Sergei Leonidovich Bogdan - test pilot. He tested more than 50 aircraft, flown about 6,000 hours.
Bogdan Sergey Leonidovich is a fearless test pilot. For his contribution to the verification of combat aircraft, the officer was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation.
Biography
The future famous pilot was born in Volsk in March 1962. Then his parents moved from the Saratov region to the Moscow region, and Sergei spent his childhood in the city of Voskresensk. The boy often raised his eyes to the sky and gazed with admiration at the planes flying to the airfield in Zhukovsky.
The young man realized his dreams after leaving school. Then he went to the aviation school to master the profession of a military pilot.
From this institution, Sergei Leonidovich left, having received a special education, in 1983. Then he served in an aviation regiment, where he flew on a fighter-bomber.
Military career
Then Bogdana S. L. sent to Mongolia. Here he served at the flight base for three years.
In 1990, Sergei Leonidovich was appointed deputy commander of a squadron based in the Black Sea.
A year later, Bogdan becomes a test pilot. He perfects this art in the training center, and then in the testing center under the Ministry of Defense.
At this time, Sergei Bogdan is not only engaged in practice, but also tightens up the theoretical part, studying at the Moscow Aviation Institute.
In total, the famous pilot flew 57 airplanes, mastered them. Also in his track record is the skills of landing aircraft on an aircraft carrier.
Resignation and new trials
In 2002, Sergei Leonidovich retired, but did not stop flying. On the basis of the Sukhoi company, he continued to work as a test aircraft.
For great services in 2011, Bogdana S. L. awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation.
From an interview with the pilot
Journalists are more interested not in the personal life of Bogdan Sergei Leonidovich, not in who his wife is, but in an amazing profession. Therefore, they ask numerous questions on this topic.
Journalists ask how well Bogdan studied the Su-35. To this, the test pilot replied that it is simply physically impossible to know every nuance of this aircraft. Some specialists are responsible for some subtleties of combat modes, while others are engaged in aerodynamics. And Sergei Leonidovich studied the car as much as it was necessary.
When asked about the number of hours spent in the sky, the officer replied that there were about 6,000, and he flew more than 700 hours on the Su-35.
At the Dubai air show, Sergei Leonidovich was also interviewed. He spoke about the aerobatics program. Performing one figure, the pilot accelerates his plane literally in 3-4 seconds to 170 km / h and takes off from the ground. Then Bogdan demonstrated at the same air show how you can take off on a shortened or damaged runway. The fighter pilot also performs an oblique loop, makes other complex aviation maneuvers.
