Georgy Mosolov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Georgy Mosolov

Russian aviator and test pilot

Date of Birth: 03-May-1926

Place of Birth: Ufa, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russia

Date of Death: 18-Mar-2018

Profession: military personnel, test pilot, aircraft pilot

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Georgy Konstantinovich Mosolov (Russian: ??????? ?????????????? ???????; 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 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.