Mikhail Gromov (military)
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Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gromov, 1934
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| Full name | Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gromov |
| Born | 24 February 1899 Tver, Tver Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. |
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| Known for | Establishing a new non-stop flight distance record of 12411 kilometers (6,306 mi) from Moscow to San Jacinto, California, U.S |
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Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gromov (Russian: Михаи́л Миха́йлович Гро́мов; 24 February 1899 - 22 January 1985) was a famous Russian aviator and Hero of the Soviet Union.
Biography
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.
External links
- Biography on LII website
- S. P. Korolev. Encyclopedia of life and creativity" - edited by C. A. Lopota, RSC Energia. S. P. Korolev, 2014 ISBN 978-5-906674-04-3
Categories:
- Heroes of the Soviet Union
- Recipients of the Order of Lenin
- Aviator articles using full name parameter
- Articles containing Russian-language text
- 1899 births
- 1985 deaths
- People from Tver
- People from Tver Governorate
- Russian aviators
- Soviet World War II pilots
- Test pilots
- Flight distance record holders
- Soviet Air Force officers
- Recipients of the Order of the October Revolution
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner, four times
- Recipients of the Order of Suvorov, 2nd class
- Recipients of the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Star, three times
- Soviet colonel generals
- Soviet Air Force generals
- Commandeurs of the Légion d'honneur
