Peak hour 01.02.1995 (1995)

Guest of the studio is pilot-cosmonaut Vladimir Kovalenok.

Vladimir Kovalenok is a pilot-cosmonaut, twice Hero of the Soviet Union, Colonel-General of Aviation, born in 1942 in Belarus.

Vladimir Kovalenok graduated from the Balashov Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots at the General Staff Academy.

He spent more than two hundred days in space, was deputy commander of strategic aviation, and taught.

By nature, he is a goal-oriented person, but at the same time a dreamer and a fidget.

Moderately picky about himself, prefers strong alcoholic drinks.

Since July 1992 - Head of the N. Ye.

Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy.

Awarded the rank of Colonel-General of Aviation by decree of February 20, 1993. Candidate of Military Sciences, Professor.

Vladimir Kovalenok talks about his established career, events in Chechnya, the place of the army in the life of society, the level of education at the Zhukovsky Academy, housing issues and officers' salaries, Russian cosmonautics, the ecology of Lake Baikal, international space projects, and the launch of a rocket by Norway.

Vladimir Kovalenok answers questions from the audience.