the world to master Pugachev's Cobra. In 1998, General Apakidze attended the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia and in 2001 was made deputy commander of the Naval Aviation training program. Despite being a senior officer and already tasked with important business, he never stopped flying. At the time of his death, he had flown for 3850 hours on 13 different aircraft and performed 283 deck landings on an aircraft carrier. Not a single pilot died under his command or during his service. Airshow accident and death On 17 July 2001, during an airshow in honor of the 85th anniversary of Russian Naval Aviation, Apakidze's Su-33 crashed while performing maneuvers. At first the show went as planned, but when Apakidze performed a complex maneuver, he reported experiencing sudden technical difficulties and from the ground it could be seen that the plane was out of control. He did not eject despite receiving the command twice. Trying to fly away from the populated area, he aimed for the landing strip in an apparent effort to save the aircraft. Unfortunately, he only made it to within of the runway. Shortly before the collision with the ground, he ejected from the cockpit and suffered multiple fractures, but he died on the way to the hospital and was buried in the Troyekurovskoye Cemetery. Busts and plaques were commissioned in his honor. Tributes and memorials On July 17, 2002, a monument was opened at the Troekurovsky cemetery (area 4) . The name was given to one of the streets of the city Ostrov in Pskov Oblast, the street on which he lived in the city of Severomorsk—3 in Murmansk Oblast, and one of the streets in the village of Novofedorovka (the former Saki-4 garrison, Crimea). The name was given to Murmansk's School No. 57. At the crash site of the Su-33 fighter (Pskov Oblast) a memorial sign was installed. In the city of Severomorsk, Murmansk Oblast, a bust is installed on Safonov Square. In the village of Novofedorovka (the former garrison of Saki-4) a bust was installed on the Alley of Heroes. Memorial plaques in the Nakhimov School, in Saki, Kaliningrad and Severomorsk-3 were opened. T.A. Apakidze is dedicated to the song of the bard Konstantin Frolov “Talk with me about the wings.” On July 17, 2013, exactly 12 years after his death on the territory , a monument to