Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gromov
| Mikhail Gromov Михаи́л Гро́мов |
|
|---|---|
Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gromov, 1934
|
|
| Full name | Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gromov |
| Born |
23 February 1899 Tver, Tver Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 22 January 1985 (aged 85) Moscow |
| Resting place | Novodevichy Cemetery |
| Monuments |
|
| Nationality | Russian |
| 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 |
| First flight | 1917 Farman IV |
| Famous flights |
|
| Flight license | 1918 Moscow |
| Air force |
Imperial Russian Army→ Soviet Air Forces |
| Rank | Colonel general (1944) |
| Awards |
 
|
Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gromov (Russian: Михаи́л Миха́йлович Гро́мов; 23 February 1899 – 22 January 1985) a Russian and Soviet military aviator, test pilot and researcher, Hero of the Soviet Union.
Upon graduation from the Moscow Central Aviation School in 1918 serves as a flight instructor and military pilot. Since 1925 started working as a test pilot testing the aeroplanes designed by Andrei Tupolev and Nikolai Polikarpov. Later became chief-pilot of the Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute. On 25 April 1927 made the first Soviet parachute jump out of a Polikarpov I-1 under testing that had entered an unrecoverable spin.
In June-September 1925 flew the Polikarpov R-1 in the long-haul group flight of nine aeroplanes on the route Moscow-Beijing-Tokyo. On 30 August 1926 started and completed in 3 days a 7,150 kilometers (4,440 mi) European promotional flight in a Tupolev ANT-3 on the route Moscow-Königsberg-Berlin-Paris-Rome-Vienna-Prague-Warsaw-Moscow.
On 12–14 July 1937 together with 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, US, via the North Pole in a Tupolev ANT-25.
...
Wikipedia