Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gromov (Russian: Михаи́л Миха́йлович Гро́мов; February 24, 1899 - January 22, 1985) was a famous Russian aviator, Hero of the Soviet Union.
On July 12-14, 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 LII, this flight research institute currently bears his name as is the square in the city of Zhukovsky near it.
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