Georgy Mosolov

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Georgi Mosolov in 2016

Georgy Konstantinovich Mosolov (

Mikoyan MiG-21 or the prototype Mikoyan Ye-66,[2] as well as one altitude record. Colonel Mosolov was awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union and the Lenin Prize
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Mosolov set air speed records of 2,388 km/h (1,289 kn; 1,484 mph) on 31 October 1959[3] and 2,681 km/h (1,448 kn; 1,666 mph)[4] and an altitude record of 34,714 m (113,891 ft) in a Ye-166 has in 1962.[5]

Colonel Mosolov also piloted the prototype MiG-21 on its first flight on 14 February 1955.[6]

Notes

  1. ^ Энциклопедия испытателей: Мосолов Георгий Константинович
  2. ^ Belyakov, R.A. and J. Marmain. MiG: Fifty Years of Secret Aircraft Design (Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife, 1994), pp. 298 & 300.
  3. ^ A hero of the Soviet Union 3
  4. ^ A hero of the Soviet Union; Highland: s. 41
  5. ^ A hero of the Soviet Union 5

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