- Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gromov
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Mikhail Gromovbr
Михаи́л Гро́мов
Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gromov, 1934Full name Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gromov Born February 24, 1899 Died January 22, 1985 (aged 85)Aviation career Known for Establishing a new non-stop flight distance record of 12411 kilometers (6,306 mi) from Moscow to San Jacinto, California, U.S Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gromov (Russian: Михаи́л Миха́йлович Гро́мов; 24 February 1899 - 22 January 1985) was a famous Russian aviator and Hero of the Soviet Union.
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.
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Categories:- 1899 births
- 1985 deaths
- Russian aviators
- Soviet World War II pilots
- Heroes of the Soviet Union
- Test pilots
- Soviet Air Force officers
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