Today is the 25th anniversary of climbing record, set using Su-27 aircraft. The test pilot of Sukhoi Company, Viktor Pugachev, has set the world record in climbing at the altitude of 3000 meters (25.4 sec) on October 27th 1986. This record is still unbeaten, the company reports. AEX.ru

The pilot has reached the altitude of 6, 9 and 12 km in 37,1; 47,0 and 58,1 seconds on November 15th 1986, improving the previous records of American pilot R.Smith, set using F-15 fighter, by more than 2 seconds.
Pugachev has set a total of 13 world records during his career, 8 of them were set in 1986. One of the aerial stunts has been named after Pugachev – “Pugachev’s Cobra”, first demonstrated to the public in 1989 during Le Bourget airshow, the company noted.

70 world records have been set using Sukhoi aircraft and 30 of them remain unbeaten. The highest number of records is connected with legendary Su-27 fighter – 51. 6 records have been set using Su-9, 4 records – on Su-24M and 8 ones – on Su-34.