58 years ago today Soviet pilot flying Mikoyan-Gurevich E-152 set the world record for speed over a 15/25 kilometer straight course According to This Day In aviation website, Colonel Georgy Konstantinovich Mosolov, Hero of the Soviet Union, flew the Mikoyan-Gurevich E-152\1 to a two-way average speed of 2,681 kilometers per …
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The keeping of aviation records goes back to October 1905 when representatives from eight countries, including the U.S., met in Paris to form the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, or FAI. The FAI later became the world governing body for official aircraft—and later, spacecraft—records and to supervise sport aviation competitions. The National …
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During the Cold War, America and the Soviet Union hotly contested all the prestigious aviation records Especially the World Absolute Speed and Altitude records of the International Aviation Federation (Federation Aeronautique Internationale, FAI). Here is a Historic Footage Of F 104 Breaking Altitude Record On December 6, 1959, US Navy …
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