Georgy Mosolov

Georgy Konstantinovich Mosolov (; 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 on 31 October 1959 and and an altitude record of in a Ye-166 has in 1962.
Colonel Mosolov also piloted the prototype MiG-21 on its first flight on 14 February 1955.