Wings 19.02.2004 (2004)

The issue is dedicated to military test pilots.

The main flight test center of the country-GLITs named after V. P. Chkalov is located in Akhtubinsk.

If you learn to fly planes and helicopters not only here, but also in Zhukovsky near Moscow, then to fight, to use weapons-only here.

GLITZ named after V. P. Chkalov - the last stage of the formation and improvement of the aircraft and its weapons, before it is allowed to serve in the ranks of the Air Force or Navy.

Testers are responsible for everything from cabin ergonomics to flight characteristics and weapon effectiveness.

The leading test pilots of the center talk about hard and responsible work:

Colonel Igor Malikov on the tests of the beloved Su-27 aircraft without the" lantern " of the cockpit.

The head of the training center for test pilots in / h 18374 Colonel Sergei Seregin about the tests of the prototype MiG-29M.

The host of the program Andrey Razbash about the rules of ejection.

Colonel Vyacheslav Petrusha on the causes of errors and their role in the work of testers.

Commander of the military unit 18374 Radik Bariev on the results of the tests of the Su-30MKI and its capabilities in comparison with the American F-22 fighter.

Igor Malikov on the advantages of the MiG-29 over the F-15.

Deputy Commander for Flight Work Nikolai Mikhailovich Osykov about bombers, in particular, about the advantages of the Su-24; also affects the financial situation of the GLITZ and what it costs to train each test pilot.

Vyacheslav Petrusha about the tests of the Su-34 fighter-bomber (aka Su-27IB, aka Su-32).

Oleg Mutovin, Deputy commander of the aviation squadron in/h 18374, about the new high-altitude compensating suit VKK-15 to protect the pilot from overloads during high-altitude flights in the stratosphere.

At the end of the program, the colleagues congratulate Oleg Mutovin on receiving the rank of colonel and remember the comrades who died in the service.