Name Georgi Mosolov | ||
Georgi Konstantinovitš Mosolov (Rus. Георгий Константинович Мосолов, born 3 May 1926, Ufa, Bashkortostan, Soviet Union) is a Soviet test pilot. He attained the rank of Polkovnik (Colonel). He attained two world air speed records, in either the Mikoyan MiG-21 or the prototype Mikoyan Ye-66, as well as one altitude record. Colonel Mosolov was awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union and the Lenin Prize.
Mosolov set air speed records of 2,388 km/h (1,289 kn; 1,484 mph) on 31 October 1959 and 2,681 km/h (1,448 kn; 1,666 mph) and an altitude record of 34,714 m (113,891 ft) in a Ye-166 has in 1962.
Colonel Mosolov also piloted the prototype MiG-21 on its first flight on 14 February 1955.
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