Gromov Flight Research Institute (2010–2017) Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre (2017–2021) Pavel Nikolaevich Vlasov (Russian: Павел Николаевич Власов; born 13 October 1960) is a Russian test pilot, engineer, one of the Gromov Flight Research Institute directors (2010–2017), chief of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre (2017–2021)[1] and Hero of the Russian Federation.

As an aerobatics pilot he flew demonstration flights at international air shows in the UK, Germany, India, the United Arab Emirates, Poland, France and Slovakia, and was awarded several times for his skills.

He headed the Gromov Flight Research Institute from January 2010, while keeping his position in the MiG Corporation until February 2014.

In 2010, he completed the United Aircraft Corporation strategic personnel reserve programme in the Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO.

Vlasov worked as head of the Gromov Institute during its transformation into a public company, and became its Director General in 2012.