Awards Name Mikhail Gromov | Role Aviator | |
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Full name Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gromov Born 24 February 1899
Tver, Tver Governorate, Russian Empire ( 1899-02-24 ) Known for Establishing a new non-stop flight distance record of 12411 kilometers (6,306 mi) from Moscow to San Jacinto, California, U.S Died January 22, 1985, Moscow, Russia | ||
Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gromov (Russian: Михаи́л Миха́йлович Гро́мов; 24 February 1899 - 22 January 1985) was a famous Russian aviator and Hero of the Soviet Union.
Biography
On 12–14 July 1937, Mikhail Gromov, A. B. Yumashev and S. A. Danilin established a new non-stop flight distance record of 10,148 kilometers (6,306 mi) from Moscow to San Jacinto, California, U.S., via the North Pole in a Tupolev ANT-25.
He was the first director of the LII, a flight research institute which currently bears his name as does the square in the city of Zhukovsky near it.
References
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