF RF WITH THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL.
- 2001-PRESENT:TEST PILOT AT SOKOL AIRCRAFT ENTERPRISE.
