Georgy Mosolov

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Georgy Konstantinovich Mosolov ({{langx|ru|Георгий Константинович Мосолов}}; 3 May 1926, in Ufa, Bashkortostan, Soviet Union[http://www.testpilot.ru/base/2011/02/mosolov-g-k/ Энциклопедия испытателей: Мосолов Георгий Константинович] – 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,Belyakov, R.A. and J. Marmain. MiG: Fifty Years of Secret Aircraft Design (Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife, 1994), pp. 298 & 300. 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 {{convert|2388|km/h|kn mph|lk=on|abbr=on}} on 31 October 1959[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb3101/is_4_50/ai_n29053048/pg_3/?tag=content;col1 A hero of the Soviet Union 3] and {{convert|2681|km/h|kn mph|lk=on|abbr=on}}[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb3101/is_4_50/ai_n29053048/pg_3/?tag=content;col1 A hero of the Soviet Union]; Highland: s. 41 and an altitude record of {{convert|34714|m|ft|abbr=on}} in a Ye-166 has in 1962.[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb3101/is_4_50/ai_n29053048/pg_5/ A hero of the Soviet Union 5]

Colonel Mosolov also piloted the prototype MiG-21 on its first flight on 14 February 1955.Laukkanen, Jyrki. MiG-21 in Finnish Air Force (Apali, 2004, Hämeenlinna), s. 7. {{ISBN|952-5026-39-6}}