Georgy Mosolov



Georgy Konstantinovich Mosolov (Георгий Константинович Мосолов; 3 May 1926, in Ufa, Bashkortostan, Soviet Union – 18 March 2018) was a Soviet Russian 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 2388 km/h on 31 October 1959 and 2681 km/h and an altitude record of 34714 m in a Ye-166 has in 1962.

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