Link: Toktar Aubakirov - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaTest Pilot Career
During 1976-1991 years - he served as a test pilot at the Mikoyan Experimental Design Bureau (MiG aircraft). During this time he tested over 50 types of aircraft. The first in the Soviet Union to make a nonstop flight crossing the North Pole and with two in-flight refueling, the first in the Soviet Union who took off of the aircraft-carrier "Tbilisi" on a MiG 29K.
Was he the guy who shot down KAL 007?Starting a new thread, let me introduce you a Russian Top Gun commander Alexander Kharchevskiy official history video: