Education
He graduated from Yeysk military aviation school in 1970, test-pilot school in 1978 and the MAI (Moscow State Aviation Institute) in 1980.
He graduated from Yeysk military aviation school in 1970, test-pilot school in 1978 and the MAI (Moscow State Aviation Institute) in 1980.
After two years with LII (Flight Research Institute named after MMGromov) joined OKB Sukhoi where he tested the Su-9, Su-15, Su-24, Su-25 and the Su-27. On 1 November 1989 landed an Su-27K on an aircraft carrier for the first time in Soviet history. Pugachev is credited with first ever non-vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) from the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov.
Currently he lives in Zhukovsky and works as the Chief Pilot Designer at Sukhoi Design Bureau.
While working as a test pilot at Sukhoi he broke 13 world records in the Sukhoi P-42:.
Hero of the Soviet Union (1989) - for courage and heroism in the development of the Su-27 Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 3rd class (29 July 1999) - for services to the state, a large contribution to the development, creation of modern aviation technology and years of diligent work Order of Lenin (1989) Order of the Badge of Honour (1983) Order for Personal Courage Honoured Test Pilot of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics (1991) Order of Ivan Kalita (Moscow Region, 1 August 2008) Prize Laureate. Vladimir Vysotsky"s "Own Track" Jubilee Medal "300 Years of the Russian Navy" Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow".
