Career
Mosolov set air speed records of 2,388 km/h (1,289 kn. 1,484 mph) on 31 October 1959 and 2,681 km/h (1,448 kn. 1,666 mph) and an altitude record of 34,714 m (113,891 ft) in a Ye-166 has in 1962.
Colonel Mosolov also piloted the prototype MiG-21 on its first flight on 14 February 1955.