MIG-29 - The Pilots: Yuri Polyakov

Without the test pilots of the Sokol Building plant in Nizhny Novgorod, our clients never had the chance to get wings. In all the years we flew there, the professional and skilled pilots shown our clients the world of high-performance jet flying. So we decided to introduce them also on our RUclips channel.
Yuri Polyakov, First-class test pilot, honoured test pilot of the Russian Federation, Holder of the Order of Courage.
Yuri has been working as a test pilot for the Sokol aircraft plant since 2001.
Types of aircraft: L-29, L-39, Su-17M3, M4R, Su-25, Su-24, Tu-134, Yak-52, Yak-40, Yak-130, MiG-15, MiG-17, MiG-21, MiG-23, MiG-25, MiG-29, MiG-31, AN-2, AN-26, AN-32, IL-103, MAI-890, Mi-8T.
Pilot rating: first-class military pilot (since 1983), first-class test pilot (since 1994), first-class commercial pilot (since 2001).
Yuri has more than 5,000 hours of flight experience and more than 2,000 hours of flight experience as a test pilot and he was the first pilot we met in 2006 at the Sokol airbase as we approached with our first client there who wanted to fly the MIG-31 "Foxhound".

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Is this the Mig-29UB-12 9-51 "Fulcrum-B" ?
Is it a mirror system on the rear canopy for the back seater to see the runway? Coupled to the gear switch?
The back-folded curtain on the front seat is for IMC training ?

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This is a MIG-29 training aircraft, so MIG-29UB. Right. The student is sitting in the front, the instructor is sitting on the back. The periscope helps the instructor to see take-off and landing procedures. The curtain is for IMC training, also right.

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@@Space-Affairs Thank you