Gueorgui Mossolov (URS)

Status 
ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code
Zone 
World
Class 
C (Powered Aeroplanes)
Sub-Class 
C-1 (Landplanes)
Group 
3: turbo-jet
Type of record 
Speed over a straight 15/25 km course
Performance 
2 388 km/h
Date 
31 Oct 1959
Course / Location 
Joukovski-Petrovskoe (USSR)
Claimant 
Gueorgui Mossolov (URS)
Type of engine 
R-11
Aircraft 
E-66 (Mig-21)
Aircraft manufacturer 
Mikoyan/Gurevitch
Aircraft engine manufacturer 
Tumansky